InsertAutoText Method

Microsoft Word Visual Basic

Attempts to match the text in the specified range or the text surrounding the range with an existing AutoText entry name. If any such match is found, InsertAutoText inserts the AutoText entry to replace that text. If a match cannot be found, an error occurs.

Note  You can use the Insert method with an AutoTextEntry object to insert a specific AutoText entry.

expression.InsertAutoText

expression    Required. An expression that returns a Range object.

Example

This example inserts an AutoText entry that matches the text around a selection.

Documents.Add
Selection.TypeText "Best w"
Selection.Range.InsertAutoText
		

This example inserts an AutoText entry with a name that matches the first word in the active document.

Documents.Add
Selection.TypeText "In "
Set myRange = ActiveDocument.Words(1)
myRange.InsertAutoText