Not many people know about one of AutoCorrect’s most powerful features: Its replacement “text” can also include (or consist of) an image.

For example, you can set up an AutoCorrect entry where the word logo is associated with your company logo. Type logo and press Enter (you can also press spacebar, tab, or any nonalphanumeric character); Word replaces the text with the image.

This makes it easy to insert any image that you use frequently. A prime example is a scanned version of your signature. This enables you to “sign” any document that you plan on distributing via email or fax.

The first thing you need to do is scan your signature and save it as a graphic file. Sign a piece of paper, insert the paper into your scanner, and then launch your scanning software. If you want to use the Office Document Imaging program, select Start, All Programs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Tools, Microsoft Office Document Scanning.

Click the Scan button and then click Close when the scan is complete. In the Office Document Imaging program, choose File, Save, select a name and location for the image, and then click Save.
Now follow these steps to create an AutoCorrect entry for your signature:

1. In Word, choose Insert, Picture, and then click the signature image file. Then click Insert.
2. Select the scanned signature.
3. If there is a lot of white space around the signature, choose Format, Crop, then click and drag the cropping markers so that only your signature remains and then click outside the cropping markers.
4. Select the signature.
5. Select Office, Word Options, click Proofing, and then click AutoCorrect Options to display the AutoCorrect dialog box.
6. Select the AutoCorrect tab.
7. Click Formatted Text.
8. In the Replace text box, type an abbreviation or code for the signature (such as sig).
9. Click Add.
10. Click OK and then click OK again in the Word Options dialog box.

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