Jay's method will work with 2010, but an alternative approach is to rename
the Word 2010 normal.dotm file (if it has been created) and put the old Word
2002 normal.dot file in the Word 2010 User Templates folder. Start Word and
it will adopt the macros, autotexts, etc from the old normal template. Close
Word and save the normal template at the prompt (you will have to set Word
options to set the prompt to save the normal template), then remove the
normal.dot file from the folder.
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"Mile 88" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi jay
>
> thanks a lot for your advice. it works fine in office 2007. i tested it.
> can i apply the same solution in Office 2010. in my work, we're deploying
> office 2010. our os is win XP.
>
>> On Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:22 AM Diane wrote:
>
>> I have several users that have multiple autotext entries in Word 2002.
>> We
>> have just upgraded to Office 2007. They would like to convert their 2002
>> Autotext entries into 2007 Word AutoText which is now Building Blocks.
>> Does
>> anyone know how to do this? Is there a way to take their normal.dot file
>> and
>> convert into 2007 normal.dotx file?
>
>
>>> On Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:36 AM Jay Freedman wrote:
>
>>> Don't try to "convert" an old normal.dot to normal.dotx. It could have
>>> unpleasant side effects.
>>>
>>> Copy/rename the old normal.dot template to something like
>>> MyAutoText.dot. If
>>> it contains any macros, delete them. Store this template in the folder
>>>
>>> %appdata%\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks
>>>
>>> (paste that line into the address box of Windows Explorer and press
>>> Enter to
>>> get to the folder even though it is hidden). Then restart Word.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Jay Freedman
>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>> newsgroup so
>>> all may benefit.
>>>
>>> Diane wrote:
>
>
>>>> On Thursday, May 13, 2010 1:09 PM Diane wrote:
>
>>>> Thanks Jay, I will try it and let you know if it was successful. You
>>>> will make
>>>> several people very happy.
>>>>
>>>> Diane
>>>>
>>>> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>
>>>>> On Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:11 PM Diane wrote:
>
>>>>> Jay, I followed your instructions and can get the old autotext entries
>>>>> into
>>>>> the building block store, however, is there now way of being able to
>>>>> create a
>>>>> short name for the autotext entries (as was in 2002) and then when you
>>>>> type
>>>>> that short name in the document and hit enter key, it puts all of the
>>>>> autotext entry into the document. (ie. if you had legal paragraphs
>>>>> that you
>>>>> use in different letters). This is really what our user's want.
>>>>>
>>>>> Diane
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jay Freedman" wrote:
>
>
>>>>>> On Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:42 PM Jay Freedman wrote:
>
>>>>>> The short name of each entry still exists -- it is the same one
>>>>>> assigned in
>>>>>> the older version -- but Word 2007 cannot display the little popup
>>>>>> tag and
>>>>>> the Enter key does not activate the replacement. You can type the
>>>>>> short name
>>>>>> and press F3 to insert the entry (this key worked in earlier
>>>>>> versions, too,
>>>>>> but hardly anyone knew that).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This shortcoming has been remedied in Word 2010, but with Word 2007
>>>>>> you are
>>>>>> stuck with it. Depending on what is in the entries, you might be able
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> convert them to AutoCorrect entries.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Diane wrote:
>
>
>>>>>>> On Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:49 PM Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
>
>>>>>>> F3 has been used for that purpose since the days of the Glossary
>>>>>>> (the
>>>>>>> pre-decessor of Autotect) in the DOS versions of Word
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Hope this helps.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> services on a paid consulting basis.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Doug Robbins - Word MVP, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com
>
>
>>>>>>> Submitted via EggHeadCafe
>>>>>>> Using DataList to List Category/Subcategory with expand - collapse
>>>>>>> facility via javascript
>>>>>>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorials...avascript.aspx
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