deleting auto correct entries ???

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ARanda

We use a LOT of auto correct entries (currently around 6,000) that mak
the work we do a lot easier.

At this point in time there are close to 2,000-3,000 auto correc
entries that we would like to remove, and then replace with update
versions using the "restore" feature of "autocorrect.dot". Each time w
get a new customer contract, I design custom codes that are used t
enter repetative text entries specific to that customer. Some of ou
codes are completely obsolete and are being redesigned with a ne
coding scheme. I want to remove the redundant entries.

Is there an "easy" way to remove the autocorrect entries OR set the
back to "factory default settings" so we can restore ONLY the ones tha
are currently needed?

The one thing that I personally do not want to lose is all th
customizations I've made to my MS Word tool bars and button placement.

I am open to suggestions. I just spent an hour deleting all th
autocorrect entries that we used for a customer contract last year, an
it took almost 2 hours to do it one at a time.

If it were just my machine, I really wouldn't mind so much, but ther
are about 30 folks that I support that have them on their machines an
we need to get them all replaced for one of our customers by nex
Friday (Feb 7) (I see a lot of midnight oil coming my way updating al
these machines . . .)

I really appreciate all the help you can give me
 
I understand how to use the "backup" file to edit. However, that does
NOT delete existing macros where the entire "code" that we type to
trigger the response is being changed. It will only change that code
which remains the same with new text.

For instance:

10coA1a would give some text that will be "changed"

the new code might look like:

co10A1a would give some text that has been changed but is based on
the old code

We want to be able to remove the 10coA1a completely out of the
autocorrect scheme.

Our codes are being redesigned, and if you have ever tried to manually
remove literally THOUSANDS of autocorrect codes, you can imagine what a
mess this is going to be with 30 machines involved in the process.

There has to be a way to get rid of the old auto corrects and go back
to the "default" entries from MSWord.

Thanks!

Angelina
 
Hi Suzanne!

Thanks for your help, Suzanne! You gave me enough help this morning t
get me thinking again.

Here it is several hours later, and I have come up with a "solution
that worked on my XP Pro machine and a few others as well:

First, I have done a lot of "customization" to my MS Word program fo
MY convenience, different little "shortcuts" that I use for gettin
certain symbols quickly -- degree signs, multiplication, division, Pi
etc without having to fumble each time. I made an electronic "har
copy" of those in a Word Document called "shortcuts.doc".

Then I also took a "screen shot" of what the layout of all my button
look like, so I could restore them more quickly. (control print scree
to copy, and then control-v to paste into the shortcut document)

With all this stored safely away I closed out the MS Word program. The
I opened up Windows Explorer and found "normal.dot" and renamed i
"normal.bak" as a back up just in case.

Then I found the "MSO1033.acl" file and a few other miscellaneou
"MSO*.acl: files and renamed them in the same manner.

I opened up a "blank" MS Word document and VOILA all those thousand
and thousands of auto corrects were GONE, and I was back to the factor
defaults.

I rearranged the way my buttons and toolbars work to suit my needs
added in my little "short cuts" that I use for the mathematica
symbols, and then fired up "autocorrect.dot" (THANKS DAVE!!!!)

Each of our contracts now have their own "master" backup file, and i
took only about 5 minutes total to reinstall approximately 5,00
updated auto corrects and another 2,000 additional new auto corrects.

I've already done the "screenshots" of everyone's "look" for their wor
toolbars and buttons, and I've even managed to figure out how to d
this to the ;) Macintosh machines as well (Can I say that word i
here?? :rolleyes: ) I've never worked on a Macintosh, so this wa
really going out into the "unknown" for me. I converted two of the
this afternoon and it went well, and the folks who use them ar
satisfied with the results. That is the main thing!

It's close to 5:45pm here now, and I think I should have the machine
converted by around midnight if all the remote connections hold up.

Have a great evening!!
 
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