Sharing settings between XP profiles

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Using Office 2003 on Windows XPSP2.

I have a laptop provided by my employer. When I log on to the network at
work, I use a different profile ("Jim_at_work") from when I am at home and
log on to "This computer" ("Jim_at_home"). Jim_at_home has administrator
privileges, but Jim_at_work has very restricted user rights - no access to
Control Panel, for example.

Now I have finally got Word set up at home the way I like it, is there any
simple way to apply my settings (templates, styles, toolbars, proofing tools
etc.) to the profile I use at work? What about Windows things like language
and keyboard preferences?

As an example of the sort of thing I have had to do, the shortcut to
Jim_at_home's "My documents" folder now points to Jim_at_work's document
folder, because otherwise I would not have access to files I had worked on at
home.
 
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Now I have finally got Word set up at home the way I like it, is there any
simple way to apply my settings (templates, styles, toolbars, proofing tools
etc.) to the profile I use at work? What about Windows things like language
and keyboard preferences?
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Some preferences are stored in the Data key for Word in the Registry. If you
have restricted priveleges, chances are you may not be allowed to restore a
backup of the "home" Data key in your work-place. Check with your IT
department.

Other things are stored in templates, mostly the Normal.dot template. Again,
you should check with your IT department whether you're allowed to bring in a
file from another machine (virus issues, for example).

If you aren't allowed to use your home Data key, you could possibly record a
macro that makes the settings you want.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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