AutoCorrect document

[James_Mann]

I recently backed up an AutoCorrect document to move it to another machine.
However, when it was backed-up, some of the cells got out of place due to
spaces. After I manually went through to move the values to the correct cells
and saved it, I get an error saying that the file is in incorrect format to
restore AutoCorrect when I attempt to restore it on the new machine.

 

[Beth Melton]

I recently backed up an AutoCorrect document to move it to another
machine.
However, when it was backed-up, some of the cells got out of place due to
spaces. After I manually went through to move the values to the correct
cells
and saved it, I get an error saying that the file is in incorrect format
to
restore AutoCorrect when I attempt to restore it on the new machine.

Did you try restoring the file before you modified it? Chances are it would
have restored the AutoCorrect entries without making any additional changes.
If you did try restoring the file and encountered errors can you expand on
what you mean by "the cells got out of place due to spaces"? Can you provide
an example?

Also what utility did you use to create the backup? There's a utility
Microsoft created in Support.dot and one that was revised to accommodate
tables and AutoCorrect entries with multiple paragraphs which can be found
here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm
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Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

 

[James_Mann via OfficeKB.com]

I recently backed up an AutoCorrect document to move it to another
machine.

[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]

to
restore AutoCorrect when I attempt to restore it on the new machine.

Did you try restoring the file before you modified it? Chances are it would
have restored the AutoCorrect entries without making any additional changes.
If you did try restoring the file and encountered errors can you expand on
what you mean by "the cells got out of place due to spaces"? Can you provide
an example?

Also what utility did you use to create the backup? There's a utility
Microsoft created in Support.dot and one that was revised to accommodate
tables and AutoCorrect entries with multiple paragraphs which can be found
here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm

I did try restoring the file when I originally had backed it up using the
Support.dot back-up option and when I attempted to load it, it'd get to about
page 140 out of 190 and say it ran into an error. When I checked that page, I
noticed at that point it had start to get out of place, the Value of either
True or False was no longer in the third cell, and had been moved down so
that it was in the 2nd cell on the next line down.

The user manually corrected the entries so that they lined up correctly but
not it is saying that the format is incorrect to restore the file.

 

[Beth Melton]

I recently backed up an AutoCorrect document to move it to another
machine.

[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]

to
restore AutoCorrect when I attempt to restore it on the new machine.

Did you try restoring the file before you modified it? Chances are it
would
have restored the AutoCorrect entries without making any additional
changes.
If you did try restoring the file and encountered errors can you expand on
what you mean by "the cells got out of place due to spaces"? Can you
provide
an example?

Also what utility did you use to create the backup? There's a utility
Microsoft created in Support.dot and one that was revised to accommodate
tables and AutoCorrect entries with multiple paragraphs which can be found
here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm

I did try restoring the file when I originally had backed it up using the
Support.dot back-up option and when I attempted to load it, it'd get to
about
page 140 out of 190 and say it ran into an error. When I checked that
page, I
noticed at that point it had start to get out of place, the Value of
either
True or False was no longer in the third cell, and had been moved down so
that it was in the 2nd cell on the next line down.

The user manually corrected the entries so that they lined up correctly
but
not it is saying that the format is incorrect to restore the file.

If you encountered an error than it's likely not creating the entries
correctly, aside from the out of place cells. If you have access to the
computer then use the revised utility which can be downloaded from here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm

IIRC, what you describe is the type of errors that were corrected in the
revised add-in. I suspect when it encountered the error it was on an
AutoCorrect entry with multiple paragraphs or a Word table.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx