Field codes: AutoTextList field

{ AUTOTEXTLIST "LiteralText" \s ["StyleName"] \t ["TipText"] }

Creates a drop-down list based on AutoText entries in the active template. The list can vary based on the styles applied to the AutoText entries.

Instructions

"LiteralText"

Text that displays in the document before the user displays the drop-down list. If the text contains spaces, enclose it in quotation marks.

StyleName

The name of the style of the AutoText entries that you want to appear in the list. The style can be a paragraph style or a character style. If the style name contains spaces, enclose it in quotation marks.

"TipText"

Text that displays in the screen tip when the mouse pointer hovers over the field result. Enclose the text in quotation marks.

Switches

\s

Specifies that the list will contain entries based on a specific style. Without this switch, AutoText entries of the current paragraph style appear. If there are no entries for the current style, all AutoText entries appear.

\t

Specifies unique text to show in the screen tip instead of the default tip.