Extract text from AutoCorrect files (ACL)
To convert ACL files to another format, you need Microsoft Office or other Settings software.
To convert other file formats to the "AutoCorrect Dictionary File" file type, you need software like Microsoft Office or a similar tool.
The .ACL file extension is most commonly used as a Microsoft Office AutoCorrect List. It stores custom text replacements and spelling corrections that Office apps like Word and Excel apply automatically while you type. Additionally, the .ACL extension is heavily used as an audit data project file by ACL Analytics (Diligent), and occasionally as an XML-based Android call log backup.
For the Office AutoCorrect variant, these are proprietary binary files managed directly by Microsoft Office. The major disadvantage of this format is that it is strictly tied to your local user profile and Office installation. You cannot simply open an .ACL file in a text editor to read or modify your shortcut list. To view the contents natively, you must navigate deep into Microsoft Word's settings menus, making bulk edits or fast audits highly impractical. For the Diligent Analytics variant, files often contain UTF-16 (LE) or UTF-8 encoded project structures that are useless without a costly enterprise software license.
Users typically want to extract their custom dictionaries to standard formats like TXT, CSV, or XML to migrate rules to other software, back them up, or edit them efficiently. Standard online converters completely fail to process these files because they are obscure, undocumented settings files rather than standard documents. Because .ACL is a closed, proprietary format, standard conversion is difficult. We will inspect the file to extract internal content and show text strings. If our analysis detects an underlying format like XML, viewing and conversion may still be possible.
Convert.Guru analyzes your ACL file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
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If you want to convert ACL file to TMP, TEMP, CACHE, LOG, BAK, OLD, NEW, PART, DOWNLOAD, CRDOWNLOAD, LOCK or PID, you can use Microsoft Office or similar software from the "AutoCorrect List Storage" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DEVICE, CACHE, SOCK, SYMLINK, PID, MOUNT, FIFO, LOG, PIPE, TMP, JUNCTION or TEMP files to ACL, try Microsoft Office or another comparable tool in the "AutoCorrect List Storage" category.
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