How do I delete multiple AutoCorrect entries?

[Arno Wouters]

As I use TypeIt4Me I had disabled the "Replace text as you type"
facility of AutoCorrect in Word X. However, it turns out that
TypeIt4Me's mechanism to insert formated text in Word does not work in
OS X. In other words, TypeIt4Me can insert unformatted text only.

I have many entries that replace things like Ti with a T followed by a
subscripted i. I discovered that Word X can do this when I enable
Replace text as you type and add the replacements as Formatted
AutoCorrect entries. However, when I enable replace text as you type in
AutoCorrect I get many predefined replacements, which I don't like (I
want TypeIt4Me to handle plain text replacements). Is there any way to
throw away all those entries at once?

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Arno:

There's no simple way to do it. In the time it would take me to tell you
how, you can delete them all one by one.

Sorry

 

[Arno Wouters]

want TypeIt4Me to handle plain text replacements). Is there any way to
throw away all [existing AutoCorrect] entries at once?

There's no simple way to do it. In the time it would take me to tell you
how, you can delete them all one by one.

OK. Thanks for the answer!

 

[Clive Huggan]

want TypeIt4Me to handle plain text replacements). Is there any way to
throw away all [existing AutoCorrect] entries at once?

There's no simple way to do it. In the time it would take me to tell you
how, you can delete them all one by one.

OK. Thanks for the answer!

Arno,

I cut my down when I first installed Word 2001, mainly because I wanted a
shorter list so I can scan through new terms I assign and 98% of the
pre-existing entries were irrelevant to me. (I use AutoCorrect a lot to
expand terms, especially long titles of organizations, and of course to
correct my own chronic mis-keying habits. I suspect something like that
might be your motivation too.)

I dimly recall it took me 20 or 30 minutes to remove these irrelevant
entries. What a bore! After that, to celebrate having removed them, I backed
up the Normal template, which stores formatted AutoCorrect entries, and (in
my case) MS Office ACL [English], which stores unformatted AutoCorrect
entries. I have them in long-term storage in case I ever want the pristine
AutoCorrect entries -- probably never will, but it felt reassuring at the
time!

(Of course, I also back up these files frequently as time goes on -- weekly
or when I make a significant change.)

--Clive Huggan

 

[Arno Wouters]

On 16/1/04 1:36 AM, in article
1g7lzsc.17jsqky1qz1bg0N%[email protected], "Arno Wouters"

want TypeIt4Me to handle plain text replacements). Is there any way to
throw away all [existing AutoCorrect] entries at once?

There's no simple way to do it. In the time it would take me to tell you
how, you can delete them all one by one.

I cut my down when I first installed Word 2001, mainly because I wanted a
shorter list so I can scan through new terms I assign and 98% of the
pre-existing entries were irrelevant to me. (I use AutoCorrect a lot to
expand terms, especially long titles of organizations, and of course to
correct my own chronic mis-keying habits. I suspect something like that
might be your motivation too.)

I dimly recall it took me 20 or 30 minutes to remove these irrelevant
entries. What a bore! After that, to celebrate having removed them, I backed
up the Normal template, which stores formatted AutoCorrect entries, and (in
my case) MS Office ACL [English], which stores unformatted AutoCorrect
entries. I have them in long-term storage in case I ever want the pristine
AutoCorrect entries -- probably never will, but it felt reassuring at the
time!

Thanks four your encouragement Clive! This was just what I needed to
finish the job (it took me more than an hour though).