You receive an error message when you try to back up your AutoCorrect list in Office Word 2003 (831025)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Word 2003

SYMPTOMS

When you try to back up your AutoCorrect list to a file in Microsoft Office Word 2003, you may receive the following error message:
Run-time error '5941':

The requested member of the collection does not exist.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if your default Office Language settings are set to a non-English language (for example, Swedish).

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, change your default Office Language settings to English. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, and then click Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings.
  2. On the Enabled Languages tab of the Microsoft Office 2003 Language Settings dialog box, change the Choose the language that defines default behavior in Microsoft Office applications box to English (US), and then click OK.
  3. Click Continue and lose customizations when you receive the following message:Changing the language defining default behavior for Microsoft Office applications will result in loss of the following customizations:

    * Any changes made to the default blank document template in Word (normal.dot) and PowerPoint (blank.pot) such as additional macros, styles, etc.

    * Preference settings

    * Bullets and numbering customizations in Word

    * Toolbar customizations
  4. Click Yes if you receive the following message:To use the new language settings, you must quit and restart all open Office applications.
    Shut down and restart open Office applications now?

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about how to back up your AutoCorrect list, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

826147 HOW TO: Move Word AutoCorrect Entries Between Computers in Word 2003

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
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