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Is there a particular file (.dot, .ini) that holds the configurations that I’ve set for Word so that when I install Word 2003 on a new machine, I don’t have to spend hours tweaking Tools–>Options and other preferences?

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Is there a particular file (.dot, .ini) that holds the configurations that I’ve set for Word so that when I install Word 2003 on a new machine, I don’t have to spend hours tweaking Tools–>Options and other preferences?

Hello Ian Wilson
There’s a summary of where Word stores all kinds of settings at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822005 – you have to scroll all the way down to the end to get to it. Does that help?

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Ian Wilson

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Hello Ian Wilson
There’s a summary of where Word stores all kinds of settings at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822005 – you have to scroll all the way down to the end to get to it. Does that help?

Regards

Ah messing with the Registry, scares me but thanks for pointing me in the right direction. How typical of MicroSoft: Why not have all these preferences in a preference file. You know, the way Apple does it. Lovely.

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Is there a particular file (.dot, .ini) that holds the configurations that I’ve set for Word so that when I install Word 2003 on a new machine, I don’t have to spend hours tweaking Tools–>Options and other preferences?

Regarding the new machine problem: In the old days, you could record a macro of yourself visiting each tab of the Options dialog. When the recorded macro was run on the second machine, the Options dialog would be set to match the first machine. However, I don’t know how well that works in the more recent versions of Word.

(Note: it is most convenient to create the recorded macro in a new blank document so its easy to find and hard to accidentally re-run later.)

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Regarding the new machine problem: In the old days, you could record a macro of yourself visiting each tab of the Options dialog. When the recorded macro was run on the second machine, the Options dialog would be set to match the first machine. However, I don’t know how well that works in the more recent versions of Word.

(Note: it is most convenient to create the recorded macro in a new blank document so its easy to find and hard to accidentally re-run later.)

Thanks for this.

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