PowerPoint, Word & Excel Customized Toolbars (Office 2003)

[L. Roper]

Is there a way to copy & restore customized toolbars in PowerPoint, Word &
Excel. I have to reimage my harddrive because of software conflicts and I
don't want to have to recreate all of my toolbars.

Thank you for your help.

 

[Echo S]

You can look for *.PCB files -- those are PPT toolbars. Put them in the same
place on your newly imaged drive.

You may want to write down your toolbar settings, though -- I've never had
any luck transferring toolbars from one machine to another.

I think one of the versions of Office has a "save my settings" wizard. Ah,
here -- http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826809 I can't tell if it saves
toolbars or not, though! (If the toolbars are in the <app data> folder, then
I suppose yes.)

 

[Lucy Thomson]

In addition to Echo's excellent advice, you may want to have a look at the
files & settings transfer wizard: start -> all programmes -> accessories ->
system tools -> files & settings transfer wizard.

Lucy

 

[L. Roper]

The problem I am having is the file locations - and file extensions. I am
looking for the templates for Word, Excel & PowerPoint. I know Excel is
..xlb, PowerPoint is .pcb and Word I believe would be Normal.dot. I have
found them in several locations on my C drive, but I don't know which one is
the right one.

Does the wizard back up templates too?

Thanks,

 

[Echo S]

PowerPoint templates are POT files. PowerPoint toolbars are PCB files.

I'm not sure how the toolbars in Word work -- they might travel with the
Normal.DOT template, for all I know. I'd ask in the Word and Excel
groups for advice on those programs.

I don't know if the wizard backs up templates, too. I doubt it, though.

Maybe just do a search on your HD for *.POT (or whatever extension), then
copy the resulting files to an external drive, jump drive, CD, what have
you. Take a screenshot of the window so you know where to put them on the
new system.