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Many of my Auto Correct and Auto Text entries are gone. I did not.
I have Word 2000. Many auto correct and auto text entries are gone!.. This
involved sooo much work. Does anyone know how this could happen? If so, why. Also, can I regain them somehow without having to go through all that work again? Thank you . |
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Probably your normal.dot was overwritten somehow. This is the default
storage location for AutoText and the only location for formatted AutoCorrect entries. In the future, you can store your AutoText in a different global template and make backups of your AutoCorrect entries using the utility on the MVP FAQ site. See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Typalot" wrote in message ... I have Word 2000. Many auto correct and auto text entries are gone!.. This involved sooo much work. Does anyone know how this could happen? If so, why. Also, can I regain them somehow without having to go through all that work again? Thank you . |
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If you have Word set to make a backup automatically (Tools | Options |
Save), look in the user templates folder for "Backup of Normal.wbk," which will be the previous version of Normal.dot. You should be able to retrieve custom AutoText entries from it using the Organizer. Copy it to a safe location first, then rename the existing Normal.dot to force Word to generate a fresh copy (which will include the standard AutoText entries), then copy the custom ones into it. -- 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. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... Probably your normal.dot was overwritten somehow. This is the default storage location for AutoText and the only location for formatted AutoCorrect entries. In the future, you can store your AutoText in a different global template and make backups of your AutoCorrect entries using the utility on the MVP FAQ site. See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Typalot" wrote in message ... I have Word 2000. Many auto correct and auto text entries are gone!.. This involved sooo much work. Does anyone know how this could happen? If so, why. Also, can I regain them somehow without having to go through all that work again? Thank you . |
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