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Why would AutoCorrect stop working?

Do you have any idea why AutoCorrect would stop working.  I have a number of words added that should automatically correct as I type them, but for some reason none of them are working in the document I am working on this morning.  Any ideas what setting it would be that it suddenly stops checking?  I have checked FIle/Options/Proofing, and everything appears to be normal.  Is there somewhere else it can be turned off?  Some of these are simply shortcut words, such as nw for network or app for application or bw for bandwidth so that I don't have to spell them out every time, but none are working today.  Thanks for any ideas.

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Unformatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in .acl files by language. If the language at the insertion point is a different one from the language used to create the entry, it won't be available.

But if AutoCorrect is not working at all, go to File | Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options and make sure that the "Replace text as you type" box is checked.

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Last updated March 23, 2024 Views 162 Applies to: