Office 2007 - Save my settings wizard

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Phil

One of the most convenient and useful tools found in previous incarnations
of Office has been dropped?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!

I discovered this today, after installing the Office 2007 60-day trial. For
the first time in about 4 years, I had to manually configure all my Office
apps, including Outlook and all my email accounts. Sigh.

-phil
 
Where have you been? Transferring those settings have been in the purview of
the operating system, not Office for years.
 
Where have you been? Transferring those settings have been in the
purview of
the operating system, not Office for years.
Click to expand...
LOL.
Only in the heads of the people working at Microsoft ;)

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Patrick Schmid said:
Where have you been? Transferring those settings have been in the purview of
the operating system, not Office for years.
Click to expand...
LOL.
Only in the heads of the people working at Microsoft ;)

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
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Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
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Indeed! Where I have been is in configuration-free bliss, thanks to the
Office 2003 "Save My Settings Wizard".

So, Patrick, assuming one has their "Office 2003 Settings File.OPS" and a
fresh new install of Office 2007, how does one transfer the settings? If I
have been lost all this time, please do guide me, my MSFT sherpa.

Sardonically yours,
phil
 
Actually, I don't know.
It is the purview of the OS now, so there are two Vista tools: Vista
Easy Transfer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/forhome/easytransfer.mspx
And the Vista Upgrade my Settings wizard.
If you can use them with an existing settings files, I don't know. If
you can use them with just on XP, I don't know...
How you use them with just Office and not the rest of the Windows
settings, I don't know...

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
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Patrick Schmid said:
Where have you been? Transferring those settings have been in the purview of
the operating system, not Office for years.
Click to expand...
LOL.
Only in the heads of the people working at Microsoft ;)

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed
Click to expand...

Indeed! Where I have been is in configuration-free bliss, thanks to the
Office 2003 "Save My Settings Wizard".

So, Patrick, assuming one has their "Office 2003 Settings File.OPS" and a
fresh new install of Office 2007, how does one transfer the settings? If I
have been lost all this time, please do guide me, my MSFT sherpa.

Sardonically yours,
phil
Click to expand...
 
Patrick Schmid said:
Actually, I don't know.
It is the purview of the OS now, so there are two Vista tools: Vista Easy
Transfer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/forhome/easytransfer.mspx
And the Vista Upgrade my Settings wizard.
If you can use them with an existing settings files, I don't know. If you
can use them with just on XP, I don't know...
How you use them with just Office and not the rest of the Windows
settings, I don't know...

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Patrick Schmid said:
Where have you been? Transferring those settings have been in the
purview of
the operating system, not Office for years.
LOL.
Only in the heads of the people working at Microsoft ;)

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed
Click to expand...

Indeed! Where I have been is in configuration-free bliss, thanks to the
Office 2003 "Save My Settings Wizard".

So, Patrick, assuming one has their "Office 2003 Settings File.OPS" and a
fresh new install of Office 2007, how does one transfer the settings? If
I
have been lost all this time, please do guide me, my MSFT sherpa.

Sardonically yours,
phil
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


I did attempt to use the Vista Easy Transfer application, but it seems to
absolutely insist on the transfer being from one machine to another. So, I
wasn't even able to learn whether or not it can work with a Office 2003
settings file (Office 2003 Settings File.OPS).

This "Vista Upgrade my Settings wizard" you mentioned, is this something
that's used when doing an upgrade install of Vista? If so, that's not going
to help plebes like me who have done a clean install, and just need to
migrate their Office from 2003 to 2007, using the Office 2003 settings file.
If, as you say, this is the purview of the OS, the OS has utterly failed in
its purview... at least as far as moving from Office 2003 to 2007 is
concerned.

I do appreciate your suggestions, though.

Thanks.

-phil
 
Regarding the easy transfer wizard:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Migrating-Vista-using-Windows-Easy-Transfer.html
Regarding the other thing: I always get the name wrong. It's actually
called User State Migration Tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8c-691b-4b36-b7ad-6c604be4c595&DisplayLang=en

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Patrick Schmid said:
Actually, I don't know.
It is the purview of the OS now, so there are two Vista tools: Vista Easy
Transfer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/forhome/easytransfer.mspx
And the Vista Upgrade my Settings wizard.
If you can use them with an existing settings files, I don't know. If you
can use them with just on XP, I don't know...
How you use them with just Office and not the rest of the Windows
settings, I don't know...

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Where have you been? Transferring those settings have been in the
purview of
the operating system, not Office for years.
LOL.
Only in the heads of the people working at Microsoft ;)

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed


Indeed! Where I have been is in configuration-free bliss, thanks to the
Office 2003 "Save My Settings Wizard".

So, Patrick, assuming one has their "Office 2003 Settings File.OPS" and a
fresh new install of Office 2007, how does one transfer the settings? If
I
have been lost all this time, please do guide me, my MSFT sherpa.

