Transferring AutoCorrects During Upgrade

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Grammar Bitch - 10 Dec 2004 13:25 GMT

I'm planning on upgrading to Office XP, but I'm hesitant because I have a
*huge* number of AutoCorrects (I type for a living). I know how to transfer
the Custom Dictionary and Normal, but to date, I haven't found a way to
transfer the AutoCorrects.

Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or am I SOL and will have to start
from scratch if I decide to upgrade?

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Jay Freedman - 10 Dec 2004 15:04 GMT

> I'm planning on upgrading to Office XP, but I'm hesitant because I
> have a *huge* number of AutoCorrects (I type for a living). I know
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> Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or am I SOL and will have to
> start from scratch if I decide to upgrade?

The installer for XP won't overwrite the existing .acl files or normal.dot,
so the AutoCorrects will be intact after the upgrade.

Just in case -- and for routine backup, since you depend on this for a
living -- export the AutoCorrects to a document by using the macro in the
template at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm.
You can export before the upgrade, and import afterward.

Also see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm for a list of
other things to back up.

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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

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Charles Kenyon - 10 Dec 2004 18:53 GMT

See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
etc. Note the instructions for AutoCorrect entries are to use the utility
that Jay already gave you a link to.

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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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> I'm planning on upgrading to Office XP, but I'm hesitant because I have a
> *huge* number of AutoCorrects (I type for a living). I know how to
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Does anyone know of a way to do this? Or am I SOL and will have to start
> from scratch if I decide to upgrade?

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