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backing up macros and styles
I recently had to recover my hard drive. In the process, the process
all the programs and data were lost on the hard drive. This was okay because I don't have that many programs that are truly important and I had backed up all my data files. But the styles for Word 2007 and a few macros I use were not backed up. So I'm having to set those up from memory. I think it would be a good idea if I started backing those files up. Word 2003 had a Normal file, but I can't find that file in Word 2007. Is it hiding somewhere? Or does Word 2007 store this information differently? Thanks. |
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Your normal.dotx is indeed in a hidden folder, but there's also a
thing called "Office Settings" that supposedly saves all your custom settings so you can move them to a different computer -- but you have to think of doing it before your hard drive crash. In XP & 2003 it's in Start All Programs Microsoft Office Office Tools. On Jul 26, 5:47 pm, Jimmy Clay wrote: I recently had to recover my hard drive. In the process, the process all the programs and data were lost on the hard drive. This was okay because I don't have that many programs that are truly important and I had backed up all my data files. But the styles for Word 2007 and a few macros I use were not backed up. So I'm having to set those up from memory. I think it would be a good idea if I started backing those files up. Word 2003 had a Normal file, but I can't find that file in Word 2007. Is it hiding somewhere? Or does Word 2007 store this information differently? Thanks. |
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The Normal template for Word 2007 is called Normal.dotm. It is stored in a
hidden folder, so you have to set Windows to display hidden and system folders in order to find it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jimmy Clay" wrote in message ... I recently had to recover my hard drive. In the process, the process all the programs and data were lost on the hard drive. This was okay because I don't have that many programs that are truly important and I had backed up all my data files. But the styles for Word 2007 and a few macros I use were not backed up. So I'm having to set those up from memory. I think it would be a good idea if I started backing those files up. Word 2003 had a Normal file, but I can't find that file in Word 2007. Is it hiding somewhere? Or does Word 2007 store this information differently? Thanks. |
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On Jul 26, 6:16*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
The Normal template for Word 2007 is called Normal.dotm. It is stored in a hidden folder, so you have to set Windows to display hidden and system folders in order to find it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jimmy Clay" wrote in message ... I recently had to recover my hard drive. In the process, the process all the programs and data were lost on the hard drive. This was okay because I don't have that many programs that are truly important and I had backed up all my data files. But the styles for Word 2007 and a few macros I use were not backed up. So I'm having to set those up from memory. I think it would be a good idea if I started backing those files up. Word 2003 had a Normal file, but I can't find that file in Word 2007. Is it hiding somewhere? Or does Word 2007 store this information differently? Thanks. Thank you. It was a well hidden file. On my computer I found it he C:\Documents and Settings\Owner.Jimmy\Application Data\Microsoft \Templates |
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On Jul 26, 6:11*pm, grammatim wrote:
Your normal.dotx is indeed in a hidden folder, but there's also a thing called "Office Settings" that supposedly saves all your custom settings so you can move them to a different computer -- but you have to think of doing it before your hard drive crash. In XP & 2003 it's in Start All Programs Microsoft Office Office Tools. On Jul 26, 5:47 pm, Jimmy Clay wrote: I recently had to recover my hard drive. In the process, the process all the programs and data were lost on the hard drive. This was okay because I don't have that many programs that are truly important and I had backed up all my data files. But the styles for Word 2007 and a few macros I use were not backed up. So I'm having to set those up from memory. I think it would be a good idea if I started backing those files up. Word 2003 had a Normal file, but I can't find that file in Word 2007. Is it hiding somewhere? Or does Word 2007 store this information differently? Thanks. I do have something called "Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard." Does this work with Office 2007? |
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On Jul 26, 7:20*pm, Jimmy Clay wrote:
On Jul 26, 6:11*pm, grammatim wrote: Your normal.dotx is indeed in a hidden folder, but there's also a thing called "Office Settings" that supposedly saves all your custom settings so you can move them to a different computer -- but you have to think of doing it before your hard drive crash. In XP & 2003 it's in Start All Programs Microsoft Office Office Tools. On Jul 26, 5:47 pm, Jimmy Clay wrote: I recently had to recover my hard drive. In the process, the process all the programs and data were lost on the hard drive. This was okay because I don't have that many programs that are truly important and I had backed up all my data files. But the styles for Word 2007 and a few macros I use were not backed up. So I'm having to set those up from memory. I think it would be a good idea if I started backing those files up. Word 2003 had a Normal file, but I can't find that file in Word 2007. Is it hiding somewhere? Or does Word 2007 store this information differently? Thanks. I do have something called "Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard." Does this work with Office 2007? I think the answer is no. Microsoft does have a backup wizard for 2007 but it'll cost you money, $14.99: http://www.cncllc.com/o2007sbuwv2/of...ingsbackup.asp |
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For general information on what to back up, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Jimmy Clay" wrote in message ... On Jul 26, 7:20 pm, Jimmy Clay wrote: On Jul 26, 6:11 pm, grammatim wrote: Your normal.dotx is indeed in a hidden folder, but there's also a thing called "Office Settings" that supposedly saves all your custom settings so you can move them to a different computer -- but you have to think of doing it before your hard drive crash. In XP & 2003 it's in Start All Programs Microsoft Office Office Tools. On Jul 26, 5:47 pm, Jimmy Clay wrote: I recently had to recover my hard drive. In the process, the process all the programs and data were lost on the hard drive. This was okay because I don't have that many programs that are truly important and I had backed up all my data files. But the styles for Word 2007 and a few macros I use were not backed up. So I'm having to set those up from memory. I think it would be a good idea if I started backing those files up. Word 2003 had a Normal file, but I can't find that file in Word 2007. Is it hiding somewhere? Or does Word 2007 store this information differently? Thanks. I do have something called "Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard." Does this work with Office 2007? I think the answer is no. Microsoft does have a backup wizard for 2007 but it'll cost you money, $14.99: http://www.cncllc.com/o2007sbuwv2/of...ingsbackup.asp |
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Hi Jimmy,
The link Suzanne provided gives you the basics for items to include for Word to preserve copies of customizations. The Microsoft Office Save My Settings Wizard was very specific in its scope http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826809 and was discontinued after Office 2003, in favor of Microsoft Windows tools such as - File and Settings Transfer (FAST) Wizard http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306187 - Windows Easy Transfer http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-transfer.aspx The link you mentioned below is for a 3rd party product by Computer Network Consultants, not Microsoft, although it can be tricky to tell - as Microsoft sites such as https://obacentral.com http://office.microsoft.com/marketplace ( https://obacentral.com/solutiondetai...solutionid=320 for that particular product) present 3rd party products through their sites so that folks could assume a tie-in to Microsoft beyond an advertising relationship The reviews of CNC's utility (came out as a beta in June) have been that it works 'okay' (whatever that means g) and it does have a task scheduler for doing the backups. ========== "Jimmy Clay" wrote in message ... I do have something called "Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard." Does this work with Office 2007? I think the answer is no. Microsoft does have a backup wizard for 2007 but it'll cost you money, $14.99: http://www.cncllc.com/o2007sbuwv2/of...ingsbackup.asp -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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