limit on size for autocorrect file?

[Guest]

I recently read in an article pertaining to medical transcription that the
autocorrect file can only be so large (how large??) and then it starts
automatically deleting entries. Is there a size limit on autocorrect, and if
so, is it true it will start deleting if limit is met?

 

[Graham Mayor]

Autocorrect is limited only by memory and hard disc space. Autocorrect text
entries are limited to 255 characters, but formatted entries can be much
larger and include tables, graphics etc. If you want to create more
intelligent lists in various categories then you should investigate
GhostTyper - http://www.sc-data.de/ghosttyper/en/index.php3 which takes the
concept a whole lot further and works with all applications, not just Word.
I use it to place frequently used texts in these newgroup messages.

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[Charles Kenyon]

Are formatted entries limited by a size limit for the normal.dot template?
Should only be a problem with graphics.
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[Graham Mayor]

The biggest document I had to hand was 111 pages. I saved this as an
autocorrect entry without any difficulty in Word. This I would suggest is
exceptionally large for such a function? In addition to that document, I
then created and added a document containing 184 pages of jpeg images to
autocorrect, and while that imposed some stress on the limited memory
available in my laptop, it worked just fine, so in real world situations, I
can't see there being much of a problem.

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[Guest]

I am also doing medical transcription and notice that I'm losing autocorrect
entries. It seems as though I lose the older ones when I enter a new one. A
real pain! I wonder if one has to allocate more memory to this feature
somehow. I have no idea how that would be done, though, but would sure like
to find out the answer to this if anyone knows.

 

[Guest]

I am in medical transcription and while in school was told that Word DID have
a limit to number of entries autocorrect would hold. Does anyone knwo if this
is true?

 

[Jezebel]

No. There's no limit to the number. Only the general limit that the template
file size can't exceed 32MB. (Although you'll probably hit other memory and
performance problems long before you get to that.)

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And AutoCorrect isn't saved in templates, anyway, except for formatted
entries (which are saved in Normal.dot).

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[Tony Jollans]

See Autocorrect Feature Limitations:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;180165