using autocorrect acl file in different location?

[gil]

Hi All,

I'd like to use autocorrects from a different folder location than
c:\documents and settings\... UserName. \application data\Microsoft\Office . MSO1033.acl

It would allow me to be more mobile in using multiple computers with MS Word. I use attached and add-in templates from a selected
folder. I am familiar with using variables.

How do I code for pointing MS Word to a different MSO1033.acl?

tia,
Gil

 

[gil]

I should have added ...
I am using Windows XP and Word 2003
Cheers,
Gil

Gil Carter, MD, JD

using Microsoft Word for electronic medical records since 1995

 

[David Horowitz]

Gil,
I don't see a way to do this exactly. The best that I can suggest would be
to write a macro or batch file that would easily copy the ACL file from the
desired location to where Word wants it to be. You know, something like a
..bat file that would say:
COPY /Y x:\mylocation\mso1033.acl "C:\Documents and
Settings\David\Application Data\Microsoft\Office"
It could even then launch Word. Then you could create an icon for this batch
file and then run it whenever you want to go into Word.
I have not found way to redirect where Word looks for the file. Tools >
Options > File Locations doesn't seem to help, not do any entries in the
Registry (including HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Common\AutoCorrect -
you can find references to this on the internet).
It all seems pretty set.
There are macros here:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm
to automatically copy ACL entries from one file to another, but I'm not sure
that gets you what you really want either, which is just a simple way to
point Word to a different file.
Good luck!

 

[gil]

Autocorrects UseNet Microsoft VBA Newsgroup



03-01-09



Thank you David. You've probably saved me hours of looking around thinking it must be somewhere.



I do have a shortcut that imports autocorrects from a document table and it works reasonably well. And of course, I can just
replace use Windows to replace the MSO133.acl file. And of course, Word would have to be inactive at the time to prevent "file in
use" message from coming up.



I'll give the bat file method a try.



Thanks again,



Gil



Gil Carter, MD, JD, ABFM

Family and General Medicine

DrCarter @ TenSecondMedicalRecord.com

Asheville, North Carolina, NC