I am using office 2007 on an XP machine. I plan on moving to a machine with
Vista soon. How do I save all my office settings with no wizard?

Microsoft seems to have removed this functionality from Office 2007 and given
it all over to the operating system. Windows Easy Transfer is probably what
you'll need to use, though you could also download and use the User State
Migration Tool. It's kind of like using a sledge hammer to swat a fly, but it
works.

I really did like the old office settings wizard. So neat, simple, and
functional. Doing it the new way opens up many possibilities for "adventure".

;-)

"John58" wrote:

> I am using office 2007 on an XP machine. I plan on moving to a machine with
> Vista soon. How do I save all my office settings with no wizard?

"jimmuh" <jimmuh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> I really did like the old office settings wizard. So neat, simple, and
> functional.

Now that's gone too?

--
Bob, who's really beginning to wonder if it's worth it all.
http://www.kanyak.com

Yes, it's gone. Moved to Windows. You can either use the Windows Vista
Easy Transfer Wizard or the User State Migration Tool 3.0

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"Opinicus" <gezgin@spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:12tbqaosh8nk4d0@news.supernews.com:

> "jimmuh" <jimmuh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> > I really did like the old office settings wizard. So neat, simple, and
> > functional.
>
> Now that's gone too?
>
> --
> Bob, who's really beginning to wonder if it's worth it all.
> http://www.kanyak.com

Yeah, that tool really suited me. It was a perfect fit for my purposes. But
the WET tool works very easily, if with a little less focus, on the problem
of transferring settings and data. The USMT is really highly configurable and
can be customized to do just about exactly what you want, but it comes at a
small price -- a bit of a learning curve, mostly because of the
documentation. The documentation doesn't seem to be inaccurate in any way,
but it does seem to have an odd slant -- even for the purposes of network
admins, who would be the ones using it primarily, I think. For a regular end
use I think that the USMT docs might be a bit daunting. For those who hang
out here, a bit of head scratching should do the trick.

Checked out your Web site briefly and was really charmed by it. Archaeology,
interpretation, exotic (to me, anyway) locales, dogs, cats -- what more could
one desire? Why the H E double-hockey-sticks am I doing what I'm doing at my
age? (Don't ask!) Anyway, I'm pleased for you. Made a note of the URL and
will show to the spouse later on. She'll get all pensive on me and ask me why
I'm such a servant to technology.

;-)

"Opinicus" wrote:

> "jimmuh" <jimmuh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> > I really did like the old office settings wizard. So neat, simple, and
> > functional.
>
> Now that's gone too?
>
> --
> Bob, who's really beginning to wonder if it's worth it all.
> http://www.kanyak.com
>
>
>

Both your suggestions sound fine, but I am only running XP and usually don't
connect the 2 machines when upgrading as I like to keep the new machine as
clean as possible. In the meantime I don't know what files to backup to save
the configurations.

"jimmuh" wrote:

> Microsoft seems to have removed this functionality from Office 2007 and given
> it all over to the operating system. Windows Easy Transfer is probably what
> you'll need to use, though you could also download and use the User State
> Migration Tool. It's kind of like using a sledge hammer to swat a fly, but it
> works.
>
> I really did like the old office settings wizard. So neat, simple, and
> functional. Doing it the new way opens up many possibilities for "adventure".
>
> ;-)
>
> "John58" wrote:
>
> > I am using office 2007 on an XP machine. I plan on moving to a machine with
> > Vista soon. How do I save all my office settings with no wizard?