Importing Autotext from Office 97 to 2000

[vidon]

One final question: I find that, when I import the .acl file from Word 97 to Word 2000, the autotext data is preserved, but the autocorrect data is not. Is there any way to import that autocorrect data?

I have staff members threatening to quit because their new computers won't import their autocorrect... ;-)

 

[Dreamboat]

Seems to me you'll have to have their old normal.dot file from 97.

If you can't just place that in the templates folder and have it work, then, try this using 97:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q221/9/57.ASP

They'll have to recreate all of their autotext, but at least they won't have to start from scratch.

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[vidon]

I should have mentioned -- I can transfer over their normal.dot file, as well. That covers me for their macros and, of course, their template -- but not for autocorrect... Autotext moves over just fine when I transfer the .acl file.

What confuses me is that I had thought that autocorrect and autotext were both recorded in the .acl file, so I've been puzzled why one transfers over and the other does not...

Thanks for the link, however...

 

[donna6197]

As far as I know, no autotext is stored in the .acl file.

Autotext is stored in normal.dot (or whatever template the user has chosen to store it in).
Formatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in normal.dot.
Unformatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in username.acl.