Quick Parts (and other Building Blocks) are stored in the template but not
visible in normal circumstances. If you have opened (or created a document
from) your BuildingBlocks.dotx file, it will appear empty in the Word UI -
that does not mean it does not contain the Quick Parts. Try copying your
file to someone else's computer and see if they then have your Quick Parts.
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Enjoy,
Tony
www.WordArticles.com
"Jag" wrote in message
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There is a document in:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Document Parts\1033
Called Building Blocks.dotx, but it is empty. I've tried various searches
on the C: drive, including hidden files. I've even tried building*.*. No
other hits.
"Frank H" wrote:
As you can imagine, Word has a whole bunch of folders and files that it
uses.
All the quick parts are stored in a file named "building blocks.dotx" (if
I
remember correctly; don't have 2007 handy). This file exists in a
specific
folder, which is usually part of the person's profile.
If you do a Search for building blocks (or variations of the name, in
case I
don't remember correctly) on your PC, you should find the file, and be
able
to see the path to where the file is stored.
It will probably be something like:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data
Administrator is the user name.
Every username on a PC has it's own set of folders: go take a look on
yours.
Once you find building blocks.dotx (or whatever it is named), you (or
they)
can copy that file to your collegues' corresponding folder.
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Frank H
Rockford, IL
"Jag" wrote:
I created a document using quick parts, but when I go to distribute it
to my
department, their systems don't have the quick parts in the documents
building blocks. How can I move the quick parts with document. I would
rather put it on a shared drive, but that doesn't work either.
I saw this in another thread:
"The easiest way is to add a renamed copy of the file to the user's
Document
Building Blocks folder. (It is also possible to add the file to the
Startup
folder, of course.) "
But, I don't understand the action. Rename what file? Put "the file"
in
what start-up? Windows, Office, Word? And how?