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autocorrect
Hi ...
I have a spradsheet of acronyms with their full species (flora) names that I would like to (somehow) enter into the autocorrect database in Word (2002)... So for e.g. if I type 'euccre' it autocorrects to Narrow-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) (with species name in italics if possible but I know that's asking a bit much!!). I had a smaller version of this on my old computer (WIN98) but have not been successful in my attempts to transfer it to this Office XP computer, and in any case it needs updating. I really do not want to go through and individually enter each of the 2500 species in the excel spreadsheet! Hope someone can help! Caroline ;-) |
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The macro associated with
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...utocorrect.htm creates a text file into which I believe you can import your corrections. -- 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. "Caroline" wrote in message ... Hi ... I have a spradsheet of acronyms with their full species (flora) names that I would like to (somehow) enter into the autocorrect database in Word (2002)... So for e.g. if I type 'euccre' it autocorrects to Narrow-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) (with species name in italics if possible but I know that's asking a bit much!!). I had a smaller version of this on my old computer (WIN98) but have not been successful in my attempts to transfer it to this Office XP computer, and in any case it needs updating. I really do not want to go through and individually enter each of the 2500 species in the excel spreadsheet! Hope someone can help! Caroline ;-) |
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Thanks Suzanne I will give that a shot, hopefully it will work better than
the microsoft one. I was also hoping I could add new autocorrect entries in bulk - I have an extra 2000 or so to add and dont have the time to do each inidividually. Some sort of function that allows multiple entries from a table with one click or merging from an external database would be fantastic - but I guess thats asking a bit much! thanks again, Caroline "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macro associated with http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...utocorrect.htm creates a text file into which I believe you can import your corrections. -- 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. "Caroline" wrote in message ... Hi ... I have a spradsheet of acronyms with their full species (flora) names that I would like to (somehow) enter into the autocorrect database in Word (2002)... So for e.g. if I type 'euccre' it autocorrects to Narrow-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) (with species name in italics if possible but I know that's asking a bit much!!). I had a smaller version of this on my old computer (WIN98) but have not been successful in my attempts to transfer it to this Office XP computer, and in any case it needs updating. I really do not want to go through and individually enter each of the 2500 species in the excel spreadsheet! Hope someone can help! Caroline ;-) |
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I'm a bit vague on this since I've never used it, but I rather think the
file the macro creates is a table, so you ought to be able to merge your table with it and then sort. -- 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. "Caroline" wrote in message ... Thanks Suzanne I will give that a shot, hopefully it will work better than the microsoft one. I was also hoping I could add new autocorrect entries in bulk - I have an extra 2000 or so to add and dont have the time to do each inidividually. Some sort of function that allows multiple entries from a table with one click or merging from an external database would be fantastic - but I guess thats asking a bit much! thanks again, Caroline "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The macro associated with http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...utocorrect.htm creates a text file into which I believe you can import your corrections. -- 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. "Caroline" wrote in message ... Hi ... I have a spradsheet of acronyms with their full species (flora) names that I would like to (somehow) enter into the autocorrect database in Word (2002)... So for e.g. if I type 'euccre' it autocorrects to Narrow-leaved ironbark (Eucalyptus crebra) (with species name in italics if possible but I know that's asking a bit much!!). I had a smaller version of this on my old computer (WIN98) but have not been successful in my attempts to transfer it to this Office XP computer, and in any case it needs updating. I really do not want to go through and individually enter each of the 2500 species in the excel spreadsheet! Hope someone can help! Caroline ;-) |
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