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Saving settings in Microsoft Word 2007
I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's
hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again? |
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Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or
normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16*am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. *Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? *Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again? |
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Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm lists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again? |
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The QAT seems to be in the normal.dotx template.
On Feb 13, 4:08*pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article athttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htmlists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again?- |
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Although it is possible to have special-use QATs stored in other documents
or templates, I believe. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... The QAT seems to be in the normal.dotx template. On Feb 13, 4:08 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article athttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htmlists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again?- |
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The QAT is stored in a file called Word.QAT in the folder
C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE (or its equivalent in Vista) BuildingBlocks.dotx is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033 (where 1033 is the language code) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org grammatim wrote: The QAT seems to be in the normal.dotx template. On Feb 13, 4:08 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article athttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htmlists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again?- |
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Thanks for the follow-up, Graham. Are there additional .QAT files for
specific templates if you have created them? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The QAT is stored in a file called Word.QAT in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE (or its equivalent in Vista) BuildingBlocks.dotx is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033 (where 1033 is the language code) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org grammatim wrote: The QAT seems to be in the normal.dotx template. On Feb 13, 4:08 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article athttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htmlists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again?- |
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Custom QAT entries for document templates are stored in the templates
themselves. If you open the template with Winzip or WinRar you will find the toolbar customisation in a file called customUI.xml It is the universally available QAT that is stored in Word.QAT. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Thanks for the follow-up, Graham. Are there additional .QAT files for specific templates if you have created them? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The QAT is stored in a file called Word.QAT in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE (or its equivalent in Vista) BuildingBlocks.dotx is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033 (where 1033 is the language code) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org grammatim wrote: The QAT seems to be in the normal.dotx template. On Feb 13, 4:08 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article athttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htmlists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again?- |
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
... Are there additional .QAT files for specific templates if you have created them? If you customize a QAT and set the customization context to the template (i.e select your document or template from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar drop down) then the customizations are stored in that document or template. The primary difference between Word 2007 and previous versions when it comes to storing customizations, such as Building Blocks (AutoText in previous versions) and QAT customizations (toolbar/menu customizations in previous versions) is they no longer use the Normal template by default since recreating the Normal template became a "standard" troubleshooting step and numerous users were losing their customizations accordingly. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx |
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Thanks for the clarification, Graham.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Custom QAT entries for document templates are stored in the templates themselves. If you open the template with Winzip or WinRar you will find the toolbar customisation in a file called customUI.xml It is the universally available QAT that is stored in Word.QAT. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Thanks for the follow-up, Graham. Are there additional .QAT files for specific templates if you have created them? "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... The QAT is stored in a file called Word.QAT in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE (or its equivalent in Vista) BuildingBlocks.dotx is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033 (where 1033 is the language code) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org grammatim wrote: The QAT seems to be in the normal.dotx template. On Feb 13, 4:08 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article athttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htmlists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again?- |
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Thanks for the additional information, Beth.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Beth Melton" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Are there additional .QAT files for specific templates if you have created them? If you customize a QAT and set the customization context to the template (i.e select your document or template from the Customize Quick Access Toolbar drop down) then the customizations are stored in that document or template. The primary difference between Word 2007 and previous versions when it comes to storing customizations, such as Building Blocks (AutoText in previous versions) and QAT customizations (toolbar/menu customizations in previous versions) is they no longer use the Normal template by default since recreating the Normal template became a "standard" troubleshooting step and numerous users were losing their customizations accordingly. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs Guides for the Office 2007 Interface: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...295841033.aspx |
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One good way to keep the same QATs on different computers (say desktop and
laptop) is to use an add-in template QATs and copy it from one computer to the other. Of course, add-in templatescan be shared. The add-in QATs do not overwrite the other person's QAT (which may result in some duplicates), and each QAT is displayed in its own section. Also, I carry my templates with me on a thumb drive and load them, when permitted, on any computer I use. Note that when editing the QAT, you have access only to the document you are in and to normal.dotm (or the attached template). So you must open the add-in template to add, delete, or rearrange the QAT as well as to create or delete keyboard shortcuts you want to store in the add-in. PamC Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: Thanks for the additional information, Beth. Are there additional .QAT files for specific templates if you have created them? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] since recreating the Normal template became a "standard" troubleshooting step and numerous users were losing their customizations accordingly. -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...ement/200902/1 |
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Ok, so I have found two building block paths.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Document Parts\1033 and C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE Both contained a building blocks template. I thought I was losing my mind when I made changes in that file, Word upon exit said it was saving that file, only to find out that when copying the local building block template (c:\program files location) to another machine it would not have the updated date stamp or quick part. What's up with that? -- CLG "Graham Mayor" wrote: The QAT is stored in a file called Word.QAT in the folder C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE (or its equivalent in Vista) BuildingBlocks.dotx is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033 (where 1033 is the language code) -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org grammatim wrote: The QAT seems to be in the normal.dotx template. On Feb 13, 4:08 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Although not written or updated for Word 2007, the article athttp://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htmlists most of the important files to transfer. This does not include the new ones for Word 2007 such as the Building Blocks file (I believe it's BuildingBlocks.dotx?) or any files that contain QAT information; perhaps someone more knowledgeable about those issues can add to this thread. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USAhttp://word.mvps.org "grammatim" wrote in message ... Many of your personalizations are stored in the normal.dotx (or normal.dotm) template. Copy it to the same location in the new computer. Specific information (like custom dictionaries, AutoCorrect entries, etc.) are in their own files that can also be copied over. On Feb 13, 11:16 am, jon matthews wrote: I've extensively personalized the version of MS Word 2007 on my desktop's hard drive. Is there an easy way (or even a difficult way) to transfer all that customization to the version of MS Word 2007 on my laptop? Or am I going to have to do all the personaliztion all over again?- |
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