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How to transfer autocorrect/autotext from word 2003 to word 2007

Hello!

 

I am begrudingly having to give up my laptop, which utilizes Windows XP Pro with Word 2003, and move over to a PC, which utilizes Windows 7 Home Premium. How can I transfer my five years of autocorrect/autotext entries from Word 2003 to Word 2007? If this cannot be done, can you tell me at least how to print a list of my shortcuts so I can manually enter them into Word 2007? I am a medical transcriptionist and have six years of shortcuts that I do not want to lose.

 

Thanks so much for your guidance!

AutoText and AutoCorrect are different things, very different.

AutoText is stored in templates, the normal.dot template by default.
AutoCorrect is stored in a language-dependent .acl file and in normal.dot.

Transfer the templates holding your AutoText and use the tool at Building Blocks & AutoText to organize the AutoText.

Use the tool at How to Move (Copy) AutoCorrect Entries from One Computer to Another in Word 2007 (2010).

For background on this, see Automated Boilerplate Using Microsoft Word.
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Charles Kenyon
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Last updated February 26, 2022 Views 1,126 Applies to: