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WORD 2003 help please - connie

Posted: Nov 23, 2009

My Word has begun to take forever to open and also to save reports. I am thinking perhaps the program has been corrputed and think perhaps I need to over-load the program again.

Will this delete my spell-check dictionary and autocorrect entries?

I have been trying to figure out how to back them up just in case, but have been unlucky in this regard. The Microsoft site gives instructions to back up autocorrect, but the files in program files are not there as they state they should be.

And I utterly DETEST the thought of rebuilding autocorrect and the dictionary if they are wiped out..

Thank you for any help you can offer.

Autocorrect and autotext backups for Word 2003. - Louise

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Hello,

Here is a website with some downloadable documents and full instructions on how to use the macros to back up your Word 2003 stuff. Good luck!
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm

word 2003 - Tara

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I have word 2003 as well and I had to reload word, outlook, etc. I think as long as you don't delete it and just reload it you should be okay. If you just reload it over what's already there, it will just replace anything that's missing or reload it properly. All my autotext and dictionary entries stayed, however, I did have to reload my medical spellchecker and drug spellchecker - I suppose because they weren't apart of the original program. Anyway, good luck to you!

Thanks!! - connie

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Thank you guys so much for the help!!

Uninstalling/reinstalling Word rarely fixes this kind of problem. (sm) - Cheryl

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It's possible your normal.dot is corrupt. You can do a quick check on this by closing Word and renaming the normal.dot to normal.old, then open Word to create a new default normal.dot file. If you still have the same problem, you can delete the new file and rename the old file back to normal.dot. If this corrects the problem, you can use the Organizer to transfer your customizations to the new file.

Uninstalling does not delete normal.dot, the custom.dic file (words you add during spellcheck), or the AutoCorrect .acl files.

When searching for these files, make sure you are checking the option to search hidden files and folders.

oh my - connie

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I have been getting lots of "errors" about saving normal.dot or whatever and eventually am able to close out. So this is probably what has corrupted and is messing me up.. DARN

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