text: what do you mean by auto complete in ms-word ?explain in detail .?   auto-complete in microsoft word  fancy saving a few keystrokes on a regular basis? here’s how word can help you!  lots of us spend ages typing the same old thing into word on a daily basis – your name, address, phone number – all kinds of things. did you know you can use word’s auto-complete function to save you lots of time when it comes to these repetitive tasks?  here’s how to do it:  let’s say you want to set up a short-cut to your name and phone number.  open word and click on    in the smaller of the input boxes, type a “/” followed by your initials (i’d be using “/” followed by “dd”)   press    now type in your full name, as you want it to appear – in my case, i want “david dorn, editor, practical pc “ so that’s what i type.   now click on the  button   that’s it. any time you type your “/dd” or whatever, word will automatically insert your name for you as you type – as soon as you press the spacebar after the short-cut string. you can set up any number of strings like this – it’s a real time saver