Microsoft Office 2007 migration

[bkoopers]

I installed Microsoft Home and Student Office 2007 on a new computer because my old computer could no longer boot up. I was able to connect the hard drive from the old computer as an extra drive in the new computer so I have access to all the files from the old computer. Both computers run with Windows XP Pro Service Pack 3. I had added items to the “Quick Access Toolbar” and made some option selections in Word and Excel on the old computer and saved words to the dictionary. What files would I need to copy from the old hard drive to the new computer to restore the “Quick Access Toolbar” items, the option selections and dictionaries in Word and Excel?

Thanks to anyone who can help me out.

 

[cmeagan656]

I believe that the options settings are located in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Office. Look for anything that is in the format of *12.pip (i.e. word12.pip, exce12.pip, etc.).

Anything to do with OneNote should be in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\OneNote\12.0.

You Quick Access Toolbars should be found as .qat files in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\OFFICE.

Your custom dictionary is a .dic file. If its in its default location then it is in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\UProof.

You'll also want to copy your normal.dot template across as well as any other templates that you have created.

Hope this helps.

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