Sardonically yours,
phil
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


I did attempt to use the Vista Easy Transfer application, but it seems to
absolutely insist on the transfer being from one machine to another. So, I
wasn't even able to learn whether or not it can work with a Office 2003
settings file (Office 2003 Settings File.OPS).

This "Vista Upgrade my Settings wizard" you mentioned, is this something
that's used when doing an upgrade install of Vista? If so, that's not going
to help plebes like me who have done a clean install, and just need to
migrate their Office from 2003 to 2007, using the Office 2003 settings file.
If, as you say, this is the purview of the OS, the OS has utterly failed in
its purview... at least as far as moving from Office 2003 to 2007 is
concerned.

I do appreciate your suggestions, though.

Thanks.

-phil
Click to expand...
 
Patrick Schmid said:
Regarding the easy transfer wizard:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Migrating-Vista-using-Windows-Easy-Transfer.html
Regarding the other thing: I always get the name wrong. It's actually
called User State Migration Tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...8c-691b-4b36-b7ad-6c604be4c595&DisplayLang=en

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

Patrick Schmid said:
Actually, I don't know.
It is the purview of the OS now, so there are two Vista tools: Vista
Easy
Transfer:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/features/forhome/easytransfer.mspx
And the Vista Upgrade my Settings wizard.
If you can use them with an existing settings files, I don't know. If
you
can use them with just on XP, I don't know...
How you use them with just Office and not the rest of the Windows
settings, I don't know...

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed


Where have you been? Transferring those settings have been in the
purview of
the operating system, not Office for years.
LOL.
Only in the heads of the people working at Microsoft ;)

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In:
http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed


Indeed! Where I have been is in configuration-free bliss, thanks to
the
Office 2003 "Save My Settings Wizard".

So, Patrick, assuming one has their "Office 2003 Settings File.OPS"
and a
fresh new install of Office 2007, how does one transfer the settings?
If
I
have been lost all this time, please do guide me, my MSFT sherpa.

Sardonically yours,
phil
Click to expand...


I did attempt to use the Vista Easy Transfer application, but it seems to
absolutely insist on the transfer being from one machine to another. So,
I
wasn't even able to learn whether or not it can work with a Office 2003
settings file (Office 2003 Settings File.OPS).

This "Vista Upgrade my Settings wizard" you mentioned, is this something
that's used when doing an upgrade install of Vista? If so, that's not
going
to help plebes like me who have done a clean install, and just need to
migrate their Office from 2003 to 2007, using the Office 2003 settings
file.
If, as you say, this is the purview of the OS, the OS has utterly failed
in
its purview... at least as far as moving from Office 2003 to 2007 is
concerned.

I do appreciate your suggestions, though.

Thanks.

-phil
Click to expand...
Click to expand...


Thanks Patrick, but it doesn't appear that one can use either tool to simply
import saved settings from Office 2003 into Office 2007.

-phil
 
Thanks Patrick, but it doesn't appear that one can use either tool to simply
import saved settings from Office 2003 into Office 2007.
Click to expand...
<sarcasm>
It's Windows purview now...what did you expect? Who wants to move
settings between Office versions without getting a new version of
Windows at the same time?
</sarcasm>

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed
 
Patrick Schmid said:
Thanks Patrick, but it doesn't appear that one can use either tool to simply
import saved settings from Office 2003 into Office 2007.
Click to expand...
<sarcasm>
It's Windows purview now...what did you expect? Who wants to move
settings between Office versions without getting a new version of
Windows at the same time?
</sarcasm>

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

here in our office we like to save settings between diffrent outlooks as we upgrade we deal in hippa guidelines upgrading then redoing these settings in total unneeded redundancy.
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I am missing "Save my settings Wizard" too, in truth I decided to install the
Save my settings wizard using the Office 2003 CD after Office 2007
installation and the good news is that it works, every configuration from
office 2003 was transfered to 2007 version using my old, very good and always
faithfull .OPS file.

Hello Patrick, why microsoft abandoned us?? why to make a new version
missing one of the best functionality.
I cant understand, maybe there is a good reason, but not for us ( consumers).


Lamont said:
Patrick Schmid said:
Thanks Patrick, but it doesn't appear that one can use either tool to simply
import saved settings from Office 2003 into Office 2007.
Click to expand...
<sarcasm>
It's Windows purview now...what did you expect? Who wants to move
settings between Office versions without getting a new version of
Windows at the same time?
</sarcasm>

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------
http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR):
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/09/18/43
***
Customize Office 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007: http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
***
Subscribe to my Office 2007 blog: http://pschmid.net/blog/feed

here in our office we like to save settings between diffrent outlooks as we upgrade we deal in hippa guidelines upgrading then redoing these settings in total unneeded redundancy.
Click to expand...
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