Store Common Addresses in Building Blocks

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated September 30, 2023)

If you write lots of letters, you'll appreciate this one. Store your common address—the ones to whom you write letters the most—in Building Blocks. In this way, you can input just the first (or last) name of the person you need, press F3, and have the address inserted at the top of your letterhead—sure beats typing it out all the time.

To define an address as a Building Block, follow these steps:

Select the paragraphs containing the address.
Press Alt+F3. Word displays the Create New Building Block dialog box. (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1. The Create New Building Block dialog box.

Replace the contents of the Name field with the name you want assigned to the address. For instance, use the last name of the person or the person's title.
Use the Gallery drop-down list to choose AutoText.
Click on OK.

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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