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#6598 - 10/26/01 06:57 PM auto correct
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I'm currently using Word 97 and am upgrading. I have a TON of auto correct entries and auto text entries that I want to take over. The auto text entries were stored with the normal template and that was successful. Can someone tell me where auto correct is? That didn't come across, so I'm thinking it's stored someplace else.

TIA
Tina

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#6599 - 10/27/01 09:14 AM Re: auto correct
Mike Administrator
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I had heard the AutoCorrect entries were stored in *.acl files on your hard drive. If you do a Find Files and put in *.acl you should be able to find them.

Mike DeTuri

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#6600 - 10/27/01 09:20 AM Re: auto correct
14tonks
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Registered: 10/25/01
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Loc: Only 3rd world country in US
Autocorrect entries are general for all of Office, and therefore are not stored in the normal template in Word. Moving them to another computer is a messy process. Here is the reference to the instructions in the Microsoft knowledge base:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q186/2/37.ASP

For the future, a good way to search the Microsoft knowledge base for answers to your questions is to go to www.google.com, select advanced search, enter your question, and under Domains select Only and then enter support.microsoft.com as the domain to search. Works much better than Microsoft's own search engine.

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#6601 - 10/27/01 04:29 PM Re: auto correct
Ruthanne
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Tina,

It really isn't as difficult as the Microsoft site says. As Mike says, you just need to find the file it is stored in. Do a search for .acl files. If you have more than one, you can look at the date/time that it was last modified. The most recent one is probably your autocorrect. Mine is default000.acl. On my other computer, it was user.acl.

From Windows Explorer, double click on the C drive (or hard drive) and then double click on Windows. Find the .acl file that you already determined was your autocorrect. Load up a floppy and then right click on the .acl file and drag it over to your A drive (or floppy drive). It will copy it to the floppy.

When you go to the new computer, you once again have to locate where the autocorrect is stored. It might have a different name. When you find this, go to your floppy in Windows Explorer and right click on the old .acl file. Select rename and change the name to whatever the new computer has it named. Then drag this file to Windows (under C). It will ask you if you want to replace the file. Just say yes and continue. That's all there is to it and you will have all of your autocorrect entries on the new computer.

Hope this helps.

P.S. I have done this many times with each new computer and it worked great!

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