automatic completion of arrows

You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on Windows XP
it should be C:\Documents and Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only find the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped working. I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file caused this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are stored in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly installed in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue box by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function for
arrows,
which
turns
-- + spacebar into a bold arrow. But strange things are
happening
with
it.
Yesterday this function suddently stopped working and -- did
not
turn
into a
bold arrow even after pressing a space bar. Today, after
turning
off
the
computer overnight, I tried the function again. Now some
change
occurs
but I
just get a blank space in place of the arrow: ? I copied
that
blank
here
and
don't know if you can see it.

I am using Word 2007. I used to know how to turn this
function
on
and
off
in
2003 but can't find the control box in 2007. Can you tell me
first
of
all
how
to find the dialogue box for this function and how to solve
the
problem I
am
having? Thanks.

And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on Windows XP
it should be C:\Documents and Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only find the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped working. I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly installed in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue box by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function for
arrows,
which
turns
-- + spacebar into a bold arrow. But strange things are
happening
with
it.
Yesterday this function suddently stopped working and --
did
not
turn
into a
bold arrow even after pressing a space bar. Today, after
turning
off
the
computer overnight, I tried the function again. Now some
change
occurs
but I
just get a blank space in place of the arrow: ? I copied
that
blank
here
and
don't know if you can see it.

I am using Word 2007. I used to know how to turn this
function
on
and
off
in
2003 but can't find the control box in 2007. Can you tell me
first
of
all
how
to find the dialogue box for this function and how to solve
the
problem I
am
having? Thanks.

Oops! I didn't notice that the OP specifically mentioned Word 2007. :-(

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder
called Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on
Windows XP it should be C:\Documents and
Settings\user_name_here\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only find
the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped working. I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the
arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly installed in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue box
by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function for
arrows,
which
turns
-- + spacebar into a bold arrow. But strange things are
happening
with
it.
Yesterday this function suddently stopped working and --
did
not
turn
into a
bold arrow even after pressing a space bar. Today, after
turning
off
the
computer overnight, I tried the function again. Now some
change
occurs
but I
just get a blank space in place of the arrow: ? I copied
that
blank
here
and
don't know if you can see it.

I am using Word 2007. I used to know how to turn this
function
on
and
off
in
2003 but can't find the control box in 2007. Can you tell
me
first
of
all
how
to find the dialogue box for this function and how to solve
the
problem I
am
having? Thanks.

OK, thanks. I found the file. But what do you mean "rename the file"? Do you
mean I should give it a different name? I am afraid this may make the file
unrecognizable by the Word. Could you be more specific about what you mean by
rename?



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on Windows XP
it should be C:\Documents and Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only find the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped working. I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly installed in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue box by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function for
arrows,
which
turns
-- + spacebar into a bold arrow. But strange things are
happening
with
it.
Yesterday this function suddently stopped working and --
did
not
turn
into a
bold arrow even after pressing a space bar. Today, after
turning
off
the
computer overnight, I tried the function again. Now some
change
occurs
but I
just get a blank space in place of the arrow: ? I copied
that
blank
here
and
don't know if you can see it.

I am using Word 2007. I used to know how to turn this
function
on
and
off
in
2003 but can't find the control box in 2007. Can you tell me
first
of
all
how
to find the dialogue box for this function and how to solve
the
problem I
am
having? Thanks.

The whole point of renaming it is to make it unrecognizable to Word, which
will cause Word to generate a fresh copy (which is what it does when it
finds Normal missing).

1. Close Word.

2. Locate Normal.dotm.

3. Rename it something like Normal.old or Normal.bad.

4. Restart Word and see if the AutoCorrect entries have been restored.

If not, or if you are not happy with the default configuration of Word, you
can quit Word, delete Normal.dotm, and rename Normal.old/bad to Normal.dotm
and be back where you started.

You can always create your own AutoCorrect entries for arrows, using arrows
from the Wingdings font.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
OK, thanks. I found the file. But what do you mean "rename the file"? Do
you
mean I should give it a different name? I am afraid this may make the file
unrecognizable by the Word. Could you be more specific about what you mean
by
rename?



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder
called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on Windows
XP
it should be C:\Documents and Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only find
the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is
the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the
normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped working.
I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the
auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after
this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at
the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark
symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are
stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the
arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly installed
in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this
NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue box
by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function for
arrows,
which
turns
-- + spacebar into a bold arrow. But strange things are
happening
with
it.
Yesterday this function suddently stopped working and --
did
not
turn
into a
bold arrow even after pressing a space bar. Today, after
turning
off
the
computer overnight, I tried the function again. Now some
change
occurs
but I
just get a blank space in place of the arrow: ? I copied
that
blank
here
and
don't know if you can see it.

I am using Word 2007. I used to know how to turn this
function
on
and
off
in
2003 but can't find the control box in 2007. Can you tell
me
first
of
all
how
to find the dialogue box for this function and how to
solve
the
problem I
am
having? Thanks.

I did what you said. Word re-created normal.dotm, but the problem still
persists: When I type -- + + spacebar, I get a blank instead of a bold
arrow. When I hit a backspace or Ctl+Z, I get an arrow like this: -- I am
not sure if I had this before renaming the file. Anyway, this is not the bold
arrow I used to get before with autocorrect. So it seems that the autocorrect
makes the arrow disappear, and cancelling it by backspace returns the
original, typed arrow.

i also tried deleting the new normal.dotm and renaming the old version back
to normal.dotm, but this still did not make any difference.

What shall I do next?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The whole point of renaming it is to make it unrecognizable to Word, which
will cause Word to generate a fresh copy (which is what it does when it
finds Normal missing).

1. Close Word.

2. Locate Normal.dotm.

3. Rename it something like Normal.old or Normal.bad.

4. Restart Word and see if the AutoCorrect entries have been restored.

If not, or if you are not happy with the default configuration of Word, you
can quit Word, delete Normal.dotm, and rename Normal.old/bad to Normal.dotm
and be back where you started.

You can always create your own AutoCorrect entries for arrows, using arrows
from the Wingdings font.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
OK, thanks. I found the file. But what do you mean "rename the file"? Do
you
mean I should give it a different name? I am afraid this may make the file
unrecognizable by the Word. Could you be more specific about what you mean
by
rename?



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder
called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on Windows
XP
it should be C:\Documents and Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only find
the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is
the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the
normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped working.
I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the
auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after
this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at
the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark
symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are
stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the
arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly installed
in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this
NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue box
by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function for
arrows,
which
turns
-- + spacebar into a bold arrow. But strange things are
happening
with
it.
Yesterday this function suddently stopped working and --
did
not
turn
into a
bold arrow even after pressing a space bar. Today, after
turning
off
the
computer overnight, I tried the function again. Now some
change
occurs
but I
just get a blank space in place of the arrow: ? I copied
that
blank
here
and
don't know if you can see it.

I am using Word 2007. I used to know how to turn this
function
on
and
off
in
2003 but can't find the control box in 2007. Can you tell
me
first
of
all
how
to find the dialogue box for this function and how to
solve
the
problem I
am
having? Thanks.

The shortcut you describe is intended to produce a lighter arrow. The bold
arrow is produced by ==. Have you looked at the AutoCorrect entry list to
see if these entries are now listed? Have you checked to make sure that the
Wingdings font is properly installed (i.e., can you access it through Insert
| Symbol?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did what you said. Word re-created normal.dotm, but the problem still
persists: When I type -- + + spacebar, I get a blank instead of a bold
arrow. When I hit a backspace or Ctl+Z, I get an arrow like this: -- I am
not sure if I had this before renaming the file. Anyway, this is not the
bold
arrow I used to get before with autocorrect. So it seems that the
autocorrect
makes the arrow disappear, and cancelling it by backspace returns the
original, typed arrow.

i also tried deleting the new normal.dotm and renaming the old version
back
to normal.dotm, but this still did not make any difference.

What shall I do next?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The whole point of renaming it is to make it unrecognizable to Word,
which
will cause Word to generate a fresh copy (which is what it does when it
finds Normal missing).

1. Close Word.

2. Locate Normal.dotm.

3. Rename it something like Normal.old or Normal.bad.

4. Restart Word and see if the AutoCorrect entries have been restored.

If not, or if you are not happy with the default configuration of Word,
you
can quit Word, delete Normal.dotm, and rename Normal.old/bad to
Normal.dotm
and be back where you started.

You can always create your own AutoCorrect entries for arrows, using
arrows
from the Wingdings font.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
OK, thanks. I found the file. But what do you mean "rename the file"?
Do
you
mean I should give it a different name? I am afraid this may make the
file
unrecognizable by the Word. Could you be more specific about what you
mean
by
rename?



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder
called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on
Windows
XP
it should be C:\Documents and Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only
find
the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is
the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in
the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the
normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped
working.
I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the
auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after
this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file
caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at
the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark
symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are
stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the
arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly
installed
in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong
place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using
Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to
the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this
NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote
in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue
box
by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function
for
arrows,
which
turns
-- + spacebar into a bold arrow. But strange things
are
happening
with
it.
Yesterday this function suddently stopped working
and --
did
not
turn
into a
bold arrow even after pressing a space bar. Today,
after
turning
off
the
computer overnight, I tried the function again. Now
some
change
occurs
but I
just get a blank space in place of the arrow: ? I
copied
that
blank
here
and
don't know if you can see it.

I am using Word 2007. I used to know how to turn this
function
on
and
off
in
2003 but can't find the control box in 2007. Can you
tell
me
first
of
all
how
to find the dialogue box for this function and how to
solve
the
problem I
am
having? Thanks.

Insert/symbol function is working fine.

You can get a bold arrow with -- and ==. I am after the first one, which
is thinner than the second. I tried == and this produces a thick bold arrow
fine. Also, the reverse -- produces a thinner bold arrow fine. But -- only
produces a blank, and this is what is killing me.

I tried the insert / symbol and found this arrow →. I redefined the -- with
this arrow in the Autocorrect. Then -- produced this arrow fine. But this
arrow is too thin and I really want that thin bold arrow I used to get with
default Autocorrect. I went back to one of my old Word documents and found
this thin bold arrow I desire, which was produced before the trouble began,
and tried to re-define -- with this arrow. But then the result was the same
-- blank.

So I am puzzled. What is really going on?






"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The shortcut you describe is intended to produce a lighter arrow. The bold
arrow is produced by ==. Have you looked at the AutoCorrect entry list to
see if these entries are now listed? Have you checked to make sure that the
Wingdings font is properly installed (i.e., can you access it through Insert
| Symbol?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did what you said. Word re-created normal.dotm, but the problem still
persists: When I type -- + + spacebar, I get a blank instead of a bold
arrow. When I hit a backspace or Ctl+Z, I get an arrow like this: -- I am
not sure if I had this before renaming the file. Anyway, this is not the
bold
arrow I used to get before with autocorrect. So it seems that the
autocorrect
makes the arrow disappear, and cancelling it by backspace returns the
original, typed arrow.

i also tried deleting the new normal.dotm and renaming the old version
back
to normal.dotm, but this still did not make any difference.

What shall I do next?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The whole point of renaming it is to make it unrecognizable to Word,
which
will cause Word to generate a fresh copy (which is what it does when it
finds Normal missing).

1. Close Word.

2. Locate Normal.dotm.

3. Rename it something like Normal.old or Normal.bad.

4. Restart Word and see if the AutoCorrect entries have been restored.

If not, or if you are not happy with the default configuration of Word,
you
can quit Word, delete Normal.dotm, and rename Normal.old/bad to
Normal.dotm
and be back where you started.

You can always create your own AutoCorrect entries for arrows, using
arrows
from the Wingdings font.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
OK, thanks. I found the file. But what do you mean "rename the file"?
Do
you
mean I should give it a different name? I am afraid this may make the
file
unrecognizable by the Word. Could you be more specific about what you
mean
by
rename?



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a folder
called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on
Windows
XP
it should be C:\Documents and Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only
find
the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where is
the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored in
the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the
normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped
working.
I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that the
auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even after
this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file
caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right at
the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark
symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are
stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for the
arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly
installed
in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong
place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am using
Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant to
the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in this
NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote
in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph dialogue
box
by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion function
for
arrows,
which
turns

In one of your old documents, select the arrow that is the one you want.
Then go to Insert | Symbol and note which character is shown (and in which
font), just for reference (should be character 224 in Wingdings).

With the arrow still selected, go to Office Button | Word Options | Proofing
| AutoCorrect Options. The arrow you have selected should be displayed in
the "With" box already. Type -- in the "Replace" box. Make sure that the
"Formatted text" radio button is selected. Click the Add button.

Does the replacement now work? If so, you'll need to ensure that Normal.dotm
is being saved. In earlier versions, it's easy to force a save of
Normal.dotm; I'm not sure how to do this in Word 2007, but you can at least
check to make sure it's being saved: in Office Button | Word Options |
Advanced: Save, check the box for "Prompt before saving Normal template."
When you quit Word after adding this AutoCorrect entry, you should be
prompted to save Normal.dotm. When you restart Word, the entry should still
exist.

If this does *not* happen, then there is something else going on. I don't
recall whether you've said whether you're on a corporate network, but if you
are, then there can be additional complications.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
Insert/symbol function is working fine.

You can get a bold arrow with -- and ==. I am after the first one, which
is thinner than the second. I tried == and this produces a thick bold
arrow
fine. Also, the reverse -- produces a thinner bold arrow fine. But --
only
produces a blank, and this is what is killing me.

I tried the insert / symbol and found this arrow →. I redefined the --
with
this arrow in the Autocorrect. Then -- produced this arrow fine. But this
arrow is too thin and I really want that thin bold arrow I used to get
with
default Autocorrect. I went back to one of my old Word documents and found
this thin bold arrow I desire, which was produced before the trouble
began,
and tried to re-define -- with this arrow. But then the result was the
same
-- blank.

So I am puzzled. What is really going on?






"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The shortcut you describe is intended to produce a lighter arrow. The
bold
arrow is produced by ==. Have you looked at the AutoCorrect entry list
to
see if these entries are now listed? Have you checked to make sure that
the
Wingdings font is properly installed (i.e., can you access it through
Insert
| Symbol?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
I did what you said. Word re-created normal.dotm, but the problem still
persists: When I type -- + + spacebar, I get a blank instead of a
bold
arrow. When I hit a backspace or Ctl+Z, I get an arrow like this: -- I
am
not sure if I had this before renaming the file. Anyway, this is not
the
bold
arrow I used to get before with autocorrect. So it seems that the
autocorrect
makes the arrow disappear, and cancelling it by backspace returns the
original, typed arrow.

i also tried deleting the new normal.dotm and renaming the old version
back
to normal.dotm, but this still did not make any difference.

What shall I do next?




"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The whole point of renaming it is to make it unrecognizable to Word,
which
will cause Word to generate a fresh copy (which is what it does when
it
finds Normal missing).

1. Close Word.

2. Locate Normal.dotm.

3. Rename it something like Normal.old or Normal.bad.

4. Restart Word and see if the AutoCorrect entries have been restored.

If not, or if you are not happy with the default configuration of
Word,
you
can quit Word, delete Normal.dotm, and rename Normal.old/bad to
Normal.dotm
and be back where you started.

You can always create your own AutoCorrect entries for arrows, using
arrows
from the Wingdings font.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in message
...
OK, thanks. I found the file. But what do you mean "rename the
file"?
Do
you
mean I should give it a different name? I am afraid this may make
the
file
unrecognizable by the Word. Could you be more specific about what
you
mean
by
rename?



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

And note that in Word 2007 it will be named Normal.dotm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stefan Blom" wrote in
message
...
You will find normal.dot if you search hidden files and folders.

To answer your specific question, normal.dot is located in a
folder
called
Templates in your user profile. The exact path can vary, but on
Windows
XP
it should be C:\Documents and
Settings\user_name_here\Application
Data\Microsoft\Templates.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
I did a search for Normal.dot in C but cannot find it. I can only
find
the
file as part of the Office 07 CD I copied on my hard disk. Where
is
the
file
supposed to be when the Office is installed?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

As noted, the arrows are formatted entries, so they are stored
in
the
Normal
template rather than an .acl file. Try renaming Normal.dot or
Normal.dotm
(with Word closed), then restart Word and see if the entries
are
present.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Let me write down what I see in the AutoCorrect dialogue box:

Top list, with tick boxes on the left:

Show AutoCorrect options buttons
Correct TWo INitial CApitals
Capitalize first letter of sentences
etc.... Nothing about arrows

Bottom where you can enter your own AutoCorrect items
(C) corrected result (c in a circle)
(ks0 corrected result
(tel) corrected result (picture of telephone)
(tm) corrected result
and so forth, followed by words typo corrections

So I see no autocorrect for arrows here. I did not delete the
normal
file.
The arrow used to work just fine, until one day it stopped
working.
I
don't
know what I did to make that happen, I don't even know if I
did
anything
at
all. The program just went into a bad mood and decided that
the
auro
correct
arrows will stop working.

I did replace the MSO1033.acl file in the Application
Data/Microsoft/Office
folder to preserve my list of autocorrect items. But even
after
this
the
arrow was working fine. So I doubt that replacing this file
caused
this
problem.











"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The list of AutoCorrect entries should have the arrows right
at
the
beginning, along with the happy faces, registered trademark
symbol,
etc.
Since the arrows are formatted AutoCorrect entries, they are
stored
in
Normal.dotm. Have you perhaps replaced that file?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote in
message
...
Does this mean I need to reinstall Office?
Also, could you tell me how I can access the control for
the
arrow,
because
I could not find any control for the arrow in the
Autocorrect
dialogue
box.
It's got capitalizstion, list of specific strings for auto
correction,
etc.
but nothing for the arrow. I am using Office 2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Make sure that you have the Wingdings font properly
installed
in
the
Fonts
folder (and that the AutoCorrect entry still exists).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon" wrote
in
message
...
Thank you Suzanne. I did put my comment in the wrong
place.
Sorry.
Could
you
tell me how I can fix this problem of arrows? I am
using
Word
2007.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The "solution" you cite sounds completely irrelevant
to
the
cited
problem
(in fact, it seems to relate to your other thread in
this
NG).
Your
AutoCorrect problem sounds more likely to be due to
the
Wingdings
font
(from
which the arrows come) being missing or damaged.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Clarendon"
wrote
in
message
...
Never mind. I found the answer:

Change to draft view ?
Page layout -- Paragraph -- Open paragraph
dialogue
box
by
clicking
the
little square at bottom right -- Tab button at
bottom
left --
Reduce
value
at default tab stops

Thanks.

"Clarendon" wrote:

Hi. I've been using the automatic completion
function
for
arrows,
which
turns