Re: [libreoffice-users] Unable to copy AutoCorrect

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 20:16, T. R. Valentine wrote:
> Using LO on WinXP
>
> The very useful AutoCorrect function is something I would like to
> have, but I don't want to have to manually insert all the 'Replace'
> and 'With' entries (Replace tab). The same goes for the list of
> 'Exception's (Exceptions tab).
>
> In the ..LibreOffice 3\Basis\share\autocorr directory are the
> following files (installed by LO):
> acor_en-AU.dat
> acor_en-GB.dat
> acor_en-US.dat
> acor_en-ZA.dat
>
> (i.e., Australian English, UK English, US English, and South African
> English). This corresponds to the languages in AutoCorrect which have
> entries for both replacements and exceptions.
>
>
> I copied the UK English and named it
> acor_en-CA.dat
> -- which ought to be the proper name for Canadian English. But when I
> look at the AutoCorrect dialogue box, on the Replace tab, it remains
> empty.
>
> I got completely out of all LO applications (I don't use the pre-load
> executable) and reopened Wrtier. I even rebooted, just to be sure.
> Still empty.
>
> Any ideas?

Remove the renamed file <acor_en-CA.dat> from <...\LibreOffice
3\Basis\share\autocorr>.
Then add <acor_en-CA.dat> to your user folder <autocorr>
(path: <...\LibreOffice\3\user\autocorr>).

That should work.

mjk

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