AutoCorrect Limitations for Word for Windows

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The operating limits of the AutoCorrect feature are listed in the following table.

   Feature                                  Limit
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   Maximum number of AutoCorrect entries    Limited to
                                            memory/hard disk
                                            space

   Maximum number of characters as a        255
   plain text entry

   Maximum number of characters as a        Unlimited
   formatted entry

   Maximum number of characters stored as   31
   Replace text
				

AutoCorrect entries are stored in an index file attached to the NORMAL.DOT file, and use a minimum of 4 bytes per entry. Since the AutoCorrect feature uses the 64K local memory heap allocated to Word, inserting large numbers of AutoCorrect entries may result in an "Out of memory" error message. For example, if you enter 7000 AutoCorrect entries you will use approximately 28K of memory, almost half the available local memory. This could also result in other memory-related error messages because the local memory is used by several other operations.