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Microsoft Word keeps AutoText entries in a fairly easy to find template.
Do you have any idea where Word puts the file with AutoText? My colleague had a lot of things in AutoText, but it looks like it's all gone.
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There are so many places, it seems like that information could be just about anywhere along with all sorts of other Word configuration information.
Fortunately this is a case where the location actually makes sense.
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From the Microsoft Knowledgebase article How to copy Word AutoText entries between computers that have Word installed:
By default, AutoText entries, custom styles, custom toolbars, and macros are stored in the Normal.dot template.
Why do I say that this location actually makes sense? Because normal.dot is only the default template; additional templates can also contain additional settings. That means you can create custom AutoText entries, and other settings, for different applications by creating different templates.
Article C2286 - February 19, 2005
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