Autocorrect--Where is the file?

[Daryl Morrell]

Does anybody have any idea where the autocorrect file is that holds
all your custom entries?
My eMac running OS 10.3.3 & Word 10.1.4 had a kernel panic and froze
and sure enough all my custom autocorrect entries were gone & of
course no back up. If backing up the autocorrect file is possible,
I'd appreciate hearing about it. (or any other wisdom about why
adding a new autocorrect entry would have caused the kerrnel panic
thanks,
Daryl

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Daryl,

AutoCorrect entries are stored in two places:

Plain-text AutoCorrect entries are stored in MS Office ACL [English] (or
whatever your language). The MS Office ACL file you want (you may see more
than one) is in ~/library/preferences/Microsoft.

Formatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in your Normal template. See below
for location.

I don't know why you had the kernel panic but try two general
troubleshooting measures:

1) Repair Disk Permissions: Go to Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities.
Open up Disk Utility. Select your hard disk, then click the First Aid tab.
Click the button to "Repair Disk Permissions".

2) Test your Normal template: Quit Word and navigate to your Normal
template which should be in /Applications/Microsoft Office X/Templates/.
Rename Normal to something else (like OldNormal), then relaunch Word. If
this fixes the problem but you have customizations, etc, in OldNormal that
you want to maintain, you can use Organizer to transfer those from OldNormal
to the newly-created Normal template. Then you can trash the old renamed
file. To learn how to use Organizer, see here (use IE not Safari to view
this site): <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/MacWordNormalTemplate.htm>

If this doesn't fix the problem, quit Word again, trash the new Normal and
rename OldNormal back to Normal.

Hope this helps.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

 

[Daryl Morrell]

Thank you so much, Beth!!! I never would have figured that out in a
hundred years, especially the fact they are stored in two different
places. Now I know from on which two files to back up....I use
hundreds of autocorrect entries as shorthand for my job as a
transciptionist, so I'm relieved to know I can back this up now! I'm
guessing that had I backed up my MS Office ACL file before the kernal
panic, I would just simply have had to replace the "corrupted" file in
Preferences with the backed up copy stored elsewhere and just restart
Word? I did notice that the formatted entries were still there; now I
know that the Normal template was unaffected, but the ACL file was
wiped clean. So I learned a lot & thank you again!!
...Daryl

Hi Daryl,

AutoCorrect entries are stored in two places:

Plain-text AutoCorrect entries are stored in MS Office ACL [English] (or
whatever your language). The MS Office ACL file you want (you may see more
than one) is in ~/library/preferences/Microsoft.

Formatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in your Normal template. See below
for location.

I don't know why you had the kernel panic but try two general
troubleshooting measures:

1) Repair Disk Permissions: Go to Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities.
Open up Disk Utility. Select your hard disk, then click the First Aid tab.
Click the button to "Repair Disk Permissions".

2) Test your Normal template: Quit Word and navigate to your Normal
template which should be in /Applications/Microsoft Office X/Templates/.
Rename Normal to something else (like OldNormal), then relaunch Word. If
this fixes the problem but you have customizations, etc, in OldNormal that
you want to maintain, you can use Organizer to transfer those from OldNormal
to the newly-created Normal template. Then you can trash the old renamed
file. To learn how to use Organizer, see here (use IE not Safari to view
this site): <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/MacWordNormalTemplate.htm>

If this doesn't fix the problem, quit Word again, trash the new Normal and
rename OldNormal back to Normal.

Hope this helps.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

Does anybody have any idea where the autocorrect file is that holds
all your custom entries?
My eMac running OS 10.3.3 & Word 10.1.4 had a kernel panic and froze
and sure enough all my custom autocorrect entries were gone & of
course no back up. If backing up the autocorrect file is possible,
I'd appreciate hearing about it. (or any other wisdom about why
adding a new autocorrect entry would have caused the kerrnel panic
thanks,
Daryl

 

[Beth Rosengard]

Hi Daryl,

I would just simply have had to replace the "corrupted" file in Preferences
with the backed up copy stored elsewhere and just restart Word?

Yes. And you're welcome .

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

Thank you so much, Beth!!! I never would have figured that out in a
hundred years, especially the fact they are stored in two different
places. Now I know from on which two files to back up....I use
hundreds of autocorrect entries as shorthand for my job as a
transciptionist, so I'm relieved to know I can back this up now! I'm
guessing that had I backed up my MS Office ACL file before the kernal
panic, I would just simply have had to replace the "corrupted" file in
Preferences with the backed up copy stored elsewhere and just restart
Word? I did notice that the formatted entries were still there; now I
know that the Normal template was unaffected, but the ACL file was
wiped clean. So I learned a lot & thank you again!!
..Daryl

Hi Daryl,

AutoCorrect entries are stored in two places:

Plain-text AutoCorrect entries are stored in MS Office ACL [English] (or
whatever your language). The MS Office ACL file you want (you may see more
than one) is in ~/library/preferences/Microsoft.

Formatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in your Normal template. See below
for location.

I don't know why you had the kernel panic but try two general
troubleshooting measures:

1) Repair Disk Permissions: Go to Macintosh HD/Applications/Utilities.
Open up Disk Utility. Select your hard disk, then click the First Aid tab.
Click the button to "Repair Disk Permissions".

2) Test your Normal template: Quit Word and navigate to your Normal
template which should be in /Applications/Microsoft Office X/Templates/.
Rename Normal to something else (like OldNormal), then relaunch Word. If
this fixes the problem but you have customizations, etc, in OldNormal that
you want to maintain, you can use Organizer to transfer those from OldNormal
to the newly-created Normal template. Then you can trash the old renamed
file. To learn how to use Organizer, see here (use IE not Safari to view
this site): <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/MacWordNormalTemplate.htm>

If this doesn't fix the problem, quit Word again, trash the new Normal and
rename OldNormal back to Normal.

Hope this helps.

--
Beth Rosengard
Mac MVP

Mac Word FAQ: <http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/index.htm>
Entourage Help Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>

Does anybody have any idea where the autocorrect file is that holds
all your custom entries?
My eMac running OS 10.3.3 & Word 10.1.4 had a kernel panic and froze
and sure enough all my custom autocorrect entries were gone & of
course no back up. If backing up the autocorrect file is possible,
I'd appreciate hearing about it. (or any other wisdom about why
adding a new autocorrect entry would have caused the kerrnel panic
thanks,
Daryl