Sorry if you're offended by a request for clarification. go figure‽ In any case, the ACL files can be opened by specifying TextEdit, but IMO trying to edit them is risky business.ĪI: Artificial Intelligence or Automated Idiocy? Please mark Yes/No as to whether a Reply answers your question. Installed on OS X 10.6.8, mine are shown asĮntourage Preferences files, On my MBP installed on 10.5.x & later upgraded to 10.6.x the ACL files are identified asĪdobeDevice Central Preferences Document files. It has to identify ( register) them in some way, though, so it just guesses & assigns a parent app based on some sort of 'nearest neighbor' algorithm. My guess is that since they are a proprietary format used only by Office apps, OS X really doesn't know what type of file they are. Note: If you double-click one of them the OS will attempt to open it using the associated app, but it will fail to open.
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There are some technical differences, but the process works the same in the Windows versions. In order to have these available to another user a copy of the Normal.dotm containing them needs to be used to replace With: print are stored in the Normal.dotm template for that user account, so they are only available in Word. Location 2: Formatted AutoCorrect entries [e.g., Replace: print This is the file you need to copy to a different User Account or different installation of Office in order to have the same custom unformatted AutoCorrect entries. The Microsoft Office ACL files also contain the changes that user makes to the built-in AutoCorrect list stored in the Default ACL file 9essentially, I believe, asĮxceptions). Macintosh HD:Users: username:Library:Application Support:Microsoft:Office:Preferences:Office 2011 The AutoCorrect entries stored here are available toĪll Office apps. With: print] it is stored in the Microsoft Office ACL for the user account in which the entry is created. Location 1: If it is an unformatted entry [e.g., Replace: pront Unformatted entry or it is a formatted entry. Second, User AutoCorrect modifications are stored in 1 of 2 locations - which location is dictated by whether it is an Nor are they involved if you modify/delete any of the built-in AutoCorrect entries. Regardless of what Finder indicates, these are not user accessible files & do not store any AutoCorrect entries you create. Macintosh HD:Applications:Microsoft Office 2011:Office Global ACL files used by all Office apps in all accounts on the same Mac, and contain the built-in Auto-correct entries. First, the Default ACL files are not what you are looking for, as John indicated.