Reuse a Library of Common Phrases in Word with Quick Parts

There are certain snippets of text that I find myself re-using all the time. Often I have to hunt through old documents to find the exact phrase, copy, and then paste it into my new document. Sometimes I don't go to all that trouble and simply paraphrase myself from memory. But did you know that if you have Word 2007, you can create a handy library of these text selections and paste them into any document with just one click?

Watch the Business Hacks exclusive video (try it in full screen mode for best results) to learn how to take advantage of Word's Quick Parts.

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And thanks to Roger's suggestion in the comments, I thought I should point out that you can do a similar trick by teaching Word's Autocorrect feature to automatically expand abbreviations into longer words or phrases.