Hi, I just got a new computer with Win XP and Microsoft Word 2002 preloaded.
I am trying to transfer my old normal.dot file from Word 97 (which I have
customized for my needs). Does anyone know how I can get Word 2002 to use my
old normal.dot without having to do all the customizing over again??
Thanks in advance.
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Judy

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm

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"Judy" wrote in message
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Hi, I just got a new computer with Win XP and Microsoft Word 2002
preloaded.
I am trying to transfer my old normal.dot file from Word 97 (which I have
customized for my needs). Does anyone know how I can get Word 2002 to use
my
old normal.dot without having to do all the customizing over again??
Thanks in advance.
--
Judy

I would suggest that you copy your old normal.dot to your Word Startup
folder with the name "oldnormal.dot" and see if that does what you want. I
wouldn't recommend simply copying it into your user templates folder because
it could limit your new installation in some unforseen way. 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.
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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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Judy" wrote in message
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Hi, I just got a new computer with Win XP and Microsoft Word 2002
preloaded.
I am trying to transfer my old normal.dot file from Word 97 (which I have
customized for my needs). Does anyone know how I can get Word 2002 to use
my
old normal.dot without having to do all the customizing over again??
Thanks in advance.
--
Judy