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Do I lose macros and auto text when upgrading to Office 2003?
I have a customer that uses a lot of macros and auto text. When upgrading to
Office SBE 2003, will they still be able to use their macros and auto text? |
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Do I lose macros and auto text when upgrading to Office 2003?
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I have a customer that uses a lot of macros and auto text. When upgrading to Office SBE 2003, will they still be able to use their macros and auto text? Yes. By design, if the normal.dot template (the default location for storing those items) already exists, it won't be replaced. The 2003 version will just use it. This is true for an upgrade from any version back to Word 97. Upgrades from Word 95 or earlier are possible, but problems are more likely because the earlier versions used a different programming language for macros, and the conversion is difficult. Note that it would be a good idea to back up that file and others (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm), especially just before the upgrade but also on a regular schedule. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Do I lose macros and auto text when upgrading to Office 2003?
Yes, both are stored in templates and an upgrade will preserve them. See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Mel" wrote in message ... I have a customer that uses a lot of macros and auto text. When upgrading to Office SBE 2003, will they still be able to use their macros and auto text? |
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Do I lose macros and auto text when upgrading to Office 2003?
The only minor proviso to add to the others' comments is that sometimes
macro code doesn't run quite as predictably in later versions, so an odd macro may have to be revised, but otherwise an upgrade should be fairly painless. Do however see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Mel wrote: I have a customer that uses a lot of macros and auto text. When upgrading to Office SBE 2003, will they still be able to use their macros and auto text? |
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