Text substitution does not work on all apps

Text substituiton feature works fine in Mac Mail, but does not work in Microsoft Word, excel and others.
How can I fix this?

Word and Excel do not support the system level text substitution routines. These work only with native apps like Mail, TextEdit and so forth. Some third-party apps can also tap into them.
The workaround is simple:
Preferences>AutoCorrect
Word will allow you to create any number of text substitutions. They won't, though, interact with native apps like Mail.
Microsoft Outlook, being more of a native OS X app, does support the system level text functions.

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