Re: Formatting autocorrect

You didn't mention which Office program you're using, but since Word is the
only one that has an AutoCorrect button in the Insert > Symbol dialog, I'll
assume it's Word...

When you click the button and the AutoCorrect Options dialog appears, the
symbol is shown in the "With" box. Immediately above it are two option
buttons, "Plain text" and "Formatted text". Click the "Plain text" option,
and the font information will be removed from the AutoCorrect entry.

This change also affects where the AutoCorrect entry is stored. Formatted
entries are stored in the Normal.dot template, which means that they're
available only in Word (and in Outlook if it uses Word as its editor, for
versions before 2007). Plain text entries are stored in .ACL files (the
specific name depends on what language is selected) and are available in all
Office programs that use AutoCorrect.

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James Silverton wrote:
I apologize if this is a FAQ or very simple question and I am
not sure where would be the best place to ask.

Anyway, if a symbol is set up via Autocorrect in Insert Symbol,
the font is that for whatever font was being used, for example
Arial. That means that if you are using autocorrect while typing
in another font, the symbol will be inserted as, say, Arial. I
know I can get the current font, if the symbol exists in it, by
the route <hexcode>ALT-x. Is it possible to make autocorrect use
the current font?

Thanks in advance!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not


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