Hi Thomas, I just tried this on my computer by following the instructions in the manual.
To Create an AutoText Entry 1. Select the text, text with graphics, table, or field that you want to save as an AutoText entry. A graphic can only be stored if it is anchored as a character and is preceded and followed by at least one text character. 2. Choose Edit - AutoText. 3. Select the category where you want to store the AutoText. 4. Type a name that is longer than four characters. This allows you to use the Display remainder of name as suggestion while typing AutoText option. If you want, you can modify the proposed shortcut. 5. Click the AutoText button, and then choose New. 6. Click the Close button. I also downloaded the 4.2.1.1 from the official website about a week ago, so I don't know where you were looking. http://www.libreoffice.org/download/ Met vriendelijke groeten, Salutations distinguées, Kind Regards, DRIES FEYS CORPORATE SERVICES • Specialist Software Developer TVH GROUP NV Brabantstraat 15 • BE-8790 WAREGEM T +32 56 43 42 11 • F +32 56 43 44 88 • www.tvh.com Watch our company movies on www.tvh.tv On 25 February 2014 16:23, Thomas Blasejewicz <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning (past midnight again) from Japan > Am I the only one having trouble here? > Today I installed "4.2.1.1" (still not available through the official LO > website!) on the note PC running Win7. > Nothing changes. > Although In spend hours trying to figure this out, creating new autotext > entries or categories remains impossible (buttons grayed out) > Yet, this works in LO3.6 as well as in OO 4.1 > > Am I missing something important? > Since I am writing books, having certain phrases or text blocks > available through autotext would be a GREAT help. > > Thank you in advance. > Thomas > > (2014/02/23 22:56), Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: >> Good evening >> I am using LO 3.6 on two desktop machines (Win XP) and recently upgrade >> a note PC (Win 7) to 4.1 something. >> Tonight I tried to create an "autotext entry". >> While I can do that in 3.6, I found that most of the buttons in the >> autotxt dialog box in the newer version are greyed out. >> Meaning, I can neither record a new text entry nor create a new category. >> >> I do suppose, there is a trick to it somewhere. >> If so, I would really like to know it, BEFORE I upgrade my two work >> machines in order to prevent all the >> trouble that come with "going back to the good old times" ... >> >> (why does everything that was working just fine always has to change - >> in often incomprehensible ways?) >> >> Thank you in advance. >> Thomas >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- **** DISCLAIMER **** http://www.tvh.com/newen2/emaildisclaimer/default.html "This message is delivered to all addressees subject to the conditions set forth in the attached disclaimer, which is an integral part of this message." -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
