AutoCorrect

[Matt Fitzmaurice]

Hi all,

Can someone pls tell me where AutoCorrect entries are stored in Word 2003?

In "Microsoft Word 2003 for Law firms" it states that:
- The registry stores the location of the AutoCorrect file (.acl)
- Normal.dot stores the formatted AutoCorrect entries.
- The .acl file contains the unformatted AutoCorrect entries.

I've added an AutoCorrect entry in Word and the time stamp on Normal.dot and
the .acl file did not update. If the entry was not stored in one of these
locations. Where is it??

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Are you still using Word? That is, have you closed the Word session?
Additions like this normally aren't saved until you quit Word?

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[Charles Kenyon]

There can be multiple .acl files if you have different languages active. You
can also end up with multiple normal.dot files. (You only want one per
user.) I would recommend getting the utility from
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm and putting
your AC entries into an editable file. You can then run the utility to
reload your edited AC.
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[Matt Fitzmaurice]

No. Word has closed down. I made sure of this by going into Task Manager and
looking at the running Processes.

The modified dates on Normal and the ACL's do not change.

 

[Matt Fitzmaurice]

I have three .acl files on my computer:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1033\MSO.ACL
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\1036\MSO.ACL
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\3082\MSO.ACL

I think 1033 is the English language directory. That is the file i am
expecting to change.

I deleted all normal.dot files from my computer and then watched the
normal.dot that was created in Word's User Templates directory. The time
stamp on the file did not change after adding the autocorrect entries.

Thanks

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Did you try the utility?
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[Matt Fitzmaurice]

Yeah, but how can using the backup utility help me find where the
AutoCorrect entries are stored?

I looked through the Utility's code. I've written similar code.
Unfortunately it doesn't tell me where entries are stored.

Thanks again,
Matt (MSCD)
www.macroview.com.au

 

[Matt Fitzmaurice]

The goal is to do what i think a lot of firms do: Roll out a Company
specific AutoCorrect file.
I assumed that it would be a simple matter of making the changes on one PC
and then copying the .acl file onto all the other PC's.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Doing what you suggest will overwrite any personal autocorrect entries
people may have made. To most users, they won't even notice because they
haven't added any. Others, though, will be very upset that you've trashed a
lot of work they've done to make them more productive in their jobs. Using
the backup utility allows addition of company-wide ac entries to those
already on someone's system. I would at least have people run the utility
before you copy acl files.
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[TF]

Does anything get saved to normal.dot? Have you installed Acrobat Writer v7?

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: No. Word has closed down. I made sure of this by going into Task Manager
and
: looking at the running Processes.
:
: The modified dates on Normal and the ACL's do not change.
:
: : > Are you still using Word? That is, have you closed the Word session?
: > Additions like this normally aren't saved until you quit Word?
: >
: > --
: > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > Words into Type
: > Fairhope, Alabama USA
:
: > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup
: > so
: > all may benefit.
: >
: > : >> Hi all,
: >>
: >> Can someone pls tell me where AutoCorrect entries are stored in Word
: >> 2003?
: >>
: >> In "Microsoft Word 2003 for Law firms" it states that:
: >> - The registry stores the location of the AutoCorrect file (.acl)
: >> - Normal.dot stores the formatted AutoCorrect entries.
: >> - The .acl file contains the unformatted AutoCorrect entries.
: >>
: >> I've added an AutoCorrect entry in Word and the time stamp on
Normal.dot
: > and
: >> the .acl file did not update. If the entry was not stored in one of
these
: >> locations. Where is it??
: >>
: >> Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this.
: >>
: >> Thanks,
: >> Matt
: >>
: >>
: >
:
:

 

[Matt Fitzmaurice]

No, nothing is saved. The time stamp on Normal.dot remains unchanged.

I do not have Acrobat 7. I do have Acrobat 5 though. Why do you ask?

Thanks

 

[Matt Fitzmaurice]

Good point.

But what i'm trying to do should still work....
And it isn't...
I'm very confused.

 

[Matt Fitzmaurice]

So, how do you go about rolling out new auto correct entries to hundreds of
people?
Do you backup the autocorrect entries to a template via the utility's code,
then use code on a global template to add it to all the user environments?

 

[Graham Mayor]

The Acrobat 7 add-in prevents changes to normal.dot from being saved.
Acrobat 5's does not.

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[Á÷À˵ÄË«Óã]

The files storing the autocorrect entries are
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates\normal.dot
and
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\mso1033.acl
I think you miss them, so you are confused.
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[TF]

Under Tools, Options, Save Tab, do you have Prompt to Save to Normal.dot
checked? When you make a change such as the default font or the page
margins, do you get the prompt when you close Word? Under Tools, Options,
File Locations, is the User Template setting pointing at the folder with
your normal.dot?

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

: No, nothing is saved. The time stamp on Normal.dot remains unchanged.
:
: I do not have Acrobat 7. I do have Acrobat 5 though. Why do you ask?
:
: Thanks
:
:
: "TF" <terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom> wrote in message
: : > Does anything get saved to normal.dot? Have you installed Acrobat Writer
: > v7?
: >
: > --
: > Terry Farrell - Word MVP
: > http://word.mvps.org/
: >
: > : > : No. Word has closed down. I made sure of this by going into Task
Manager
: > and
: > : looking at the running Processes.
: > :
: > : The modified dates on Normal and the ACL's do not change.
: > :
: > : : > : > Are you still using Word? That is, have you closed the Word session?
: > : > Additions like this normally aren't saved until you quit Word?
: > : >
: > : > --
: > : > Suzanne S. Barnhill
: > : > Microsoft MVP (Word)
: > : > Words into Type
: > : > Fairhope, Alabama USA
: > :
: > : > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
: > newsgroup
: > : > so
: > : > all may benefit.
: > : >
: > : > : > : >> Hi all,
: > : >>
: > : >> Can someone pls tell me where AutoCorrect entries are stored in
Word
: > : >> 2003?
: > : >>
: > : >> In "Microsoft Word 2003 for Law firms" it states that:
: > : >> - The registry stores the location of the AutoCorrect file (.acl)
: > : >> - Normal.dot stores the formatted AutoCorrect entries.
: > : >> - The .acl file contains the unformatted AutoCorrect entries.
: > : >>
: > : >> I've added an AutoCorrect entry in Word and the time stamp on
: > Normal.dot
: > : > and
: > : >> the .acl file did not update. If the entry was not stored in one of
: > these
: > : >> locations. Where is it??
: > : >>
: > : >> Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this.
: > : >>
: > : >> Thanks,
: > : >> Matt
: > : >>
: > : >>
: > : >
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:

 

[Matt Fitzmaurice]

Thank you. That was it.
I searched my local drives for *.acl files, but for some reason, the .acl
files in my Application Data folders were not found..

Thanks again.