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Hi David,

I don't mind too much seeing thank you, if I've helped. ;-)

Keep having fun.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:15kr62ptv0fibsp12ekn4hmc8k1ddp8gdi@xxxxxxx,
David <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Wes,
I know people hate to open posts that only say, "thank you"; but thank
you! You have provided me some real insights here! I will report
back when I get to this point. But still have a lot of front-end work
that must get done first...
Best Regards,
David

On Thu, 18 May 2006 11:04:16 -0600, "Wesley Vogel"
<123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Most settings in Word are stored in the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Word
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word
or
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word
depending on the version.

Ignore this key...
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0
I think that it is for backward compatibility for stuff with Office 97.
Mine is pretty much empty.

However there are common Office settings in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0 et cetera.

This will save a file called WDSettings.reg on your Desktop.

Open the Registry Editor...
Start | Run | Type: regedit | Click OK |
Navigate to the appropriate key >>
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0

Right click on the 10.0 (or whatever version) folder in the left hand
pane. Select Export.
Click on Desktop in the left hand pane (Places Bar).
Type a name in the File name box, like WDSettings.
Click the Save button.
Close the Registry Editor.

You can now send WDSettings.reg to the other machine.

I exported my HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0 key to the
Desktop and it was 213 KB, that will fit on a floppy disk.

However you get WDSettings.reg to the other machine, when you do either
right click WDSettings.reg and select Merge or double click
WDSettings.reg and click YES to the prompt.

Similar to this.
---------------------------
Registry Editor
---------------------------
Are you sure you want to add the information in Path\to\WDSettings.reg to
the registry?
---------------------------
Yes No
---------------------------

That will merge the old settings into the registry.

.

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