Autotext in 2007

[Barb Meek]

I have Word 2003 on one computer and just got a new computer with Office 2007
installed on it. All of the work I have in my normal.dot, including autotext
entries, are still on the old PC. I would like to retrieve all of the
settings on my normal.dot plus all of the autotext entries which include text
and artwork. Can anyone help? Just to clarify, I did not UPgrade to Word
2007 from 2003, I have a new PC with Word 2007 on it. I still have access to
the old PC with Word 2003 on it. Thank you!

 

[Graham Mayor]

Save a copy of the normal.dot template - renamed to (say) "2003
Normal.dot" - in the Word 2007 startup folder. The macros, autotext and
custom toolbars it contains will be available to 2007. See
http://www.gmayor.com/Toolbars_in_word_2007.htm

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[Barb Meek]

I need a little more help to locate the Word 2007 startup folder, Graham. I
went to Program Files/Microsoft Office and found three folders (Office 10,
OFFICE 11 and Office 12), two of them with Startup folders. Any clue which
one would be relevant? Thanks in advance...Barb

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Office 2007 is Office 12.

 

[Jay Freedman]

Although the Startup folder in the Program Files path will probably work for
just the AutoText entries, it would be better to use the one in your
profile. Although it's a hidden folder, you can get there by entering this
into the address field of Windows Explorer:

%appdata%\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP

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[Barb Meek]

Thanks to Jay and Suzanne! Both of these methods seemed to work. With my
former "normal.dot" renamed to "2003 normal.dot," all of my macros and
autotext were available automatically when I opened a new blank document with
no further action from me. This was great, since my normal.dot was almost 5
megs!

All the best, Barb Meek