text: Auto-complete in Microsoft Word\n\nFancy saving a few keystrokes on a regular basis? Here’s how Word can help you!\n\nLots of us spend ages typing the same old thing into Word on a daily basis – your name, address, phone number – all kinds of things. Did you know you can use Word’s auto-complete function to save you lots of time when it comes to these repetitive tasks?\n\nHere’s how to do it:\n\nLet’s say you want to set up a short-cut to your name and phone number.\n\nOpen Word and click on <tools><auto-correct> \n\nIn the smaller of the input boxes, type a “/” followed by your initials (I’d be using “/” followed by “dd”) \n\nPress <tab> \n\nNow type in your full name, as you want it to appear – in my case, I want “David Dorn, Editor, Practical PC “ so that’s what I type. \n\nNow click on the <Add> button \n\nThat’s it. Any time you type your “/dd” or whatever, Word will automatically insert your name for you as you type – as soon as you press the spacebar after the short-cut string. You can set up any number of strings like this – it’s a real time saver