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Autocorrect not working in all Word documents
(Using Microsoft Word 2000)
I have added text to Autocorrect while in a Word document I have created. When I start a new document, the Autocorrect is not automatically correcting the text as I have entered it. Thinking I haven't added the correction, I go to add it to Autocorrect, see it is already there, close Autocorrect and type the text again, then it corrects. All checkboxes are checked in the Autocorrect menu, including 'Automatically use suggestions from the spelling checker.' Is Word storing my autocorrect entries in two different places - somehow some entries only apply to the document currently open when the correction was added, and sometimes storing it globally so the corrections are available in any Word document? |
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Autocorrect not working in all Word documents
I don't know whether it's relevant in this situation or not, but AutoCorrect
is language-sensitive; entries are stored in different files according to language. Word provides AutoCorrect entries only for the language at the insertion point. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "lm2942" wrote in message ... (Using Microsoft Word 2000) I have added text to Autocorrect while in a Word document I have created. When I start a new document, the Autocorrect is not automatically correcting the text as I have entered it. Thinking I haven't added the correction, I go to add it to Autocorrect, see it is already there, close Autocorrect and type the text again, then it corrects. All checkboxes are checked in the Autocorrect menu, including 'Automatically use suggestions from the spelling checker.' Is Word storing my autocorrect entries in two different places - somehow some entries only apply to the document currently open when the correction was added, and sometimes storing it globally so the corrections are available in any Word document? |
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Autocorrect not working in all Word documents
AutoCorrect is language-dependent, that might be it.
Go to Tools | Language, and make sure that the language the text is formatted in matches the language the AutoCorrect was created in. AutoCorrect (unlike AutoText) is *not* template dependent, but should be available always. Plain text AutoCorrects are saved in a special file, formatted AutoCorrects are saved in Normal.dot. On 10/20/05 3:18 PM, "lm2942" wrote: (Using Microsoft Word 2000) I have added text to Autocorrect while in a Word document I have created. When I start a new document, the Autocorrect is not automatically correcting the text as I have entered it. Thinking I haven't added the correction, I go to add it to Autocorrect, see it is already there, close Autocorrect and type the text again, then it corrects. All checkboxes are checked in the Autocorrect menu, including 'Automatically use suggestions from the spelling checker.' Is Word storing my autocorrect entries in two different places - somehow some entries only apply to the document currently open when the correction was added, and sometimes storing it globally so the corrections are available in any Word document? -- Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/ MacWord Tips: http://www.word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/ What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ |
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