In Word 2000, I could add lasting autocorrections by selecting them and
entering a few letters which, when typed in a document, brought up the
correction.

When I try to do the same in Word 2003, the new autocorrection is available
only until I close the application.

How do I make lasting autocorrections?

The same way. Are you being prompted to OK changes made to normal.dot? If
so, do you OK the changes? Autocorrect is stored in .acl files. AutoText is
stored in templates. Do you have write access to the folders where these are
being stored?

What happens if you close Word and restart it, without logging out or
shutting down your computer in between? Is your AC available then?
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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!
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"martusg" wrote in message
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In Word 2000, I could add lasting autocorrections by selecting them and
entering a few letters which, when typed in a document, brought up the
correction.

When I try to do the same in Word 2003, the new autocorrection is
available
only until I close the application.

How do I make lasting autocorrections?