Transferring Autotext entries from Office XP to Office 2007

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Ignoramus

I read this
(http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...6970-45c6-9b05-6a64cf1fbe711033.mspx?mfr=true)
about migrating AutoText entries from an older version of Word to an Office
2000 installation running on Vista, but am facing a huge problem.

I cannot find or access the AppData folder referred to in the above
technote; I looked using Windows Explorer )with the option of Show Hidden
Folders turned on) and also using the Command Prompt and the chkdir command.

Any ideas on what else I could do?
 
%APPDATA% is not an actual folder name, but an "environment variable"
or alias that Windows can use to look for a particular folder within
your profile.

In order to use the %APPDATA% alias to go to an actual folder, you
have to type it (including the percent signs before and after) into
the address box at the top of the Computer window; then Windows will
expand it to the correct physical location.

The article says "(By default, %APPDATA% is C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\AppData\Microsoft\.)" But that is for Windows XP
and earlier, and it also isn't quite right -- the Microsoft folder is
a subfolder of %APPDATA%. For Windows Vista, the %APPDATA% alias
corresponds by default to either the Local folder or the Roaming
folder under C:\Users\<username>\AppData.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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It's not a single folder, it's the location for your profile which may vary
for each user and your operating system. An easy way to find it is to go to
Start/Run, type %APPDATA% and then click OK. Alternatively, type it in the
Address bar in the Windows Explorer and press Enter.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/9801.aspx#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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