Re: Auto Correct

{Sob} Sorry about that: I had a "senior moment" there.

AutoCorrect entries are stored in two places:

* The "Formatted" ones are in the template (Normal or Attached) along with
the AutoText entries.

* The Unformatted once are stored in the ACL list.

They are both sensitive to the language, keyboard layout, and paragraph
style: you will be offered only the ones applicable to the language, layout,
or style you are using.

As far as I know, the macro will delete entries from either the ACL or the
template. All entries are stored in a single collection while Word is
running.

Hope this helps


On 11/8/05 6:56 PM, in article
BA4F2FFF-0485-4B6F-915B-58DE82853872@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, "DC Berk"
<DCBerk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Daiya/John:
>
> Not sure where I came across it, but I also thought AC entries were held in
> the .acl file, which makes them available regardless of which template is in
> use.
>
> In any case, I don't want to get rid of all my nice little AC entries -- I
> like them, I use them all the time. The only problem is when one of them pops
> up in unexpected places when I'm not writing the mss for which they are
> intended.
>
> Maybe I can work up a little keystroke macro to toggle AutoCorrect off when
> I feel it will get in my way.
>
> But hypothetically, if I did want to purge the AC list for some reason,
> would Word generate a new default english.acl file if it was trashed? Or, I
> suppose, if you were at the end of a project that required a lot of unique AC
> entries, you could just dump the .acl file and replace it with a clean one
> that you keep on hand somewhere -- somewhat like keeping a clean normal.dot
> on hand.
>
> Hmmmm. Where are the AutoText entries stored?
>
> DC
>
> "Daiya Mitchell" wrote:
>
>> Enlighten me, John. If AutoCorrect entries are held in the MS Office ACL
>> [English] file in prefs, how does that interact with the Normal template?
>> For instance, if I switch my Normal out, my AC entries still work.
>>
>> DCBerk's question just started me wondering.
>

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