How to import addressbook(for envelopes and labels) word 98

[Guest]

I am taking word 98 from old iMac to new flat screen iMac (1gig) and cannot
find where word 98 stores addresses,styles,and autotext. Have tried can
anyone tell me how to do it please I'm desparate and running out of time
Malcolm

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[Clive Huggan]

Malcolm,

I'm not familiar with addresses (someone else will come along soon, I'm
sure) but here is the other info you need.

The Normal template (and any other templates you may have deliberately
created) contains, among other things:
€ macros,
€ styles,
€ keystroke assignments,
€ custom toolbars,
€ AutoText entries, and
€ formatted AutoCorrect entries.

Unformatted AutoCorrect entries are stored in the file "MS Office ACL
[English]" (in Word 98 it¹s in the System Folder -> Preferences folder).

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
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wrote on 30/5/04 4:11 PM:

 

[Beth Rosengard]

I am taking word 98 from old iMac to new flat screen iMac (1gig) and cannot
find where word 98 stores addresses

From a previous post by Bernard Rey:

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John Clark wrote :

No, it's no add-on. In Word 98, there are several references to the
"Word Address Book" as an alternative to the OE address book. It
appears that, somehow, my friend had renamed his to "Mailings". I
don't remember where it initially was stored, but I think it was in
the Office folder that is within the Microsoft Office 98 folder
alongside the Word app itself. Looking just now, I see a file called
Address Book Converter in that same folder (I have a version of Office
98 on my legacy machine). It has an extension-looking icon, but it's
called a simple 'document' in the Get Info window. When I double click
it, I get an error saying "the program that created it cannot be
found..."

Yes, that was a specific file, and you could choose to use it or to use
Outlook Express (and toggle from one another when picking names). I guess
that came from earlier versions of Word, and it was quite commonly used.

That file can be opened through "File" > "Open..." from within Word 98 (it
can't be opened from a more recent version, as it seems) and then "Saved
as..." MS-DOS Text file. This text file can then be imported in Entourage,
through the "File" > "Import..." option or, of course, opened as a Word file
as well, imported in Excel (and many other apps I guess).
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