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Transferring Word Macros to New Computer

Jul 20, 2004 11:01PM PDT

I've got some Word Macros on my old computer (still working and on the network) that I want to transfer to the new one. How do I do that?

Old is Word 97 on Win98; new is Word 2000 on WinXP Pro.

(PS: I'm not asking how to transfer files, either by disk or over a network. I need to know what files to look for, what directory to transfer them to, or anything else I need to do, like an export/import operation.)

Thanks!

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Re: Transferring Word Macros to New Computer
Jul 20, 2004 11:41PM PDT

The word macros are indeed in "files." Such as Normal.dot and the actual doccuments.

Have you tried moving a document over and trying the macro?

Bob

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Re: Transferring Word Macros to New Computer
Jul 21, 2004 2:45AM PDT

Yes, I moved all my data files on the first day, but the macros weren't there ...

So today I replaced Normal.dot and it worked -- Thanks Bob!