backup autocorrect

See AutoCorrect2007.zip at http://jay-freedman.info/. This template contains macros to back up and restore both formatted and unformatted AutoCorrect entries. Formatted entries are stored in the Normal template and unformatted ones in .acl files by language.

Hi KathyPS,

I'm a fellow Microsoft customer and expert user here to help.

This website has info on it. You’ll need to search for ACL files and copy them.

https://wordribbon.tips.net/T011595_Managing_th...

Note: This is a non-Microsoft website. The page appears to be providing accurate, safe information. Watch out for ads on the site that may advertise products frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). Thoroughly research any product advertised on the site before you decide to download and install it.

That would be for AutoText, not AutoCorrect entries.

Here is another Greg M tool:

**AutoCorrect Utility Manager** 

http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/autocorrect_utility_manager.html 

by Greg Maxey. AutoCorrect Utility Manager (ACUM); a simple utility for adding, deleting, redefining Word AutoCorrect entries and to facilitate AutoCorrect entry backup, restore and transfer.

**Backing Up Your AutoCorrect Entries**

https://wordribbon.tips.net/T009411_Backing_Up_Your_AutoText_Entries.html

Develop a lot of AutoCorrect entries and you may start to wonder how you can back them up. You can easily protect all the time you used creating the entries by applying the information in this tip.

**How can I import and export all my AutoCorrect entries, so they can be transferred to another machine?**

Also repesee correction by Dave Rado to AutoCorrect utility that comes with Word. This page has a downloadable utility that lets you see and edit all of you AutoCorrect entries in a Word table. You can then use the utility and table to move/copy your entries to a different computer.

**Import entries to autocorrect Using a .txt file******The AutoCorrect.dotm template from http://jay-freedman.info provides macros to export and import AutoCorrect entries (both formatted and unformatted).

Are you asking about autocorrect and / or autotext?  They are similar but separate features.

In 2007 and newer "autotext" is called "Building blocks"

Autotext- Creating a Building Block

http://wordribbon.tips.net/T008223_Creating_a_Building_Block.html

Creating custom Building Block entries is not only extremely helpful, but very easy. This tip explains how.

**Creating an AutoText List******http://wordribbon.tips.net/T013285\_Creating\_an\_AutoText\_List.html 

The AUTOTEXTLIST field is one of those esoteric fields that you may know nothing about. The cool thing it does is allow you to define a drop-down list that automatically displays options based on AutoText entries in your document.

Editing a Building Block Entry

http://wordribbon.tips.net/T011694_Editing_a_Building_Block_Entry.html

Once you've created a Building Block, you may believe that it is "set in stone" and cannot be changed. Not so! You can redefine it very easily using the steps in this tip.

EDIT:

See http://gregmaxey.com/word_tip_pages/autocorrect_utility_manager.html. For more, have a look at Rohn's reply.