Thanks so much to all the responses so far. i have tried Aeneas's suggestion
and ti worked, hwoever I keep getting a Macro warning. I have added the
C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\
as a trusted location but for some reason it still asks every time I try to
use an older Auto text entry from the normal.dot template.
I am going to try rebooting to see if that is necessary for trusted sites to
take effect.
If that works great, if not I might ask for other suggestions.
Nat
"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
Oops! Except... I forgot to edit my D: to reflect that most users have Word
installed on C:. So, anyplace I said D:, I really meant C:!
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Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message
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When upgrading to Word 2007, any existing AutoText and/or AutoCorrect
entries are automatically carried forward to the new version. In the case
of AutoText entries, they automatically become Building Blocks, and are
stored in the AutoText gallery (as seen in the Building Blocks
Organizer). (Quick Parts are a separate kind of Building Block, and show
up in the Quick Parts dropdown list.)
If they're moving to new computers rather than upgrading an existing
computer, it's a little more complicated. AutoText and formatted (or long)
AutoCorrect entries can be carried forward by copying the existing
Normal.dot to the default User Templates location on the new computer.
This location usually will be (in Vista):
D:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates
The first time Word 2007 is run, it will look for an existing Normal.dot,
and will use it in creating the new Normal.dotm.
Unformatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in an .acl file. I don't know
where this file is on your old computers. However, assuming it was Word
2003 (maybe 2002 or earlier, too... I'm not sure), in Vista, the file
usually is stored he
D:\Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Office
...and for Office 2003/2007, it is named MS01033.ACL. You should,
therefore, be able to transfer users' existing AT and AC entries,
therefore, by copying both Normal.dot and MS01033.ACL to the new
computers... to the correct respective folders.
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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
"Nat" wrote in message
...
Probably not possible, but is it possible for a user to import a list of
auto
correct or Auto Text entries in Word 2007? I believe they are called
Quick
Parts in 2007, but I see no way to create new ones, unless done one at a
time.
There are some users who have 100 or more custom auto text entries
created
on their PCs and they are converting to Vista PCs with Word 2007.
Just curious is all..