Styles in Word 2007

Terry says:

Don't be tempted to bring across your old normal,dot to
use in Word2007 because it won't work very well.

If this is the case, how do we transfer our customized key assignments in
Normal.dot to Word 2007?

Yes, using Organizer we can transfer the macros from the old Word version's
Normal to 2007's Normal, but not key assignments. There's the Shortcut
Organizer, but that works one key combo at a time, not good if you have
hundreds of key assignments.

Larry

Basically you can't transfer key assignments. This has been a bugbear in all
versions of Word.

Terry

"Larry" wrote in message
...
Terry says:

Don't be tempted to bring across your old normal,dot to
use in Word2007 because it won't work very well.

If this is the case, how do we transfer our customized key assignments in
Normal.dot to Word 2007?

Yes, using Organizer we can transfer the macros from the old Word
version's
Normal to 2007's Normal, but not key assignments. There's the Shortcut
Organizer, but that works one key combo at a time, not good if you have
hundreds of key assignments.

Larry

What happens if you take your old Normal.dot, rename it, and install it
as a global template? Does that work in Word 2007? I believe it has
worked for earlier versions on the Mac.

Terry Farrell wrote:
Basically you can't transfer key assignments. This has been a bugbear
in all versions of Word.

Terry

"Larry" wrote in message
...
Terry says:

Don't be tempted to bring across your old normal,dot to
use in Word2007 because it won't work very well.

If this is the case, how do we transfer our customized key
assignments in
Normal.dot to Word 2007?

Yes, using Organizer we can transfer the macros from the old Word
version's
Normal to 2007's Normal, but not key assignments. There's the Shortcut
Organizer, but that works one key combo at a time, not good if you have
hundreds of key assignments.

Larry

Hi Jay,

Word does have the ability though to find and use Quick parts in templates other than Building Blocks.dotx. If, for example, you
place a .dot template that has Autotext quick parts in them in one of the Office 2007 \Document Parts\ folders that hold building
block templates, then start Word, the Autotext entries should appear in and be avaialable in the Building Blocks organizer
(Insert=QuickParts)

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"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ...
Hi Terry,

Roy is correct -- the Organizer in 2007 has been stripped down to only
Styles and Macro Project Items.

On the Insert ribbon, click the Quick Parts button and select Building
Blocks Organizer to see the list of building blocks, which include
AutoText entries. But this Organizer doesn't have any means of copying
entries from another template.

You'll have to use Word 2003 to insert the old AutoText entries into a document, and apply the intended style to each one. Then open
that
document in Word 2007 and use Alt+F3 to save it as an AutoText entry
in whatever template you want them (typically either Building
Blocks.dotx or Normal.dotm).

To make the first part of that job easier, download the AutoTextDumper
template from http://jay-freedman.info. I haven't yet written a
version of the companion template AutoTextLoader that would work in
Word 2007, so you're stuck doing the second part of the job manually.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Daiya

That's an interesting idea that I've not tried. Unfortunately, I've gone
totally Word 2007 now and don't have a legacy normal.dot to test on. To
think that I have always recreated my custom keystrokes for each upgrade...

terry

"Daiya Mitchell" wrote in message
...
What happens if you take your old Normal.dot, rename it, and install it as
a global template? Does that work in Word 2007? I believe it has worked
for earlier versions on the Mac.

Terry Farrell wrote:
Basically you can't transfer key assignments. This has been a bugbear in
all versions of Word.

Terry

"Larry" wrote in message
...
Terry says:

Don't be tempted to bring across your old normal,dot to
use in Word2007 because it won't work very well.

If this is the case, how do we transfer our customized key assignments
in
Normal.dot to Word 2007?

Yes, using Organizer we can transfer the macros from the old Word
version's
Normal to 2007's Normal, but not key assignments. There's the Shortcut
Organizer, but that works one key combo at a time, not good if you have
hundreds of key assignments.

Larry

Hi Bob,

Thanks for that pointer. I wasn't aware of it before -- but maybe I
should have realized it, since I noticed Word's willingness to load
*anything* you put in those folders, even when you change its
extension. That is, you can't fool Word into not loading an old or
damaged Building Blocks.dotx file by renaming it to something like
Building Blocks.dontloadthis. You have to move the file out of the
folder to keep it out of Word's reach! It's like a billy goat chewing
tin cans -- everything goes.

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Jay Freedman
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:10:36 -0800, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:

Hi Jay,

Word does have the ability though to find and use Quick parts in templates other than Building Blocks.dotx. If, for example, you
place a .dot template that has Autotext quick parts in them in one of the Office 2007 \Document Parts\ folders that hold building
block templates, then start Word, the Autotext entries should appear in and be avaialable in the Building Blocks organizer
(Insert=QuickParts)

==================
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message ...
Hi Terry,

Roy is correct -- the Organizer in 2007 has been stripped down to only
Styles and Macro Project Items.

On the Insert ribbon, click the Quick Parts button and select Building
Blocks Organizer to see the list of building blocks, which include
AutoText entries. But this Organizer doesn't have any means of copying
entries from another template.

You'll have to use Word 2003 to insert the old AutoText entries into a document, and apply the intended style to each one. Then open
that
document in Word 2007 and use Alt+F3 to save it as an AutoText entry
in whatever template you want them (typically either Building
Blocks.dotx or Normal.dotm).

To make the first part of that job easier, download the AutoTextDumper
template from http://jay-freedman.info. I haven't yet written a
version of the companion template AutoTextLoader that would work in
Word 2007, so you're stuck doing the second part of the job manually.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman

Hi Bob

So a template like this acts like a global template or add-in, but only with
respect to Quick Parts?

Shauna

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Jay,

Word does have the ability though to find and use Quick parts in templates
other than Building Blocks.dotx. If, for example, you
place a .dot template that has Autotext quick parts in them in one of the
Office 2007 \Document Parts\ folders that hold building
block templates, then start Word, the Autotext entries should appear in
and be avaialable in the Building Blocks organizer
(Insert=QuickParts)

==================
"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
Hi Terry,

Roy is correct -- the Organizer in 2007 has been stripped down to only
Styles and Macro Project Items.

On the Insert ribbon, click the Quick Parts button and select Building
Blocks Organizer to see the list of building blocks, which include
AutoText entries. But this Organizer doesn't have any means of copying
entries from another template.

You'll have to use Word 2003 to insert the old AutoText entries into a
document, and apply the intended style to each one. Then open
that
document in Word 2007 and use Alt+F3 to save it as an AutoText entry
in whatever template you want them (typically either Building
Blocks.dotx or Normal.dotm).

To make the first part of that job easier, download the AutoTextDumper
template from http://jay-freedman.info. I haven't yet written a
version of the companion template AutoTextLoader that would work in
Word 2007, so you're stuck doing the second part of the job manually.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Hi Shauna,

Yes, it's used as a 'library' for limited purpose (one of the fun things you can do when it's just a zipped XML file g) (or even
an 'ol binary one g). It can be used for a short term project, for distributing 'company standard' items or even shared family
ones and by choosing their location (by user application data or programs folder, etc) and/or they can be language specific.

In another post Cindy posted a link to the Word team blog and Zeyad's article on this
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_offi...ng-blocks.aspx

One of the most confusing parts seems to be the use of multiple 'labels' applied to or within the feature
- Quick Parts
- Building Blocks
- Document Parts

They seem to be a bit more cross app consistent than
- Themes
- WordArt types
- Graphic handling

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"Shauna Kelly" wrote in message ...
Hi Bob

So a template like this acts like a global template or add-in, but only with respect to Quick Parts?

Shauna
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Thanks, Bob.

Shauna

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote
in message ...
Hi Shauna,

Yes, it's used as a 'library' for limited purpose (one of the fun things
you can do when it's just a zipped XML file g) (or even
an 'ol binary one g). It can be used for a short term project, for
distributing 'company standard' items or even shared family
ones and by choosing their location (by user application data or programs
folder, etc) and/or they can be language specific.

In another post Cindy posted a link to the Word team blog and Zeyad's
article on this
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_offi...ng-blocks.aspx

One of the most confusing parts seems to be the use of multiple 'labels'
applied to or within the feature
- Quick Parts
- Building Blocks
- Document Parts

They seem to be a bit more cross app consistent than
- Themes
- WordArt types
- Graphic handling

=============
"Shauna Kelly" wrote in
message ...
Hi Bob

So a template like this acts like a global template or add-in, but only
with respect to Quick Parts?

Shauna
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

So I would have to re-assign my hundreds of key assignments to their
respective macros and commands one at a time?

Larry


"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Basically you can't transfer key assignments. This has been a bugbear in
all
versions of Word.

Terry

"Larry" wrote in message
...
Terry says:

Don't be tempted to bring across your old normal,dot to
use in Word2007 because it won't work very well.

If this is the case, how do we transfer our customized key assignments
in
Normal.dot to Word 2007?

Yes, using Organizer we can transfer the macros from the old Word
version's
Normal to 2007's Normal, but not key assignments. There's the Shortcut
Organizer, but that works one key combo at a time, not good if you have
hundreds of key assignments.

Larry