I'm using Word 2000 and have entered a HUGE amount of my own autocorrect
entries, and I rely on them heavily to do my work. When I got started
working today, my 10 years' worth of autocorrect entries are all of a sudden
not being used for some reason, and I can't figure out why. When I pull up
the autocorrect file itself, they are listed there, but when I go to Tools
--> AutoCorrect, they are not listed. Some of my most recent entries (within
the last month or so) work, but not the ones that I added years ago and use
most often. ANY help would be appreciated because this is so important to my
work. THANKS!

How are you viewing the "autocorrect file"? It was my impression that .acl
files were not user-editable.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"pfenning" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:0403750B-6965-4DDB-852A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm using Word 2000 and have entered a HUGE amount of my own autocorrect
> entries, and I rely on them heavily to do my work. When I got started
> working today, my 10 years' worth of autocorrect entries are all of a
> sudden
> not being used for some reason, and I can't figure out why. When I pull
> up
> the autocorrect file itself, they are listed there, but when I go to Tools
> --> AutoCorrect, they are not listed. Some of my most recent entries
> (within
> the last month or so) work, but not the ones that I added years ago and
> use
> most often. ANY help would be appreciated because this is so important to
> my
> work. THANKS!
>

It's on my desktop. I think I somehow put it there when I transferred to
this computer in 2004 (I have it labeled "AutoCorrect backup.doc"). It
brings up a Word document that has a table listing the Name (which is the
same as "Replace" in Tools-->AutoCorrect), Value ("With" in
Tools-->AutoCorrect), and RTF (I don't know what this is, but every listing
has it as False). Any ideas on how to get my entries working again?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> How are you viewing the "autocorrect file"? It was my impression that .acl
> files were not user-editable.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "pfenning" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:0403750B-6965-4DDB-852A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm using Word 2000 and have entered a HUGE amount of my own autocorrect
> > entries, and I rely on them heavily to do my work. When I got started
> > working today, my 10 years' worth of autocorrect entries are all of a
> > sudden
> > not being used for some reason, and I can't figure out why. When I pull
> > up
> > the autocorrect file itself, they are listed there, but when I go to Tools
> > --> AutoCorrect, they are not listed. Some of my most recent entries
> > (within
> > the last month or so) work, but not the ones that I added years ago and
> > use
> > most often. ANY help would be appreciated because this is so important to
> > my
> > work. THANKS!
> >
>
>
>

If these AutoCorrect entries are in a .doc file, they are irrelevant. If
they have not been loaded into your .acl file, they won't be used. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...utocorrect.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"pfenning" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E341E2F4-9B76-4113-AE62-(E-Mail Removed)...
> It's on my desktop. I think I somehow put it there when I transferred to
> this computer in 2004 (I have it labeled "AutoCorrect backup.doc"). It
> brings up a Word document that has a table listing the Name (which is the
> same as "Replace" in Tools-->AutoCorrect), Value ("With" in
> Tools-->AutoCorrect), and RTF (I don't know what this is, but every
> listing
> has it as False). Any ideas on how to get my entries working again?
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> How are you viewing the "autocorrect file"? It was my impression that
>> .acl
>> files were not user-editable.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
>> "pfenning" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:0403750B-6965-4DDB-852A-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > I'm using Word 2000 and have entered a HUGE amount of my own
>> > autocorrect
>> > entries, and I rely on them heavily to do my work. When I got started
>> > working today, my 10 years' worth of autocorrect entries are all of a
>> > sudden
>> > not being used for some reason, and I can't figure out why. When I
>> > pull
>> > up
>> > the autocorrect file itself, they are listed there, but when I go to
>> > Tools
>> > --> AutoCorrect, they are not listed. Some of my most recent entries
>> > (within
>> > the last month or so) work, but not the ones that I added years ago and
>> > use
>> > most often. ANY help would be appreciated because this is so important
>> > to
>> > my
>> > work. THANKS!
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>