how to export Autocorrect entries from microsoft office word 2013 to another computer with Microsoft office word 2013 ?

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_{Tuesday, December 3, 2013 1:30 PM}

hi friends

how to export Autocorrect entries from microsoft office word 2013 to another computer with Microsoft office word 2013 ? i tested the following solution which is about copying normal.dotm  file from Appdata from pc1 to pc2 but it didn't worked.

any idea plz













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_{Wednesday, December 4, 2013 2:16 AM ✅Answered | 1 vote}

Hi

Autocorrect entries are stored in an AutoCorrect list (.acl) file.

Normally the .acl file for Word 2010 is located in the profile for the user. For example: C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office

Copy them to the right path in the new computer.

For detailed information refer to the link below:

http://www.word-2010.com/move-autocorrect-entries-in-word-to-a-new-computer/

(Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.)

Although it is for Office 2010, we can refer to it.

Thanks

Regards

Tylor Wang
TechNet Community Support

_{Wednesday, December 4, 2013 11:52 AM}

Hi

Autocorrect entries are stored in an AutoCorrect list (.acl) file.

Normally the .acl file for Word 2010 is located in the profile for the user. For example: C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office

Copy them to the right path in the new computer.

For detailed information refer to the link below:

http://www.word-2010.com/move-autocorrect-entries-in-word-to-a-new-computer/

(Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.)

Although it is for Office 2010, we can refer to it.

Thanks

Regards

Tylor Wang
TechNet Community Support

hi dear tylor

thanks you very much

best regards

_{Monday, May 9, 2016 6:20 PM | 1 vote}

Tylor,

I understand that your answer fit the question, but it is frustrating because it is too narrow a question for many users. I hope this will help other users.

The answer you give is explained on technet.microsoft.com with link ff956104.aspx (search for link)

I found the explanation I needed from a post by Jay Freedman.

In MSO 2013 I now have 7 different ACL files in %AppData%\Microsoft\Office. Why? Because I work with files from other users that specify different languages for proofing.

code      Language            File name

1033      English U.S.         MSO1033.acl

2057      English U.K.         MSO2057.acl

I believe there are 18 different "versions" of English according to MS, which will create a new independent ACL file for every entry in a "new" proofing language.

A work-around may be to make ALL non-language specific AC entries as formatted text, because then they will be available for EVERY document based on your normal.dotx. This requires a cut and paste as plain text to remove the formatting, but that is the nature of a work-around.

What I desire is an ACL editor. The “free” ones are based on old versions of Word, so I’ll have to learn how good these are before investing time or money in a newer editor.