Export All Microsoft Office 2007 Custom Settings

[tb]

I am currently using Microsoft Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) and I have
finally decided to switch to Windows 7. I will probably install Windows
7 Home Premium 64-bit.

After I get Windows 7 64-bit installed, I will also have to re-install
Microsoft Office 2007 (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint). As I have
been using Office 2007 for several years on my XP machine, I have done
some customizations to the above-mentioned software. (Ribbons, Quick
Access Toolbar icons, signature file for Outlook, fonts, autocorrect,
additions to standard dictionary, and who remembers what else...)

How do I transfer all these customizations from one OS to the other?
Would Windows Easy Transfer automatically do that for me?

I think Windows Easy Transfer will take care, among other things, of
exporting/importing things that pertain to Outlook (such as e-mails and
contacts), but I am not so sure about customizations that I have made
through the years to Office programs. Is there a (free) utility out
there that will do this?

Thanks.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I am currently using Microsoft Windows XP SP3 (32-bit) and I have
finally decided to switch to Windows 7. I will probably install Windows
7 Home Premium 64-bit.

After I get Windows 7 64-bit installed, I will also have to re-install
Microsoft Office 2007 (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint). As I have
been using Office 2007 for several years on my XP machine, I have done
some customizations to the above-mentioned software. (Ribbons, Quick
Access Toolbar icons, signature file for Outlook, fonts, autocorrect,
additions to standard dictionary, and who remembers what else...)

How do I transfer all these customizations from one OS to the other?
Would Windows Easy Transfer automatically do that for me?

I think Windows Easy Transfer will take care, among other things, of
exporting/importing things that pertain to Outlook (such as e-mails and
contacts), but I am not so sure about customizations that I have made
through the years to Office programs. Is there a (free) utility out
there that will do this?

Thanks.

WHY are you making this change? Do you have a machine that runs Win7? The
operating system has made many of your familiar processes utterly
unrecognizeable. If you are not replacing the XP machine, then my experience
is that you should not consider changing it to Win7. You should investigate
if Office '07 works in Win7, there are incompatibilities among Win7 and the
earlier Office Suites -- I am not sure where the line falls for older Office
Suites to not work.

I have XP Pro, and it is much easier for me to use than Win7. I will not
make the change to Win7 until I have to buy a new machine.