MSO 2007 -> 2010 vs. Quick Access Toolbar

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I just upgraded from Office 2007 to Office 2010. My customized Quick Access Toolbars (in Word and Excel) have evaporated! Has anyone figured out how to get them back?

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See Quick Access Toolbar files for 2007 Office applications do not roam with your profile[/url]. At the beginning of the article the default location for the QATs is listed.

Joe

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Thanks for your response.

I have Excel.qat and Word.qat in my C:UsersRexAppDataLocalMicrosoftOffice directory.
Both have timestamps from before my Office 2007 –> 2010 upgrade.
But neither QAT appears in the application — I see the default (save, undo, redo) instead.

I am confused. I’m not sure this has anything to do with roaming. I installed 2010 on top of 2007.

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Aha! The solution is simple.

To migrate QAT files from Office 2007 to 2010, locate your QAT file (in Windows 7, this something like C:UsersRexAppDataLocalMicrosoftOfficeExcel.qat) and just rename the extension from “qat” to “officeUI“.

That’s it!

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Glad you found the solution. Thanks for posting back. That will benefit other Loungers.

Joe

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