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How do I import autocorrect entries from Word 2003 to Mac Office 2
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I use two computers at work : one is with Word 2003 and OneNote : the two software share the same Autocorrect file. I've used the Macro tool Support.dot to backup it. Do you know a way to share/import this file with/to Mac Office 2004? This one use a file named Microsoft Office ACL. How can I replace it by the other one? Thanks. |
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On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:21:07 -0700, Jerome
wrote: Hello I use two computers at work : one is with Word 2003 and OneNote : the two software share the same Autocorrect file. I've used the Macro tool Support.dot to backup it. Do you know a way to share/import this file with/to Mac Office 2004? This one use a file named Microsoft Office ACL. How can I replace it by the other one? Thanks. I don't have a Mac, so I'm guessing... have you tried loading the same Support.dot template in Word 2004 and using its Restore command? I've looked at the macro code, and it looks like it should work the same on a Mac as on Windows. If that works, there's an improved version of the AutoCorrect backup/restore at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...utocorrect.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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Cross-posting to the MacWord group for extra input--but last time I tried to
run that macro, I think my MacWord 2004 froze up. Someone else posted it as a suggestion--not sure if they had tested it or knew they were making the post on a Mac group. I didn't try very hard to make this work. All information welcomed. On the Mac, it is also a .acl file, but I would think the file format is different. Just switching out the file seems unlikely to work. The macro will likely need tweaking for a different location and filename on the Mac. On 8/12/05 8:06 AM, "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:21:07 -0700, Jerome wrote: Hello I use two computers at work : one is with Word 2003 and OneNote : the two software share the same Autocorrect file. I've used the Macro tool Support.dot to backup it. Do you know a way to share/import this file with/to Mac Office 2004? This one use a file named Microsoft Office ACL. How can I replace it by the other one? Thanks. I don't have a Mac, so I'm guessing... have you tried loading the same Support.dot template in Word 2004 and using its Restore command? I've looked at the macro code, and it looks like it should work the same on a Mac as on Windows. If that works, there's an improved version of the AutoCorrect backup/restore at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...utocorrect.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org -- 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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Hi Daiya,
The code of the macro doesn't make any direct reference to the .acl file; it uses the Application.Autocorrect.Entries.AddRichText method, which lets VBA figure out where the entry goes. The part of the macro that may be Windows-only is where it chooses the document file that contains the entries to be restored. It calls the FileOpen dialog and passes the name "*.doc"; I don't know whether that would cause a problem. Other than that, I don't see anything that's obviously platform-specific. You're probably correct that a .acl file can't be transferred directly. That wouldn't be the whole story anyway: formatted AC entries are stored in Normal.dot, and only unformatted ones are stored in the .acl file. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 07:32:18 -0400, Daiya Mitchell wrote: Cross-posting to the MacWord group for extra input--but last time I tried to run that macro, I think my MacWord 2004 froze up. Someone else posted it as a suggestion--not sure if they had tested it or knew they were making the post on a Mac group. I didn't try very hard to make this work. All information welcomed. On the Mac, it is also a .acl file, but I would think the file format is different. Just switching out the file seems unlikely to work. The macro will likely need tweaking for a different location and filename on the Mac. On 8/12/05 8:06 AM, "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:21:07 -0700, Jerome wrote: Hello I use two computers at work : one is with Word 2003 and OneNote : the two software share the same Autocorrect file. I've used the Macro tool Support.dot to backup it. Do you know a way to share/import this file with/to Mac Office 2004? This one use a file named Microsoft Office ACL. How can I replace it by the other one? Thanks. I don't have a Mac, so I'm guessing... have you tried loading the same Support.dot template in Word 2004 and using its Restore command? I've looked at the macro code, and it looks like it should work the same on a Mac as on Windows. If that works, there's an improved version of the AutoCorrect backup/restore at http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...utocorrect.htm. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
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