On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:56:57 -0000, Robert Kingett <[email protected]> wrote:

I was just wondering if there's a simple way I can import my autocorrect
entries from Microsoft word into open office, as I have cerebral palsy
and I use autocorrect as an adaptive tool and I don’t want to enter all
of the entries again.

all your autocorrect entries are contained in the files acor_.dat, acor_en-GB.dat, 
acor_zx-HK.dat etc, the path to which is listed under tools -> options -> 
openoffice.org -> paths. those files are indeed zip archives, so you can change their 
extension to .zip and browse their contents. in such an archive, find the file 
DocumentList.xml and open it as a text file. you will see your autocorrect entries for 
the respective language in xml format. if you have a list of all your autocorrect 
entries for ms word, you may add them all simultaneously using find-and-replace 
facilities of openoffice writer or ms notepad.

as for obtaining the mentioned list of ms word's autocorrect entries, see word's 
options -> paths to know where word stores them. unfortunately, i don't have 
word at hand now and thus can't give further advice. i can check word's storage 
style tomorrow at work and write back with more details.

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