Using commas in conjunction with autocorrect replace words on Word 365

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Using commas in conjunction with autocorrect replace words on Word 365

Layne Black 0

I use a lot of autocorrects in my work. I like to type the replace word into my document before commas. For example, one replace word is "yh" for "Your Honour" For some reason, on one of my computers, if I type in my document "yh" then type a comma, I will get "Your Honour" with a comma after it (Your Honour,) . On my other computer, if I type in my document "yh" then type a comma, I will only get yh with a comma after it (yh,). Very hard to explain, but I need to be able to type "yh," and get "Your Honour,"

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Hi

What are you using for the proofing language? Please go to your 2 computers, open Word > File > Options > Language, check whether the proofing language is consistent.

Then on your computer, go to: C:\Users[your_user_name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office.

You’ll see a suite of ACL files listed. The MSO numbers in each file name indicate the language/locale; e.g. MSO0127.acl = Math, MSO1033.acl = English (US), MSO2057.acl = English, (UK). (For a full list of locale numbers, see: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_standards/ms-oe376/6c085406-a698-4e12-9d4d-c3b0ee3dbc4a)
Copy the ACL file with the language you need.
On the destination computer, please also go to: C:\Users[user_name_of_other person]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office.
Move the ACL file to other location as a backup.
Paste the copied files into this folder.
Check this issue, whether you are able to type "yh," and get "Your Honour,".

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Layne Black 0 Reputation points

2024-10-08T18:19:17.4233333+00:00

Thanks so much, but all those files are on both computers. I did that some time ago. The issue is not that I cannot use my autocorrect library, let's call it; it's that on one computer I can use them with a comma and on one I cannot. I can use them on both with a period, with a semicolon, but on the one not with a comma. As I'm a legal transcriber, this is very inconvenient. Your honour was just an example. I cannot get the yh to turn into Your Honour if I type yh with a comma after it, or any of my other many autocorrect words I've saved. The autocorrect work, but just not with a comma. It's a very strange problem because previously on that computer I could do that. So I am not sure if I inadvertently clicked something I shouldn't have, but I've investigated both computers and as far as I can tell, it should be working.

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Charles Kenyon 3,146 Volunteer Moderator

Hi Layne,

The thing is, autocorrect is sensitive to the proofing language being applied to the text being typed. This can be different from that set for the document or for Word. There can be a different proofing language applied to each character in a document!

It may be that your issue is something else entirely.

Consider using Jay Freedman's AutoCorrect2007 utility to completely backup and copy AutoCorrect. Make a backup on the computer where it works and copy that to the other computer.

http://jay-freedman.info/

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Layne Black 0

The MSOs are all the same for both computers, the autocorrects work on both computers, but on the one I use for work they don’t work with a comma; the comma is not part of the replacement word; if if type yh I get Your Honour on both, but it I type yh followed by a comma, on one I’ll get Your Honour, and on the other I’ll only get yh,

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