Creating quick blocks in Word - how to do it

Quick blocks can consist of single words or whole text fragments and make your work with Word easier. To create new text modules, it is necessary to select the text fragment to be saved beforehand. How to proceed after that, we will explain step by step.

How to create quick blocks in Word

If you need to insert certain text parts into your Word documents over and over again, it is recommended to use quick blocks. A quick module is a text fragment that you can call up by a short name and insert into a document.

1. To create a new quick module, first enter the text fragment or word that the module is to contain into your Word document.
2. Then highlight the word or text segment and navigate to "Text" > "Quick bricks" > "Save selection in Quick Brick Catalog" in the "Insert" tab.
3. Thereupon a new window opens, in which you please give the module a name, which is also used as an abbreviation.
4. To make the quick module available for all documents, set "Save in" to "Normal.dotm" and finally confirm with "OK".

How to use and manage quick blocks

Have you created a quick block, it can be inserted into a Word document at any time by typing the abbreviation and confirm with the F3 key. The abbreviation is then automatically converted into the text that is stored in the quick module. To view a created text module or to change it afterwards, please go to "Insert" > "Quick modules" > "Organizer for modules...", select the quick module and click on "Edit properties" to make changes.