[Ruth]

Is it possible to save your autotext file somewhere in case everything gets
lost
Hope you can help
Ruth

[Stefan Blom]

Each AutoText entry is stored in a template, so back up your
templates.

See also: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/FilesToBackup.htm and
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/AutoText.htm.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"Ruth" wrote in message
...
Is it possible to save your autotext file somewhere in case
everything gets
lost
Hope you can help
Ruth

[Ruth]

Hi thanks, this is good if we could back up, but I believe the Autotext is
saved to templates on the C drive and as a company I think we only back up
the network drive, does that sound right to you? Is there another way do you
think?

"Ruth" wrote:

Is it possible to save your autotext file somewhere in case everything gets
lost
Hope you can help
Ruth

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi Ruth

When you create an AutoText, you get to decide where it is saved. If you
don't explicitly tell Word to save it somewhere specific, then it will be
saved in your normal.dot file. And your normal.dot file is at the folder
indicated at Tools Options File Locations under "User Templates".

So, at a minimum, you might like to create yourself a folder on the server
and when appropriate, exit Word, find the normal.dot file and copy it to the
server location.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Ruth" wrote in message
...
Hi thanks, this is good if we could back up, but I believe the Autotext is
saved to templates on the C drive and as a company I think we only back up
the network drive, does that sound right to you? Is there another way do
you
think?

"Ruth" wrote:

Is it possible to save your autotext file somewhere in case everything
gets
lost
Hope you can help
Ruth

[Ruth]

thank you, this should do it

"Shauna Kelly" wrote:

Hi Ruth

When you create an AutoText, you get to decide where it is saved. If you
don't explicitly tell Word to save it somewhere specific, then it will be
saved in your normal.dot file. And your normal.dot file is at the folder
indicated at Tools Options File Locations under "User Templates".

So, at a minimum, you might like to create yourself a folder on the server
and when appropriate, exit Word, find the normal.dot file and copy it to the
server location.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Ruth" wrote in message
...
Hi thanks, this is good if we could back up, but I believe the Autotext is
saved to templates on the C drive and as a company I think we only back up
the network drive, does that sound right to you? Is there another way do
you
think?

"Ruth" wrote:

Is it possible to save your autotext file somewhere in case everything
gets
lost
Hope you can help
Ruth