Macros: a macro to auto-replace a text string?

Question

Hello all,

I'm writing a document that repeatedly uses the same sentences over and over again.  The text string I need is too long to use Auto-Replace, and there are enough variations that I'm not interested in trying to have a hotkey combination for every one of them.  Is there a way to create a macro that will basically do the same thing?  i.e. that will insert a long sentence/paragraph of text in response to inserting a short unique set of characters (e.g. test123)?

Thanks,

Rob

Answer 1

Why not use autocorrect? Autocorrect will insert anything that can be included in a document - including strings of text several pages long. You can use any unique string as a trigger including 'test123'

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Hello all,

I'm writing a document that repeatedly uses the same sentences over and over again.  The text string I need is too long to use Auto-Replace, and there are enough variations that I'm not interested in trying to have a hotkey combination for every one of them.  Is there a way to create a macro that will basically do the same thing?  i.e. that will insert a long sentence/paragraph of text in response to inserting a short unique set of characters (e.g. test123)?

Thanks,

Rob

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Answer 2

This is the kind of thing that Autohotkey is good at.

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Answer 3

You could save the long text as indiviual files (e.g., test123.doc) and

insert them at the selection using:

Sub ScratchMaco()

Dim pStr As String

Dim oRng As Word.Range

Set oRng = Selection.Range

pStr = InputBox("Enter string name") 'e.g., test123

oRng.InsertFile ("C:" & pStr & ".doc")

End Sub

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> Hello all,

>

> I'm writing a document that repeatedly uses the same sentences over and

> over again.  The text string I need is too long to use Auto-Replace, and

> there are enough variations that I'm not interested in trying to have a

> hotkey combination for every one of them.  Is there a way to create a

> macro that will basically do the same thing?  i.e. that will insert a long

> sentence/paragraph of text in response to inserting a short unique set of

> characters (e.g. test123)?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Rob

>

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