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Sachi Noma - 06 Jan 2004 11:13 GMT

I use Word 2002 (Windows/Office XP). I have a setting I like on another PC
(Word 2002 and office xp) and I would like to copy the same settings on
another pc. Previously I copied "normal.dot" into another pc and this
worked. However there is no file called "normal.dot" on Office XP. There is
a file called Ennormal.dot. I tried changing the name to Ennormal.dot but my
setting does not take effect. Does anyone know how I can copy settings to
another pc?

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Opinicus - 06 Jan 2004 12:16 GMT

> I use Word 2002 (Windows/Office XP). I have a setting I like on another PC
> (Word 2002 and office xp) and I would like to copy the same settings on
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> setting does not take effect. Does anyone know how I can copy settings to
> another pc?

Have you tried the "Save my settings wizard" under Programs > Microsoft
Office Tools?

And there most certainly is a normal.dot on Office XP. Assuming you're using
Windows XP it will be Documents and Settings \ {Your folder} \ Application
data \ Microsoft \ Templates \ normal.dot

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Sachi Noma - 07 Jan 2004 13:56 GMT

Among all the comments I received, yours was the answer I was looking for,
which was I wanted to know where to paste my "normal.dot" into another pc.

Thank you and everyone else for their inputs.

Sachi

> > I use Word 2002 (Windows/Office XP). I have a setting I like on another PC
> > (Word 2002 and office xp) and I would like to copy the same settings on
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> Windows XP it will be Documents and Settings \ {Your folder} \ Application
> data \ Microsoft \ Templates \ normal.dot

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 07 Jan 2004 14:47 GMT

Be aware, however, that this is *not* recommended.

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> Among all the comments I received, yours was the answer I was looking for,
> which was I wanted to know where to paste my "normal.dot" into another pc.
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> > Kanyak's Doghouse
> > http://kanyak.com

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Graham Mayor - 06 Jan 2004 12:36 GMT

As others have indicated, normal.dot will be present. It is a hidden file in
the folder indicated in Tools > options > file locations > user templates.
Copy your normal.dot into that folder. Alternatively, and depending what the
setting is, you could simply open your copy of normal.dot for editing and
use the organizer to copy that setting to the new default normal.dot.

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> I use Word 2002 (Windows/Office XP). I have a setting I like on
> another PC (Word 2002 and office xp) and I would like to copy the
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> tried changing the name to Ennormal.dot but my setting does not take
> effect. Does anyone know how I can copy settings to another pc?

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Cindy M -WordMVP- - 06 Jan 2004 18:34 GMT

Hi Sachi,

> Does anyone know how I can copy settings to
> another pc?

Not all settings are saved in Normal.dot. I think you'll
find an article at mvps.org/word on how to migrate settings
between computers.

Cindy Meister

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