How can I import phrases from Microsoft Word autocorrect or from an Excel spreadsheet or at least rapidly make up a large database of phrases?
You can import the file with common phrases from Microsoft Office 2000. This file is located here; see Autocorrect.
If you know VBA, you can write a small macro in Basic and export all your phrases from Microsoft Word to a file that has the following format:
keyword1=phrase1 keyword2=phrase2 ... keywordN=phraseN
To import this file into Type Pilot, open the main window, go to File| Import… and select INI-files (*.ini) Type.