Re: Formatting autocorrect

Thanks! It did work out, however, I now face another problem. Every time I
insert a formatted auto-correct entry I need to accept the change otherwise
the insertion is visible in the document.

To avoid this for a future insertion I need to save again the entry and
replace the existed one. This, however, can’t be the case considering the
4567 entries that I have already.

Any help?

Thanks and regards

"Jay Freedman" wrote:

If you're doing an in-place upgrade from Word 2003 to Word 2007, the
formatted AutoCorrect entries (which are stored in the Normal.dot template)
will be brought forward automatically, although you may have to open
Normal.dot and use the Office button > Convert function to change it to the
new format.

To transfer the formatted autocorrect entries (actually, all autocorrect
entries) from Word 2003 on one machine to Word 2007 on a different machine:

- Download the AutoCorrect.zip file from
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm. Extract
the AutoCorrect.dot file from it, open it in Word 2003, and run the macro to
save the AutoCorrect entries into a table in a document. Save that document
and copy it to the Word 2007 machine..

- Download the AutoCorrect2007.zip file from http://jay-freedman.info.
Extract the AutoCorrect.dotm file from it, open it in Word 2007, and run the
macro to read the entries from the document and store them in Normal.dotm.

I don't know what you need to do for Outlook 2007, because I don't use it.
Ask in an Outlook newsgroup?

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Arend wrote:
I want to upgrade to office 2007 but there are some issues which I
need to solve before I upgrade.
However, for a year now I am trying to find a solution but nobody can
help me. Maybe you could?!

1. I can't find a way to transfer my FORMATTED autocorrect entries
from 2003 to 2007
2. I can't find away to transfer my autocorrect FORMATTED entries AND
my autotext entries to outlook 2007, as in 2007 word is not anymore
the email editor.

Can you help?

Regards
Arend


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

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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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

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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