That's exactly what I was after, thank you David. :) The whole issue is arising from putting new PCs in our remote offices, and wanting to be as customer friendly as possible, so that the users don't have to reset all their default settings. Since there's only 8-11 PCs in each of the offices, this won't add a whole lot of time to our jobs, but will add a huge happiness factor for the users. Joe Heaton
________________________________ From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 8:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: normal.dot From http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Office_Productivity/Office_Suit es/MS_Office/Excel/Q_22532998.html: Excel does not work the same way as Word: The toolbar customizations live in Excelnn.xlb, where nn is the version number (e.g. 10 for OfficeXP), which is located in C:\documents and settings\username\application data\microsoft\Excel Some users have a book.xlt file which can be used to store customised settings (e.g. modified styles) located in their XLSTART directory (with the Personal.xls macro workbook if they have one). Note: most users do not have a book.xlt file as most of the settings set under Tools-Options are stored in the registry. ________________________________ From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:25 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: normal.dot Ok, so what I'm really asking here is whether or not there is a "base" template for the other Office apps. Normal.dot is the blank document that opens up when you open up Word. It has all the customizations you've made to the default document. Is there that type of file for the other Office apps? Joe Heaton ________________________________ From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 7:01 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: normal.dot The template file is an *.xlt for Excel, *.pot for PowerPoint, *.mdz for Access, and *.one for OneNote On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 8:03 PM, Ken Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .dot is a Word template (just like .doc is a Word document) Cheers Ken From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 6 May 2008 2:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: normal.dot Is there a normal.dot type of file for all Office programs, or just Word? Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
