Microsoft KB Archive/926927

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How to move AutoCorrect entries in Word 2007 from one computer to another computer

Article ID: 926927

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Office Word 2007

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INTRODUCTION

This article describes how to move AutoCorrect entries in Microsoft Office Word 2007 from one computer to another computer.

MORE INFORMATION

Unformatted AutoCorrect entries in 2007 Microsoft Office programs are stored in an AutoCorrect list (.acl) file. The .acl file for the 2007 Office programs is located in the profile for the user.

Note The default location of the .acl file for the 2007 Office programs is as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

Formatted AutoCorrect entries in Word 2007 are stored in the default template file for the user. The default template file in Word 2007 is named Normal.dotx.

Note The default location of the Normal.dotx file in Word 2007 is as follows:

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

To manually move .acl files from one computer to another computer, follow these steps.

1. Exit all 2007 Office programs on the source computer.
2. On the source computer, locate the following folder:

   C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

3. Select the .acl files. The .acl files will have a name that resembles MSO1033.acl.
   
   Note The names of .acl files are formatted as follows:

   MSOLanguage ID Number.acl

   For more information about language ID numbers, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   221435 List of supported locale identifiers in Word

4. Copy the .acl files to an intermediate location that the destination computer can access.
   
   Note Some examples of intermediate locations that the destination computer can access include an e-mail account, a floppy disk, or a CD.
5. Exit all 2007 Office programs on the destination computer.
6. On the destination computer, locate the following folder:

   C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

7. Copy the .acl files from the intermediate location, and then paste the .acl files to the following folder:

   C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office

8. Start Word 2007.

The unformatted AutoCorrect entries from the source computer are now on the destination computer.

To manually move formatted AutoCorrect files from one computer to another computer, follow these steps.

1. Exit all 2007 Office programs on the source computer.
2. On the source computer, locate the following folder:

   C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

3. Copy the Normal.dotx file to an intermediate location that the destination computer can access.
   
   Note Some examples of intermediate locations that the destination computer can access include an e-mail account, a floppy disk, or a CD.
4. Exit all 2007 Office programs on the destination computer.
5. On the destination computer, locate the following folder:

   C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

6. Copy the Normal.dotx file from the intermediate location, and then paste the Normal.dotx file to the following folder:

   C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

7. Start Word 2007.

The formatted AutoCorrect entries from the source computer are now on the destination computer.

Note After you paste the Normal.dotx file to the C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates folder on the destination computer, Word 2007 automatically upgrades the Normal.dotx file to a Normal.dotm file. This behavior occurs the first time that you exit Word 2007.

Additional query words: WD2007 Word2007

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