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AutoCorrect function; replacement table replacement table replacing; AutoCorrect function text; replacing with format frames; AutoCorrect function pictures; inserting automatically AutoCorrect function; pictures and frames Replace Edits the replacement table for automatically correcting or replacing words or abbreviations in your document.

To enable the replacement table, choose Tools - AutoCorrect Options, click the Options tab, and then select Use replacement table. To use the replacement table while you type, choose Format - AutoCorrect - While Typing.

Replacement table Lists the entries for automatically replacing words or abbreviations while you type. To add an entry, enter text in the Replace and With boxes, and then click New. To edit an entry, select it, change the text in the With box, and then click Replace. To delete an entry, select it, and then click Delete. You can use the AutoCorrect feature to apply a specific character format to a word or abbreviation. Select the formatted text in your document, open this dialog, clear the Text only box, and then enter the text that you want to replace in the Replace box. You can also include frames, graphics, and OLE objects in an AutoCorrect entry, so long as they are anchored as characters in the text. Select the frame, graphic or OLE object and at least one text character in front of and behind the object. Open this dialog, type a name for this AutoCorrect entry in the Replace box, and then click New. Replace Enter the word or abbreviation that you want to replace while you type. Wildcard character sequence .* in the end of word results the replacement of the word before arbitrary suffixes, too. Wildcard character sequence .* before the word results the replacement after arbitrary prefixes, too. For example, the pattern "i18n.*" with the replacement text "internationalization" will find and replace "i18ns" with "internationalizations", or the pattern ".*..." with the replacement text "…" will find and replace three dots in "word..." with the typographically correct precomposed Unicode horizontal ellipsis ("word…"). With: Enter the replacement text, graphic, frame, or OLE object that you want to replace the text in the Replace box. If you have selected text, a graphic, a frame, or an OLE object in your document, the relevant information is already entered here. Text only Saves the entry in the With box without formatting. When the replacement is made, the text uses the same format as the document text. New Adds or replaces an entry in the replacement table.