What is difference between autotext and auto correct in Microsoft Word?

Answer 1

Word's AutoText feature allows users to store any amount of text and graphics for re-use in other documents. This is typically referred to as boilerplate text. The AutoCorrect feature automatically replaces text as you type. This is really intended to correct common mistakes. For example, you type 'teh', Word changes it to 'the'. That's AutoCorrect. You can set up your own AutoCorrect entries and in that way replace one string of text with another. People often use AutoCorrect to insert boilerplate text instead of using AutoText. For example, they type P1 and Word automatically replaces it with the text the user has told Word is the 'correction' to apply when that string is typed. However, an AutoCorrect replacement string is limited to something like 256 characters thus limiting it's effective use in relation to boilerplate type text. It is also irritating if you actually want to use the string of characters, such as P1, in text. An obvious example of this is that by default Word replaces (c) with the copyright symbol. Useful but annoying if you really want (c) in your text. As far as I am aware, it is not possible to print a list of AutoCorrect entries, whereas it is easy to print a list of AutoText entries. AutoText entries can also be stored in a specific Word template. For example, you may want a series of paragraphs to create a Will but would not need those paragraphs for any other reason. By storing the entries in a template upon which you base Wills, they will not be available when working on any other document type. It is easy to move AutoText entries between templates & to copy them to other users whereas it is not as easy to do so with AutoCorrect entries.

Answer 2

AutoCorrect is an optional feature that you can turn on or off. If it is on, it will use a database of common misspellings of words to correct your spelling as you type, as soon as you indicate a word is complete by typing a space or punctuation mark. You can also add entries to the AutoCorrect database for new words, jargon words, and to expand abbreviations.

Answer 3

*auto correct automatically detects wrongly spelled words and corrects them

*auto complete displays a complete word then the user types the first few characters of the word