Nancy, I used it quite a bit when I was doing transcription and I don't remember having to do any keystrokes or anything. If I remember correctly, after I set up the expansion, all I had to do was type the short form and then type space or a punctuation makr and it would expand the word. hth. Ruthie & IBM: Imperial Bellicose Marauder MSN Messenger ID: ruthie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AOL and Yahoo Messenger ID: chaosynchronous ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy VanSandt" <maxvanwon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:30 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Using AutoText. > Hi! Because of soem problems I am having saving bolded headings in > AutoCorrect, tech support has asked me to use Autotext. I know how to > save an expansion in there and to type the short form and press enter. > Can anyone give me some additional information about key strokes and about > using AutoText? Thanks in advance. > Nancy Van Sandt > Medical Transcriptionist > MT Trainer > Phone: 620-442-4981 > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, > go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes