Hi,



I've recently updated my XP pc to the 2010 version of Office. before I used 2003, so I'm having a hard time finding my way around.

I had personalised Office 2003 pretty much and have saved a lot of settings in a OPS file. However, I don't seem to be able to find how and where I can import these settings into Office 2010.

Can anyone tell me where to go or what to do? or am I trying the impossible??

I found one link in MS Office help files, but that referred to the back up file in the folder with MS Office Helpfiles, but that ain't there

Thanks for all your input!

I am assuming that to save your .ops file settings you used the Save my Settings Wizard provided by Microsoft Office.

Please verify that you followed the steps below to save your .ops files.

1. Close all Office programs.

2. Choose the Start button on your desktop, then select All Programs, choose Microsoft Office, and click on Microsoft Office Tools.

3. Click Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.

4. In the Save My Settings Wizard window, select next.

5. Choose Save the settings from system, and then click next.

6. Type the location or browse to the location where you want to save the file, and then click Finish.

NOTE: The files will not be saved until you click "Finish".

If there are the steps you used to save your .ops files, follow the steps below to restore the saved files to your current version of Office (office 2010).

1. Close all Office programs.

2. Select the Start button on your desktop, then choose All Programs, click Microsoft Office, and select Microsoft Office Tools.

3. Choose Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.

4. In Save My Settings Wizard, click next.

5. Choose Restore previously saved settings to this machine, and then click next.

6. In File to Restore Settings From box, type or browse to path of place of .ops file, and then tick Finish.

NOTE: The files will not be restored until you select "Finish".

Hope this helps.

A. Trivedi

Dear Trivedi,

thanks for your reply.

I'm not sure on the procedure followed because a friend did it when I was not in the room .
What I do know is that I don't have the option in the new 2010 Office folder (step 3).
It's a Dutch version of XP so terms might not correspond 1 on 1, but in the folder MS Office Tools I have:
- digital certificate for VBA projects
- MS mediagalery
- MS Office 2010 Upload Center
- MS Office Picture manager
- Language preferences for Office 2010

Thanks again, kind regards Paul