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MS Office Forum / Word / Document Management / May 2008AutoCorrect no longer converts arrows & smileys
Since I re-installed Office 2003 (which I did because Windows Installer was damaged), AutoCorrect still corrects the spelling errors in its database, turms (C) into a copyright symbol, and does most of what it should; but it no longer turms text arrows suck as ==> and --> into heavy arrows or things like :-) into smileys. In fact, those arrows and smileys were no longer in the AutoCorrect list, and pasting them into a document and adding the corresponding AC entry doesn't get it working. Is there a way to get these things back into AC? (Help didn't help, and a query on Office Online also turned up nothing.) Do you have the Wingdings font installed?  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Since I re-installed Office 2003 (which I did because Windows Installer > was [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > things back into AC? (Help didn't help, and a query on Office Online also > turned up nothing.) Apologies for not replying sooner, but the reply links in the automated email message that sent your reply question to me were dead and my route to navigagte back to the Community page that (eventually) leads to this reply window was long and difficult. Yes, Wingdings is installed, as in Wingdings 2. I note, though, FWIW that if I select one of the heavy arrows in an old document, the font dialog says it's in Times New Roman, just like the surrounding text. I'd add my email address here and suggest you copy any further message directly, but maybe there's a rule against that....? Thanks for so far. Michael > Do you have the Wingdings font installed? > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > things back into AC? (Help didn't help, and a query on Office Online also > > turned up nothing.) Did you perhaps create your own Normal.dot at some point? If so then that's the cause since rich text AutoCorrect entries are stored in your Normal template which only Word can properly create. Try renaming Normal.dot to Normal.dotOld and see if the AutoCorrect entries return. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx > Apologies for not replying sooner, but the reply links in the automated [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] >> > also >> > turned up nothing.) You're right. I did create a new Normal.dot, and I did that because some months ago, after I'd successfully altered Normal.dot many times, it would no longer accept my changes. As I recall, I went through a series of steps, saving a revised template under a new name, then deleting the existing Normal.dot, then renaming my new template Normal.dot. More recently, I'd been unable to install updates from Microsoft Update, and to fix that I followed the steps in a KB article to re-install Office. That left my custom-built Normal.dot intact, which I assume is by design. I'd guess the safe thing is to rename my current Normal.dot, let Word create a new one, then see if I can successfully revise that Normal.dot to pick up my custom changes. But if there's no more efficient way to combine the default Normal.dot and my changes, maybe I'll just stick with what I have and keep copies of the arrows in my extended clipboard utility. Either way, thanks. > Did you perhaps create your own Normal.dot at some point? If so then that's > the cause since rich text AutoCorrect entries are stored in your Normal [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > >> > also > >> > turned up nothing.) Microsoft updates don't touch your Normal template. As for migrating your changes to your newly created Normal template, it depends on what those changes are. If they are Styles, AutoText, or Macros then these can be copied to your new Normal template using the Organizer found by clicking Tools/Templates and Add-ins. If there were other changes, such as to your page margins, font, or paragraph formatting, you can make these changes by either opening your new Normal template and making the modifications or by using the various dialog boxes and clicking the Default button. btw, if you also use the built-in AutoText entries you'll find those are gone too since they are also stored in the Normal template Word creates. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx > You're right. I did create a new Normal.dot, and I did that because some > months ago, after I'd successfully altered Normal.dot many times, it would [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >> entries >> return. >> > Apologies for not replying sooner, but the reply links in the automated [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] >> >> > also >> >> > turned up nothing.) Ordinary mortals really can't create Normal.dot; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CustomizeNormalTemplate.htm SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > You're right. I did create a new Normal.dot, and I did that because some > months ago, after I'd successfully altered Normal.dot many times, it would [quoted text clipped - 81 lines] >> >> > also >> >> > turned up nothing.) |
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