Word settings -- where are they?

[Guest]

I searched "word settings" and came up with nothing; if I'm in the wrong
forum, I apologize...

I recently reformatted my harddrive. I thought I'd backed up everything
needed to reinstall and get back to where I was, but there are some things I
may have missed.

Primarily, the settings in Word that have your personalized toolbar,
keyboard shortcuts/macros and the like.

I'm not certain that I used the save settings function to create a .opf(?)
file, but if not, I'm reasonably certain I have them backed up on an external
harrdrive.

I can't find them though.

If I have them, where would they be?

Also, if I do find them, would I be back to pre-reformat via a simple copy &
paste from the external HD to my reformatted internal HD?

Thanks if you can help!

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Go here:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.customization.menustoolbars

(LSordo... Heh, heh...)

 

[Guest]

Ack! That didn't do any good for me -- it wanted me to subcribe via Outlook
Express whereas I've got Outlook proper as my email client.

All kinds of wizards popped up wanting me to change things around -- I can't
risk that right now.

Is there a help doc or something around?

All I need to know is where in the backup the Word settings are located.
I'm happy to drill down, I just need to know where to go.

(Gary -- my nic: oops. I swear it was a reference to Hemingway's El Sordo,
from For Whom the Bell Tolls. I swear!

Sorta....)

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Outlook uses Outlook Express as its newsreader. Look around in OL and you'll
find a way to launch the OE newsreader from there. It will be launched with
a /newsonly switch that won't bug you about email. Or change the Properties
of the OE shortcut and add the /newsonly switch.

I agree with others, use OE to read NGs, or get another 3rd-party
newsreader. If you open OE directly, just cancel those prompts to set up OE
email accounts. It won't bother you again. The only account(s) you need to
set up are news accounts. Still, unless it was really causing communications
problems, the folks over there are just being Nazis if they insist that you
use a newsreader before they'll give you help.

No, I hate OL and I don't have your answers. As for LSordo, I recognize your
reference, I speak Spanish, and El Sordo means "the deaf one". Tickled my
funny bone.

 

[Alan]

LSordo,

In your backup media, search for a file called NORMAL.DOT. That's the Word
template file that has all the customized settings that you have made to
toolbars, default fonts and sizes, any macros that you might have created,
etc.

If you find the NORMAL.DOT in your backups, copy it to the location on your
hard drive where your current NORMAL.DOT is.

Alan

 

[Guest]

Alan: YAY! I've seen that file!

Bingo, I hope!

So copy it from the external backup and overwrite the current NORMAL.DOT on
the reformatted harddrive?

Correct?

Thanks Alan!

Gary: wow, who woulda thunk I'd get light shed on Hemingway in a Microsoft
forum?

Seriously -- he has a heroic figure named El Sordo. One of the most
powerful chapters is in fact entitled "El Sordo on the Hil" -- classic
Hemingway at his best.

I wonder if his grasp of Spanish was all that? I presumed he was alluding
to the bearer of a sword or sumthin'.

Great novel, on a level with War & Peace and Les Miserables should such
stuff float your boat.

Anyhow, I think my question's answered, but I fear that I've seen more than
one Normal.dot's on the backup. Is that possible?

If so, do you have any clues as to which folder I should be looking in?

 

[Gary S. Terhune]

Been a long time since I read those, except W&P... Couldn't wade through
that one. Hemmingway spoke Spanish well. El Sordo was named thus for a
reason, but I can't recall for sure if he really was deaf. The bilingual
word play was intentional.

My NORMAL.DOT is located in:
C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

 

[E. Barry Bruyea]

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:54:00 -0700, LSordo

"Normal.Dot" is the file that holds all of your "Word" settings.

 

[Ken Blake]

Ack! That didn't do any good for me -- it wanted me to subcribe via
Outlook
Express whereas I've got Outlook proper as my email client.

Despite the Title Bar saying "Outlook Newsreader," what you are running is
actually Outlook Express. Outlook does E-mail, but not newsgroups, and if
you invoke its "newsreader", what you actually get is Outlook Express,
running in news-only mode.

You are not the first person to be confused by this, by a long shot.
Microsoft has confused countless people by the way it names and identifies
things like this.