How do I import autocorrect entries from Word 2003 to Mac Office 2

[Jerome]

Hello
I use two computers at work : one is with Word 2003 and OneNote : the two
software share the same Autocorrect file. I've used the Macro tool
Support.dot to backup it.
Do you know a way to share/import this file with/to Mac Office 2004? This
one use a file named Microsoft Office ACL. How can I replace it by the other
one?
Thanks.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hello
I use two computers at work : one is with Word 2003 and OneNote : the two
software share the same Autocorrect file. I've used the Macro tool
Support.dot to backup it.
Do you know a way to share/import this file with/to Mac Office 2004? This
one use a file named Microsoft Office ACL. How can I replace it by the other
one?
Thanks.

I don't have a Mac, so I'm guessing... have you tried loading the same
Support.dot template in Word 2004 and using its Restore command? I've
looked at the macro code, and it looks like it should work the same on
a Mac as on Windows.

If that works, there's an improved version of the AutoCorrect
backup/restore at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Cross-posting to the MacWord group for extra input--but last time I tried to
run that macro, I think my MacWord 2004 froze up. Someone else posted it as
a suggestion--not sure if they had tested it or knew they were making the
post on a Mac group.

I didn't try very hard to make this work. All information welcomed. On the
Mac, it is also a .acl file, but I would think the file format is different.
Just switching out the file seems unlikely to work.

The macro will likely need tweaking for a different location and filename on
the Mac.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi Daiya,

The code of the macro doesn't make any direct reference to the .acl
file; it uses the Application.Autocorrect.Entries.AddRichText method,
which lets VBA figure out where the entry goes.

The part of the macro that may be Windows-only is where it chooses the
document file that contains the entries to be restored. It calls the
FileOpen dialog and passes the name "*.doc"; I don't know whether that
would cause a problem. Other than that, I don't see anything that's
obviously platform-specific.

You're probably correct that a .acl file can't be transferred
directly. That wouldn't be the whole story anyway: formatted AC
entries are stored in Normal.dot, and only unformatted ones are stored
in the .acl file.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Yes, I believe Daiya is correct: that macro does hang Mac Word.

I'll take Jay's word for it that there's nothing "Mac-specific" in the code,
but even so it appears to hang Win2004. Then again, that macro sometimes
hangs PC Word too.

Hi Daiya,

The code of the macro doesn't make any direct reference to the .acl
file; it uses the Application.Autocorrect.Entries.AddRichText method,
which lets VBA figure out where the entry goes.

The part of the macro that may be Windows-only is where it chooses the
document file that contains the entries to be restored. It calls the
FileOpen dialog and passes the name "*.doc"; I don't know whether that
would cause a problem. Other than that, I don't see anything that's
obviously platform-specific.

You're probably correct that a .acl file can't be transferred
directly. That wouldn't be the whole story anyway: formatted AC
entries are stored in Normal.dot, and only unformatted ones are stored
in the .acl file.

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