Convert 2002 Word Autotext into 2007 Word Auto Text
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From: Diane on 13 May 2010 11:22 I have several users that have multiple autotext entries in Word 2002. We have just upgraded to Office 2007. They would like to convert their 2002 Autotext entries into 2007 Word AutoText which is now Building Blocks. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there a way to take their normal.dot file and convert into 2007 normal.dotx file?
From: Jay Freedman on 13 May 2010 11:36 Don't try to "convert" an old normal.dot to normal.dotx. It could have unpleasant side effects. Copy/rename the old normal.dot template to something like MyAutoText.dot. If it contains any macros, delete them. Store this template in the folder %appdata%\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks (paste that line into the address box of Windows Explorer and press Enter to get to the folder even though it's hidden). Then restart Word. -- 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. Diane wrote: > I have several users that have multiple autotext entries in Word > 2002. We have just upgraded to Office 2007. They would like to > convert their 2002 Autotext entries into 2007 Word AutoText which is > now Building Blocks. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there a > way to take their normal.dot file and convert into 2007 normal.dotx > file?
From: Diane on 13 May 2010 13:09 Thanks Jay, I'll try it and let you know if it was successful. You will make several people very happy. Diane "Jay Freedman" wrote: > Don't try to "convert" an old normal.dot to normal.dotx. It could have > unpleasant side effects. > > Copy/rename the old normal.dot template to something like MyAutoText.dot. If > it contains any macros, delete them. Store this template in the folder > > %appdata%\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks > > (paste that line into the address box of Windows Explorer and press Enter to > get to the folder even though it's hidden). Then restart Word. > > -- > 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. > > Diane wrote: > > I have several users that have multiple autotext entries in Word > > 2002. We have just upgraded to Office 2007. They would like to > > convert their 2002 Autotext entries into 2007 Word AutoText which is > > now Building Blocks. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there a > > way to take their normal.dot file and convert into 2007 normal.dotx > > file? > > > . >
From: Diane on 13 May 2010 14:11 Jay, I followed your instructions and can get the old autotext entries into the building block store, however, is there now way of being able to create a short name for the autotext entries (as was in 2002) and then when you type that short name in the document and hit enter key, it puts all of the autotext entry into the document. (ie. if you had legal paragraphs that you use in different letters). This is really what our user's want. Diane "Jay Freedman" wrote: > Don't try to "convert" an old normal.dot to normal.dotx. It could have > unpleasant side effects. > > Copy/rename the old normal.dot template to something like MyAutoText.dot. If > it contains any macros, delete them. Store this template in the folder > > %appdata%\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks > > (paste that line into the address box of Windows Explorer and press Enter to > get to the folder even though it's hidden). Then restart Word. > > -- > 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. > > Diane wrote: > > I have several users that have multiple autotext entries in Word > > 2002. We have just upgraded to Office 2007. They would like to > > convert their 2002 Autotext entries into 2007 Word AutoText which is > > now Building Blocks. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there a > > way to take their normal.dot file and convert into 2007 normal.dotx > > file? > > > . >
From: Jay Freedman on 13 May 2010 15:42
The short name of each entry still exists -- it's the same one assigned in the older version -- but Word 2007 can't display the little popup tag and the Enter key doesn't activate the replacement. You can type the short name and press F3 to insert the entry (this key worked in earlier versions, too, but hardly anyone knew that). This shortcoming has been remedied in Word 2010, but with Word 2007 you're stuck with it. Depending on what's in the entries, you might be able to convert them to AutoCorrect entries. Diane wrote: > Jay, I followed your instructions and can get the old autotext > entries into the building block store, however, is there now way of > being able to create a short name for the autotext entries (as was in > 2002) and then when you type that short name in the document and hit > enter key, it puts all of the autotext entry into the document. (ie. > if you had legal paragraphs that you use in different letters). This > is really what our user's want. > > Diane > > "Jay Freedman" wrote: > >> Don't try to "convert" an old normal.dot to normal.dotx. It could >> have unpleasant side effects. >> >> Copy/rename the old normal.dot template to something like >> MyAutoText.dot. If it contains any macros, delete them. Store this >> template in the folder >> >> %appdata%\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks >> >> (paste that line into the address box of Windows Explorer and press >> Enter to get to the folder even though it's hidden). Then restart >> Word. >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> Diane wrote: >>> I have several users that have multiple autotext entries in Word >>> 2002. We have just upgraded to Office 2007. They would like to >>> convert their 2002 Autotext entries into 2007 Word AutoText which is >>> now Building Blocks. Does anyone know how to do this? Is there a >>> way to take their normal.dot file and convert into 2007 normal.dotx >>> file? >> >> >> . |