autocorrect custom settings work fine on one document, but not on others


We have one document where the custom autocorrect settings work. We can copy that document and use autocorrect as we want to in those specific documents. But if we open another old document, autocorrect does not have the custom autocorrect settings we need. And if a new document is opened, the same problem occurs. Default autocorrect functionality is present in all documents, but the custom settings are missing.

The user recently upgraded from office 2007 to 2010 and moved his custom settings manually. Given that they work in this one document and its child documents, it seems the settings were moved properly, however other files fail to work, unless they are based off of this specific file.

I cannot see any settings that are different in autocorrect between a file that works and a file that does not work. Am I missing something? Is there a way to attach custom autocorrect settings to a single file, like I am seeing here? Is there a way I can import these custom settings to all documents?

I need these custom autocorrect settings to work in every file that is opened, all the time. At the moment the user is using the document that works as a template, and pasting in old documents to make files that work.... or else copying and renaming this file to make new documents.

Thanks!

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AutoCorrect entries are saved in .acl files by language. If the language applied to the text is different from the language in which the entry was saved, the entry will not be available. In addition, formatted AutoCorrect entries are saved in the Normal template; theoretically, they should be available to all documents created by a specific user, but of course a different user profile will have a different Normal.dotm, as will Word on a different machine. Do any of these factors sound as if they might be relevant?
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Last updated January 14, 2024 Views 1,820 Applies to: