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MS Office Forum / Word / Page Layout / February 2007Are Options stored in a file somewhere?
In Word 2003, is there a file that stores the Options I've chosen (Tools | Options)? I don't think they're stored in NORMAL.DOC. I will sooon need to move to a new installation and don't want to lose my Options settings. Thanks. They're stored in the Registry. See these articles: What files do I need to back up? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm What exactly does the Data Key in the Registry store? I have been told I have a corrupt Data Key in my registry and need to delete it; what settings will I lose; and can I back them up so I can restore them later? http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > In Word 2003, is there a file that stores the Options I've chosen (Tools > | Options)? I don't think they're stored in NORMAL.DOC. I will sooon > need to move to a new installation and don't want to lose my Options > settings. Thanks. Thanks for this wonderfully informative article. One question: it mentions that these settings (I'm particularly keen to save Tools|Options and Tools|AutoCorrect Options) are stored in a registry key named 'Data': Word 97: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Data Word 2000: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word\Data I have Word 2003 and I'm wondering if the key location has changed since the article was written. Looking in my registry under-- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office I see branches for 8.0, 9.0, 10.0 and 11.0, but none of them have a \Word\Data branch off of it. Any thoughts? > They're stored in the Registry. See these articles: > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > later? > http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm Hi Rick, It hasn't changed for Word 2003. My registry shows the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Data as expected. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >Thanks for this wonderfully informative article. One question: it >mentions that these settings (I'm particularly keen to save [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> later? >> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm Yup, so does mine. My brain was saying HKEY_CURRENT_USER, but my hands were rummaging through the registry looking at HKEY_LOCAL_USER. Thanks to your message, I now have the two coordinated. :-)) > Hi Rick, > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > >> later? > >> http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/DataKeySettings.htm
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