Autocorrect not using manual entries

[pfenning]

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!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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

 

[pfenning]

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]

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/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm