How to Auto Type Text in Microsoft Word

Pick the tool for the job

“Auto typing” means different things. Inserting the same signature or paragraph often is a snippet job. Turning speech into text is dictation. Entering a prepared passage gradually, at a pace you set, is paced entry. Word handles the first two on its own.

Reusable snippets: AutoCorrect and Quick Parts

AutoCorrect replaces a short code you type, such as an abbreviation, with a longer entry as soon as you press Space or Enter. Quick Parts (AutoText) saves a selected block, including its formatting, so you can insert it from the Insert tab or by typing its name and pressing F3 in Word for Windows.

Microsoft’s guide to reusable text snippets covers both, with the steps for each version of Word.

1. Select the text you want to reuse.
2. On the Insert tab, choose Quick Parts, then Save Selection to Quick Part Gallery (or AutoText), and give it a name.
3. Insert it later from Quick Parts, or type the name and press F3.

Speak instead of typing: Dictate

Dictate converts speech to text in Word with a Microsoft 365 subscription. Choose Home → Dictate, allow the microphone, and speak; say punctuation such as “comma” or “new line”. It types what you say as you say it.

If you dictate into another app first, you can paste the result into TypeWit, review it and then enter it at a chosen pace.

Enter prepared text over time: the TypeWit add-in

The TypeWit add-in enters text you approve into the open Word document, in word groups, sentences or paragraphs, over a duration you choose. It keeps supported headings, bold, italic, bullets and highlights from a normal paste, and you can pause, resume or stop at any time.

Word entry runs inside the open add-in, so keep the document and the TypeWit panel open until it finishes. Google Docs sessions are different: they run in the cloud.

1. Save the document in OneDrive or SharePoint, then open it in Word on the web.
2. Add the TypeWit add-in using the manifest from Connected accounts in your dashboard; your organization can also deploy it to Word for Windows and Mac.
3. Open the TypeWit panel, sign in, paste your text, and choose a rhythm and duration.
4. Review and approve the text, start, and leave the panel open while it runs.

Keep it honest

Automated entry is still automation. Don’t use it to misrepresent who wrote a document or how it was drafted, and follow the rules of your school or workplace. TypeWit’s Responsible Use Agreement prohibits academic cheating and fabricated writing histories.