Scope of Autocorrect entries

[and]

Dear all,

When I (programmatically) delete all AutoCorrect entries or Restore a
AC-list from a file, what scope does this action have?

Do I only remove or restore the entries belonging to a certain style,
template, or file OR is the scope the active Office user, which would
mean that it also affects the Excel AC-entries of the same user?

Kind regards,

ANDy

 

[Charles Kenyon]

All AC entries means _all_ AC entries. What happens when you "restore"
depends on what you are doing when you restore.

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi And,

When I (programmatically) delete all AutoCorrect entries or Restore a
AC-list from a file, what scope does this action have?

Do I only remove or restore the entries belonging to a certain style,
template, or file OR is the scope the active Office user, which would
mean that it also affects the Excel AC-entries of the same user?

Depends on whether the entry is "formatted" or just plain text. The
former are stored in Normal.dot and only available to Word. Plain text
entries are stored in *.acl files and shared among Office apps.

You should be able to check this using the .RichText property of an
individual entry. (True = formatted = stored in Word)

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[and]

Thanks, Cindy, for your explanation.

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