Re: Conversion to Word 2003 from Word 2000

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"akkrug" <kenneth.krug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B37F2530-D913-43B3-AE9E-32B4E282E855@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks Everyone!!!!
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"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Normal.dot in Word 2003 is by default a hidden file in a hidden folder, the
location of which is defined to tools > options > file locations > user
templates. Ensure that your search includes hidden files.

Don't under any circumstances rename files the identity of which you are
uncertain of. The *only* file involved here is normal.dot. You can copy your
old normal.dot from the Word 2000 PC to the user templates folder as
described above to replace the existing normal.dot (though it would be
better if you first renamed the original Word 2003 normal.dot to normal.old
or whatever)
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akkrug wrote:
> That's what had me stumped. I can't find Normal.dot anywhere on my
> new pc. The only Normal*.* file I found was Normal.tem and it was
> located in the following directories: c:\program files\microsoft
> office\templates\1033\css c:\program files\microsoft
> office\templates\1033\pages c:\program
> files\microsoft office\templates\1033\webs
> Should I just try copying Normal.dot from my old pc (Word 2000) to
> the new pc with the dot extension or should I rename it to Normal.tem
> first?
>
> Thanks for the help!!
>
> Ken K. - 2191
>
>> You're looking for normal.dot... not normal.tem.
>>
>> In Word, choose Tools - Options - File Locations, and note the User
>> Templates location. That's the folder where Word looks for
>> Normal.dot... and it should contain the version of Normal.dot with
>> the most recent changes. So, that's the version most likely created
>> afresh by Word 2003.
>>
>> If you find multiple copies of Normal.dot... where are they located?
>> Note the file dates as well.
>>
>> --
>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>
>>
>> "akkrug" <kenneth.krug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:E4B8F168-FF49-48FF-AE9E-230366335A5F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Will I need to copy the converted Normal.tem to the 3 folders I
>>> found it in
>>> when I searched for Normal*.* on my new pc?
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help with this!!
>>>
>>> Ken K. - 2191
>>> --
>>> akkrug
>>>
>>>
>>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> When upgrading from Word X to Word X+n, Word is designed to use any
>>>> existing
>>>> version of Normal.dot, and to convert (if necessary) whatever can
>>>> be converted. I don't recall any 2000-2003 changes that should
>>>> give Word 2003
>>>> any problems. So... I would make a backup copy of the Word 2000
>>>> Normal.dot
>>>> (just in case), then feed it to Word 2003 and see if there are any
>>>> problems.
>>>> At the very worst, you can always delete the "converted"
>>>> normal.dot and use
>>>> the Organizer to copy styles, macros, etc. from the backup up
>>>> version to Word 2003's pristine normal.dot. However, I would just
>>>> give it a shot using
>>>> the Word 2000 normal.dot in place of the new one that Word 2003
>>>> created.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "akkrug" <kenneth.krug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:2F23C621-F705-4D98-945D-C5406CDC7C28@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Do I need to do anything special to use the NORMAL.DOT from my
>>>>> old pc other
>>>>> than just changing the name of the file to NORMAL.TEM and copying
>>>>> it to the 3
>>>>> folders where I found it on the new pc? I will definitely
>>>>> re-name the existing templates so they don't get overwritten just
>>>>> in case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for the help!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken K.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> akkrug
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There are several ways. If it were my PC, I would find the
>>>>>> location of the
>>>>>> new normal.dot, rename it as newnormal.dot, and copy my old
>>>>>> normal.dot to
>>>>>> that location so that Word would use it. I've forgotten the
>>>>>> details, but
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> seem to recall a mostly painless transition (although, I
>>>>>> transitioned from
>>>>>> 2K to XP to 2003, rather than in a single jump from 2K to 2003
>>>>>> directly).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If that doesn't work for your purposes for some reason, you can
>>>>>> use the
>>>>>> Organizer to copy styles and macros to the new normal.dot. Choose
>>>>>> Tools -
>>>>>> Templates and Add-ins - Organizer. The right side shows your
>>>>>> current (new)
>>>>>> normal.dot. The left side shows the current document. In the left
>>>>>> side,
>>>>>> click Close File. It becomes Open File. Click it, navigate to
>>>>>> your old normal.dot, and open it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Now you can use the Styles, Macro, etc. tabs to copy items from
>>>>>> your old
>>>>>> template to the new.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Herb Tyson MS MVP
>>>>>> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
>>>>>> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
>>>>>> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "akkrug" <kenneth.krug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:17355DE6-64D8-45B9-ABF6-647E6369E9E7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> I recently got a new pc that is running Windows XP. Prior to
>>>>>>> this I was
>>>>>>> running Office 2000 on a Windows 2000 pc. Does anyone know how
>>>>>>> I go about
>>>>>>> getting the styles and macros from my old NORMAL.DOT and other
>>>>>>> templates
>>>>>>> into
>>>>>>> Word 2003. It looks a little different!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the help!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ken K.
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> akkrug




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