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Autotext from 2003
I have a new system that has Office 2007 loaded. My old system has
Office 2003 and a HUGE (OMG I can't lose this) autotext file. I had thought it was saved in the normal.dot, but that didn't bring it in. How do I export the autotext from my old system and import it into the new system? |
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Autotext from 2003
AutoText is now Quick Parts in Word 2007. AutoComplete no longer works, but
you can type the first four letters of the AutoText entry name and press F3 to insert it. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Rosy" wrote in message ... I have a new system that has Office 2007 loaded. My old system has Office 2003 and a HUGE (OMG I can't lose this) autotext file. I had thought it was saved in the normal.dot, but that didn't bring it in. How do I export the autotext from my old system and import it into the new system? |
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Autotext from 2003
Hi Rosy,
The AutoText feature was expanded in Office 2007 into 36 separate galleries of 'boilerplate' document building blocks. AutoText and QuickParts are two of the galleries,as are Header, Footer, Cover Pages, etc. You can access the Building Blocks Organizer that manages these through Insert=Quickparts=Building Block organizer (you can right click on the Building Block Organizer icon there to add it separately to your Quick Access Toolbar). If your previous entries are not showing in the Building Block Organizer, one method is to copy your old template to a new name, and place it in the 'Document Building Blocks' folder you get to using Start=Run %appdata%\Microsoft Word will then 'find' the entries when you start Word 2007 and then access any of the galleries. ============== "Rosy" wrote in message ... I have a new system that has Office 2007 loaded. My old system has Office 2003 and a HUGE (OMG I can't lose this) autotext file. I had thought it was saved in the normal.dot, but that didn't bring it in. How do I export the autotext from my old system and import it into the new system? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Autotext from 2003
On Mar 12, 8:16*pm, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" 75214.226(At Beautiful
Downtown)compuserve.com wrote: Hi Rosy, The AutoText feature was expanded in Office 2007 into 36 separate galleries of 'boilerplate' document building blocks. *AutoText and QuickParts are two of the galleries,as are Header, Footer, Cover Pages, etc. You can access the Building Blocks Organizer that manages these through Insert=Quickparts=Building Block organizer (you can right click on the Building Block Organizer icon there to add it separately to your Quick Access Toolbar). If your previous entries are not showing in the Building Block Organizer, one method is to copy your old template to a new name, and place it in the 'Document Building Blocks' folder you get to using * Start=Run * *%appdata%\Microsoft Word will then 'find' the entries when you start Word 2007 and then access any of the galleries. ============== * "Rosy" wrote in ... I have a new system that has Office 2007 loaded. *My old system has Office 2003 and a HUGE (OMG I can't lose this) autotext file. *I had thought it was saved in the normal.dot, but that didn't bring it in. How do I export the autotext from my old system and import it into the new system? -- Bob *Buckland *?:-) MS Office System Products MVP * *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Ok, I found the building block manager, how do i extract my autotext from my old system? Is there a file name that I can copy over? |
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Autotext from 2003
Hi Rosy,
Your old Normal.dot file being placed in the Document Building Blocks folder [see method in the prior message for getting to the folder]. If your old custom entries are not in the Building Blocks Organizer Insert=Quick Part=Building Blocks Organizer when you start word, then I suggest renaming a *copy* of the old Normal.dot to something like 2003AutoText.dot for this purpose is enough to add your old custom Autotext entries to Word 2007 when you start Word. and then look in the BuBlOrg by going to Insert=Quick Part=Building Blocks Organizer and looking at the template names listed there. ========== "Rosy" wrote in message ... Ok, I found the building block manager, how do i extract my autotext from my old system? Is there a file name that I can copy over? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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