Article ID: 210869
Article Last Modified on 8/14/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q210869
SUMMARY
The AutoCorrect feature works dynamically when you type a space after a word that appears in the AutoCorrect list. This feature operates while you create the document, but Word does not automatically scan a previously-created document and make AutoCorrect changes.
This article provides a sample macro that compares each word in a Word document to words in the AutoCorrect list and then replaces the matched words with the text string specified in the AutoCorrect list.
NOTE: If you are working on a very long document, this macro may take a long time to run. To stop the macro before it is finished, press CTRL+BREAK and then click End when you receive the following Microsoft Visual Basic message:
When you save the document, Word saves all changes you made up until you pressed CTRL+BREAK.
MORE INFORMATION
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For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
Place the following code in the Declarations section of your code page:
Option Explicit
Dim anEntry
Dim myMatch
Dim myConfirm
Create the following macro to search your active document, identify words that appear in both the document and the AutoCorrect list, prompt you to replace the word, and then insert the corresponding AutoCorrect text.
Sub ReplaceAutoCorrectText()
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Selection.HomeKey unit:=wdStory, Extend:=wdMove
With ActiveDocument.Content.Find
.ClearFormatting
Do While .Execute(FindText:=" ", Forward:=True, Format:=True) = True
Selection.MoveRight unit:=wdWord, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
For Each anEntry In AutoCorrect.Entries
If anEntry.Name = Selection Then
Selection.Words(1).Select
myMatch = True
myConfirm = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to replace " _
& Chr$(34) & anEntry.Name & Chr$(34) & " with " & Chr$(34) _
& anEntry.Value & Chr$(34) & "?", vbYesNo)
If myConfirm = vbYes Then
Selection.TypeText (anEntry.Value)
Exit For
End If
End If
Next anEntry
Selection.MoveLeft unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
For Each anEntry In AutoCorrect.Entries
If anEntry.Name = Selection Then
Selection.Words(1).Select
myMatch = True
myConfirm = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to replace " _
& Chr$(34) & anEntry.Name & Chr$(34) & " with " & Chr$(34) _
& anEntry.Value & Chr$(34) & "?", vbYesNo)
If myConfirm = vbYes Then
Selection.TypeText (anEntry.Value) & " "
Exit For
End If
End If
Next anEntry
Selection.MoveRight unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1, Extend:=wdMove
Loop
End With
End Sub
REFERENCES
For additional information about the AutoCorrect feature in Word, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212377 WD2000: General Information About Auto Features
207748 WD2000: How to Move Word AutoCorrect Entries Between Computers
212518 WD2000: How to Print a List of AutoCorrect Entries
For additional information about programming resources for Microsoft Word 2000, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
212623 WD2000: Macro Programming Resources
226118 OFF2000: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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