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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
Hi all.
I have been attempting to transfer Autocorrect entries from an old laptop to a new one, and have had only partial success. I have some Word files on the new laptop that I transferred from the old. When I open one of those old files on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries work. But when I open a new Word file on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries DO NOT work. Any suggestions? |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
If AutoCorrect works on some documents but not others then check your
proofing language. AutoCorrect entries aren't document specific but they are language specific. ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP "D4P" wrote in message news  Hi all. I have been attempting to transfer Autocorrect entries from an old laptop to a new one, and have had only partial success. I have some Word files on the new laptop that I transferred from the old. When I open one of those old files on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries work. But when I open a new Word file on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries DO NOT work. Any suggestions? -- D4P |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
If AutoCorrect works on some documents but not others then check your
proofing language. AutoCorrect entries aren't document specific but they are language specific. ~Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP "D4P" wrote in message news Hi all. I have been attempting to transfer Autocorrect entries from an old laptop to a new one, and have had only partial success. I have some Word files on the new laptop that I transferred from the old. When I open one of those old files on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries work. But when I open a new Word file on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries DO NOT work. Any suggestions? -- D4P |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
Which version of Word do you have? Is it the same version on both
computers? Exactly which files did you transfer, and how did you do it? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...utocorrect.htm for procedures. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:46:23 +0000, D4P wrote: Hi all. I have been attempting to transfer Autocorrect entries from an old laptop to a new one, and have had only partial success. I have some Word files on the new laptop that I transferred from the old. When I open one of those old files on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries work. But when I open a new Word file on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries DO NOT work. Any suggestions? |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
Which version of Word do you have? Is it the same version on both
computers? Exactly which files did you transfer, and how did you do it? See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...utocorrect.htm for procedures. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:46:23 +0000, D4P wrote: Hi all. I have been attempting to transfer Autocorrect entries from an old laptop to a new one, and have had only partial success. I have some Word files on the new laptop that I transferred from the old. When I open one of those old files on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries work. But when I open a new Word file on the new laptop, the transferred Autocorrect entries DO NOT work. Any suggestions? |
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I'm using Word 2000 on each machine. The files are just a random assortment of various Word files I created on the old machine, that I transferred to the new machine over a wireless network.
As per the link you provided, I have tried both methods listed. |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:16:49 +0000, D4P
wrote: I'm using Word 2000 on each machine. The files are just a random assortment of various Word files I created on the old machine, that I transferred to the new machine over a wireless network. As per the link you provided, I have tried both methods listed. I think Beth Melton's suggestion is probably the correct one. The language applied to the documents that came from the old machine is the same as the language of your AutoCorrect entries, so those documents trigger AutoCorrect replacements. I think the language applied to the Normal.dot template on the new machine (and therefore applied to all new documents based on that template) is some other "language" variant. For example, one may be English UK and the other English US, or some other combination. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:16:49 +0000, D4P
wrote: I'm using Word 2000 on each machine. The files are just a random assortment of various Word files I created on the old machine, that I transferred to the new machine over a wireless network. As per the link you provided, I have tried both methods listed. I think Beth Melton's suggestion is probably the correct one. The language applied to the documents that came from the old machine is the same as the language of your AutoCorrect entries, so those documents trigger AutoCorrect replacements. I think the language applied to the Normal.dot template on the new machine (and therefore applied to all new documents based on that template) is some other "language" variant. For example, one may be English UK and the other English US, or some other combination. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Oops, I hadn't seen Beth's comment when I responded to Jay's.
It looks like Beth was correct: my new documents were opening up with a different proofing language than my old ones. When I changed the proofing language, Autocorrect entries started working. So: how do I make a permanent change to the proofing language? It doesn't seem to save my changes when I change it... |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:53:46 +0000, D4P
wrote: Oops, I hadn't seen Beth's comment when I responded to Jay's. It looks like Beth was correct: my new documents were opening up with a different proofing language than my old ones. When I changed the proofing language, Autocorrect entries started working. So: how do I make a permanent change to the proofing language? It doesn't seem to save my changes when I change it... Open the Normal.dot template by using File Open and navigating to the Templates folder (for directions, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...cNotBlank.htm). Select the single empty paragraph mark and apply the right language to it. Save and close the template. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:53:46 +0000, D4P wrote: Oops, I hadn't seen Beth's comment when I responded to Jay's. It looks like Beth was correct: my new documents were opening up with a different proofing language than my old ones. When I changed the proofing language, Autocorrect entries started working. So: how do I make a permanent change to the proofing language? It doesn't seem to save my changes when I change it... Open the Normal.dot template by using File Open and navigating to the Templates folder (for directions, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...cNotBlank.htm). Select the single empty paragraph mark and apply the right language to it. Save and close the template. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
But note that Word will by default use the language selected as the default
in Windows; see http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:53:46 +0000, D4P wrote: Oops, I hadn't seen Beth's comment when I responded to Jay's. It looks like Beth was correct: my new documents were opening up with a different proofing language than my old ones. When I changed the proofing language, Autocorrect entries started working. So: how do I make a permanent change to the proofing language? It doesn't seem to save my changes when I change it... Open the Normal.dot template by using File Open and navigating to the Templates folder (for directions, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...cNotBlank.htm). Select the single empty paragraph mark and apply the right language to it. Save and close the template. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Problems transferring Autocorrect entries to another computer
But note that Word will by default use the language selected as the default in Windows; see http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/LangFmt.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:53:46 +0000, D4P wrote: Oops, I hadn't seen Beth's comment when I responded to Jay's. It looks like Beth was correct: my new documents were opening up with a different proofing language than my old ones. When I changed the proofing language, Autocorrect entries started working. So: how do I make a permanent change to the proofing language? It doesn't seem to save my changes when I change it... Open the Normal.dot template by using File Open and navigating to the Templates folder (for directions, see http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErr...cNotBlank.htm). Select the single empty paragraph mark and apply the right language to it. Save and close the template. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Everything is working now. Thanks a lot for your help.
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