To move templates from one computer to another, just telling someone to
copy the templates onto a floppy is not enough. The user would also
need to find out where the templates are stored both on the old and the
new computer in order to replace one set of templates with another

In the old computer, in Word, open Tools, Options, File Locations. The
line that says User templates will show you the address of the Templates
folder, which is where the Normal template is stored. (A Normal
template can be placed anywhere, but the Normal template in the
Templates folder is the one that Word uses by default.) Navigate there,
copy Normal and paste into the same folder and rename the copy something
like Normal 1.dot. Then cut and paste that into a floppy. If your
Bob-Global is not in the Templates folder it's in the StartUp folder.
(Templates in the StartUp folder are used automatically as globals when
Word is started.) Move one folder up from the Templates folder to the
Microsoft Office folder. From there click on the Office folder, and you
will see the StartUp folder. Open that folder, and copy and paste the
global to the floppy.

In the destination computer, locate the Templates folder and move Normal
1.dot to it. Close Word. Don't delete the existing Normal (in case
there are things in it you want to retrieve later) but rename it "Old
Normal" and rename Normal 1 as Normal. Move the global into the StartUp
folder. That's it. Now start Word.

Larry



Pat Garard wrote:
G'Day Bob,

Stick the Templates on a Floppy, and copy them
to the new PC.

"Bob S" wrote in message
...
I use MS Office 2003 and have written 3 macros. I have placed 1 of
the macros in a special Global template called Bob-Global. The
other two are in the normal.dot. I just bought a new laptop and
want to copy these macros to the MS Word 2003 instalation on the
new laptop. What is the easiest way to do that?
Thank you.