"Error! AutoText Entry Not Defined" or GPF with AUTOTEXT Field

ID: Q113869

6.00 6.00a 6.00c 7.00 WINDOWS kbusage

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

When you use an AUTOTEXT field to insert an AutoText entry into a document, you receive a general protection (GP) fault or the following error:

   Error! AutoText entry not defined.

CAUSE

This error occurs when the AutoText entry name in the AUTOTEXT field contains more than 30 characters, which is the maximum allowed. For example, the following AutoText name causes the above error because it contains 32 characters:

   {AUTOTEXT supercalifragalisticexpialadocio}

NOTE: An AutoText entry name, by definition, can include up to 32 characters, but Word only allows 30 in the AUTOTEXT field.

WORKAROUND

Change the AutoText entry name so it contains 30 or fewer characters.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: kbfield Additional reference words: 6.00 6.00a gpf auto text winword word6 6.00c 7.00 word95 word7

Keywords          : kbfield 
Version           : 6.00 6.00a 6.00c 7.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: February 6, 1998