Auto correct files

Question

I work in both English Uk and English US languages. I have now set up a lot of specialised autocorrects in the UK setup. Can I copy these to the US side as there are quite a lot, and I do not want to have to retype the list - there will be little change between languages.

Hope for some help.  Thanks

Answer 1

Yes.

The entries are stored in text files. You just have to locate them and identify the appropriate files to edit.  The files are .ACL file type. You need to know the language code number. They have name format like this: MSO1033.acl. Correction, that is the old standard.  Here is the new equivalent:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\1033\MSO.ACL

MS has created redundant (confusing) ways of identifying locals, numeric Local ID codes and text Culture codes.

The 2 codes you need are 1033 for US English  and  2047 for English GB.

These 2 pages are good references for this sort of information

http://www.science.co.il/language/locale-codes.asp

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/overview-of-deploying-languages-in-office-365-proplus#languages-culture-codes-and-companion-proofing-languages

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