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Transferring key customizations to 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 |
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Transferring key customizations to Word 2007
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 |
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Transferring key customizations to Word 2007
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 |
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Styles in Word 2007
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* |
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Transferring key customizations to Word 2007
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 |
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Styles in Word 2007
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. -- 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. 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 |
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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* |
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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* |
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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* |
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Transferring key customizations to Word 2007
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 |
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