Oct 3 2005
Q: In my industry, I have several nomenclatures that are quite lengthy to type.  Is there a way that I can just type in the first few letters of the word then have the rest of the word appear?
A: Yes.  MS Word has a feature called AutoCorrect.  You can use this feature for this task as well as correct commonly misspelled words.  Here’s how:

In Word:
1. Tools > AutoCorrect Options...
2. In the Replace field, type in the first few letters.  Ex. ‘stereol’
3. In the With field, type in the complete word.  Ex. ‘stereolithography’
4. Click OK

Now every you type in ‘stereol’, Word will automatically replace it with stereolithography.
That's it!