Microsoft KB Archive/180165

= WD: AutoCorrect Feature Limitations =

Article ID: 180165

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q180165



SYMPTOMS
If you enter a large number of AutoCorrect entries (for example, 7000 entries), you may receive an "Out of Memory" or other memory error.



CAUSE
AutoCorrect entries are stored in an index file attached to the Normal.dot file, and use a minimum of 4 bytes per entry. Because the AutoCorrect feature uses the 64K local memory heap allocated to Word, inserting large numbers of AutoCorrect entries may result in an "Out of memory" error message. For example, when you create 7000 AutoCorrect entries, you use approximately 28K of memory--almost half the available local memory. This could also result in other memory-related error messages because the local memory is used by several other operations.



MORE INFORMATION
The AutoCorrect feature automatically corrects common typing mistakes as you work. For example, if you type "adn," AutoCorrect replaces it with "and" as soon as you press the SPACEBAR.

You can also use AutoCorrect to quickly insert words or phrases that are long or difficult to type. For example, use AutoCorrect to automatically replace "FYI" with "For Your Information." AutoCorrect entries are stored in the Ms097.acl file.

The operating limits of the AutoCorrect feature for Microsoft Word are listed in the following table.   Feature                                  Limit -

Maximum number of AutoCorrect entries   Limited to                                            memory/hard disk space

Maximum number of characters as a       255 plain text entry

Maximum number of characters as a       Unlimited formatted entry

Maximum number of characters stored as  31 Replace text NOTE: In Protected Mode, AutoCorrect entries which are plain text are available for selection. However, AutoCorrect entries which are formatted text will not work in Protected Mode (for example, form fields).

Additional query words: limits 8.0 wd97 wd2000 wd2002

Keywords: kbautotext kbprb KB180165

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