It is ok to do this on Windows 2000 and up as every user has a separete
profile directory which contains the normal.dot file.

It's in Documents and Settings\{Username}\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

or you can put it in
Documents and Settings\{Username}\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup

So long as you don't create it in All Users you'll be ok.

Tony


"Jay Freedman" wrote:

Mdeleine wrote:
I should like to save and transfer my Auto text file to another PC
but cannot locate it. Please help . Thank you

AutoText is saved in templates (*.dot files). If you didn't specifically
change the Look In box in the Insert AutoText AutoText dialog, the
entries are all in the Normal.dot template. See
http://www.word.mvps.org/faqs/custom...n/AutoText.htm.

It usually isn't a good idea to copy Normal.dot from one computer to another
(the exception is that it's ok if you're the user of both PCs). The reason
is that Normal.dot carries a lot of the customizations, such as styles,
toolbars, and macros. Copying your template to someone else's PC would wipe
out their customizations.

Instead, make a new template (File New click the Template option
button). Then open the Organizer (Tools Templates & Add-Ins Organizer),
click the AutoText tab, and use that to copy your AutoText from Normal.dot
to the new template. Take the new template to the other PC, and use the
Organizer there to copy the AutoText to Normal.dot.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org