using autocorrect

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Does anyone know if you can make a copy of your AutoCorrect words and transfer them from one computer to another?

Thanks!

You could use Instant Text V Pro, an Expander that works with both.

AutoCorrect lists can be converted into an Instant Text glossary with a few clicks. Instant Text follows you with your glossaries wherever you need them.

See link below.

functioning properly . . . I know I've read on here before that AutoCorrect has limitations, but what has happened is that only my doctor's addresses and one other short are working.  With all the other shorts I had stored, they are still there, just do not work when I type the short.  I've searched for the .acl files without success, and had decided to go ahead and start re-entering the shorts (ugh!).  Anyway, when I begin entering a short, it is already in there, so I am just replacing rather than creating a new one.  The short then will work fine in my Word document.  Also, I should mention that when I go in through tools to AutoCorrect I am not seeing the shorts (except the ones mentioned above that do work, including those that came with my MS Office 2000), so I am only seeing them when I go to enter it as a new one and, again, it says replace and the short is there. 

I am baffled by this, other than from what I have read I may have done something to the Normal.dot template in Word . . . I just don't know, and any help you guys can offer would be much appreciated.

TIA!!!

it is a Word-based platform, works the same way.  Hope this helps.

an expander, I'm really lost. I never really worked for a national until this past year or being paid by the line, so I've really upset over this and really don't know the "secret" to getting high line counts.

I was just checking my shortcuts for the past few days and I must have 3 or 4 different shortcuts for the expanded terms. I'm trying to get them consistent now.

I checked my Expander this afternoon and saw the same expansions with different shorts, so I decided to copy and paste the most often used phrases to word and print them out, put them by my screen one alphabet letter at a time; i.e.,  use A consistently until I get them down pat, then tomorrow, B, etc. for those terms I know are used the most often, but may take a few months. 

I haven't tried it yet but do you think this will work? I hope so, as I am spending as much time working on my expander as I am working. 

Thank you for all your comments and suggestions.

I changed to a new computer and i am wondering how to copy my autocorrect ShortHand to my new computer.

Thanks

I found this information a while back. I have the location of my own files in blue and the file names in parentheses. It would probably be different on your computer. These are just sketchy notes I kept. If this is unclear, you can find information online, which is where I found this.

q      To find out where your “regular” templates are stored in Word, select Tools + Options + File Locations, and note the paths listed under “User Templates” and “Workgroup Templates.” AutoCorrect entries saved without formatting are stored in an acl file; whereas entries saved with formatting are stored in Normal.dot. (Show hidden files to locate these folders and files.)
C:Documents and SettingsOwnerApplication DataMicrosoftOffice (MSO1033.acl)
C:Documents and SettingsOwnerApplication DataMicrosoftTemplates (Normal.dot and templates)

The best thing to do for the future is get an expander, since your typing speed will greatly improve. And transfering to another computer is also easier. Hope this helps!

I just use the Auto Correct feature in Word.  I keep a list of all the ones I put in it and I reference it until I can remember it.  I try to keep it simple.

lx = lower extremity edema

hcho = hypercholesterolemia

inds = indicates

rrar = regular rate and rhythm

so on and so forth.  I programmed the words or pharses the doctors I work for use most often.  After I got those settled and started implementing them into my everyday transcribing, I started adding ones for long words that arent used as often, but as easy to remember:

ger = gastroesophageal reflux

shb = shortness of breath

But, seem I use Auto Correct and not a real expander, I have to be careful of what I program into it.

I would write down what you program into it and reference it as often as you need until you remember them.  I adivse not to go nuts and program a million things at first.  Start by programming extremely long words or words and phrases you hear over and over for the account(s) you work on.

My mind is not working right how to do one without affecting the other!

Thanks for the help

I copied my autocorrect .acl file to a disk to load it to my new computer.  I copies it into 3 separate files that each had .acl and nothing comes up but the stuff normally put in, not my personal stuff.  Any help greatly appreciated.  Been searching internet too and I've been at this most of the day and I've just about given up.  Windows 2000, XP OpSystem

Microsoft does not make it easy, you have to be comfortable following their instructions or writing macros.  You can just print the list by following the instructions here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212518/en-us

If you want to make a backup and print the list, you should follow the instructions here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269006/en-us

Hello IndyMT,

No, importing your AutoCorrect list into Instant Text will not make it unavailable to use in Word as normal. When you import it into IT, it simply makes it available to use within the IT program but it does not delete or change it from its original format.

Kind regards,

Kristen

Sorry I'm so dense, but I use autocorrect/autotext and I can't seem to figure out how you're saying to do this. 

Is this --> {@KEY BkSp}-pack-per-year ... for autocorrect or autotext or ShortHand (which I don't have). 

Thanks so much for your help! 

TIA!

I am clueless about The escript and the other programs but I do know that I used to have a problem with the autocorrects because my supervisor a long time ago put in global ones along with the ones we made for ourselves. So if I put in "tp" it would come out "The patithe patient" or something like that. 

To close out the supervisors global, the first report of the day, we would have to hit "ctrl W" .    Actually instead of erasing the first "tp" which would be double, my routine was to go  "ctrl z" (which would erase the double expanded word and leave the "tp"  and then I would hit "ctrl W" after (which would turn off the other program, and then since the "tp" was there  I just hit the spacebar and the two words "the patient" would show up.    IF THIS IS TOO CONFUSING WITH THE CTRL Z STUFF, JUST GO AHEAD AND JUST DO THE "CTRL W" and that should do the trick.    Now if none of this works, (and I guess the problem is something different )and I can't help you.    Hope this helps.....

Hi,

What would be the easiest way to transfer AutoCorrect entries from one computer to another?

TIA

I tried ShortHand but I couldn't get it to work like AutoCorrect. I use ShortKeys. It has a few glitches but it's basically the same and you can import all your AutoCorrect files into it. You can't use it at the same time as AutoCorrect if you have the same shortcuts in them, though, so if you want to use it in addition to AutoCorrect you would have to put only new entries in ShortKeys.

But first - you could try putting some of your AutoCorrect entires into AutoText, especially the longer ones. That would give you more room there.

I had a client where I used my regular Word, so I have all my medical shortcuts in there. I no longer have that client but I use Word for other things. I know how to save my custom AutoCorrect, but how do I restore the original AutoCorrect?

If I move my custom one to the C drive for storage, will Word automatically use the default one?

Thanks!