I'm a heavy Quick Parts user, and like to keep a backup of my normal.dotm file. In the past, I've always just done a Search on my C:\ drive to find it quickly. However, it's not displaying anywhere anymore. I believe this began with a Windows 7 upgrade, but I can't be sure.

I verified that I'd set my File Explorer settings to View> show hidden files, folders, and drives. I have no problem viewing previous backup versions on my D:\ drive and on a shared drive.


When I search for "normal.dotm," dozens and dozens of files display - all types and names. When I search for it by going to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates (my best recollection of where it's housed), it isn't there.


Furthermore, if I had a sudden software upgrade, I wouldn't know where to place the backup file to recover all my Quick Parts and macros!


Can someone please point me to the correct location?

Thanks!

I'm a heavy Quick Parts user, and like to keep a backup of my normal.dotm file. In the past, I've always just done a Search on my C:\ drive to find it quickly. However, it's not displaying anywhere anymore. I believe this began with a Windows 7 upgrade, but I can't be sure.

I verified that I'd set my File Explorer settings to View> show hidden files, folders, and drives. I have no problem viewing previous backup versions on my D:\ drive and on a shared drive.


When I search for "normal.dotm," dozens and dozens of files display - all types and names. When I search for it by going to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Templates (my best recollection of where it's housed), it isn't there.


Furthermore, if I had a sudden software upgrade, I wouldn't know where to place the backup file to recover all my Quick Parts and macros!


Can someone please point me to the correct location?

Thanks!

I found it in a forum. Go to Start>Run, and paste %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates into the entry field. Then click OK, and all the templates display.

See the 'Sticky' thread at the top of the Word area, to which I've moved this post.

Please post Word questions in the Word area, not in the Office area.

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Paul Edstein
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