Re: How can I add a large number of correction pairs to AutoCorrec

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I'm not sure whether it's certified for Word 2007, but I believe the macro
available from http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm
produces a plain text file into which such pairs can be introduced.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" <herb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As indicated, you'd probably need a macro to add the pairs. On the bright
side, there is no maximum "number" of autocorrect pairs you can add...
according to Microsoft, you're limited only by hard disk space and
available
memory. I've never hit a limit, but then again, I've never added 2000+
pairs.

I'm not familiar enough with WordPerfect to know what it can do in this
regard, but I do recall that XyWrite could do what you want, since the
equivalent of AutoCorrect was stored in an easy-to-access/edit file.

I said you'd *probably* need to write a macro. An alternative exists if
you're able to understand the format used for .acl files--which is where
unformatted AutoCorrect entries are stored. Running Office 2007 in Vista,
I
see .acl files in two locations, and they are identical in both (here, at
least):

C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office

C:\Users\user_name\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

There are different .acl files for different languages. The ones for US
English in Office 2007 are named:

MSO1033.acl

If I were going about this task... I would begin by temporarily renaming
the
existing .acl files as something else, then create a new file with a
single
AutoCorrect entry, and look at the resulting .acl with a binary
viewer/editor to try to get a handle on the structure. Then add an entry,
and observe how it changes. Finally, I'd use a binary editor to take my
2000+ list and see if I could add the necessary structure/coding to
convert
it into an .acl file.

This might sound a bit complex, and it might be. However, I'd be amazed if
some smart VBA programmer couldn't whip out a program to convert a text
file
or a .doc/.docx file (with AutoCorrect entries stored as a table) into an
.acl file. I googled a bit, but I don't see where anyone has done this
yet.
But, I didn't spend a lot of time searching.

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"JimDickens" <JimDickens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes

I would like to add pairs like abalaster,alabaster and
ablaster,alabaster
and so forth but I have quite a few that I want to add.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

What JimDickens means is the x,y pairs of "Replace x with y" in Tools |
AutoCorrect Options.

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Summer" <Summer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Would you mind providing an example of "pairs"? I am an old WP user
and
have never heard of this feature?

"JimDickens" <JimDickens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I would like to add 2000+ pairs to the AutoCorrect list in Word 2007
and
Word
2006 and Word 2005. Everything that I have seen on the Microsoft
site
says
that I have to write a macro. Is there some other utility or
function
that
would allow me to do it.

I really am not being petty here but I am betting that you have a
copies
of
WordPerfect 12 for research on the competition -- Wordperfect 10
and
12
have
the capability that I am requesting from you. They just add it
like
a
dictionary.

Does Word have that capability? If so, where is it?






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