Same autocorrect file (acor_en-US.dat) for OOo & LibO

[PeaceByJesus]

I want to keep using OpenOffice for now along with LO, but I have a large number of autocorrect entries, and while I know I can copy one to the other, and have even merged them in the past, now I want to use one common autocorrect file for them. Will this cause a conflict if I make a path in LO Options to C:\Documents and Settings\user\Application Data\OpenOffice.org\3\user

Thanks

[JohnV]

It looks like you should extend that to "user\autocorr".

[floris v]

You can experiment with the Paths settings in the user profile: Tools - Options - OOO - Paths, select Autocorrect, click Edit and set the path to one shared by both programs. Then cross your fingers and see if that works.

[PeaceByJesus]

It looks like you should extend that to "user\autocorr".

True. That is what I would have done .

[PeaceByJesus]

You can experiment with the Paths settings in the user profile: Tools - Options - OOO - Paths, select Autocorrect, click Edit and set the path to one shared by both programs. Then cross your fingers and see if that works.

Thanks, but whether that will work is my question .

[floris v]

I figure that you're going to find that out - why wait for somebody else to do it for you?

[PeaceByJesus]

I figure that you're going to find that out - why wait for somebody else to do it for you?

I am not waiting for someone else to to do it for anyone, but asked a forum because there might be a someone with more technical knowledge would know if it would create a conflict - and which might not show up right away.

[peterroots]

don't see why it shouldn't - when I moved from OOo to LO I kept a lot of my settings (user dict, autocorrect, autotext) and didn't have any problems (that I noticed). The only issue I can see is if both LO and OOo try to access the same file at the same time

[PeaceByJesus]

don't see why it shouldn't - when I moved from OOo to LO I kept a lot of my settings (user dict, autocorrect, autotext) and didn't have any problems (that I noticed). The only issue I can see is if both LO and OOo try to access the same file at the same time

Well, here goes. I will try to report back if there is any problems. Wonder what the purpose is of adding a secondary different path to AutoCorrect if it only writes to one?