Hi,

The issue that I am having is that I have just gotten a new computer, and even though I copied my profile over, my Quick Parts are not showing up in Word.

Both the old and new computers have Office 2013. Both computers run Windows 7.

I have read that Quick Parts are saved by default in the building blocks.dotx file. I read that this folder can be found in a few places...

Drive:\Users\<username>\appdata\roaming\Microsoft\ documentbuildingblock\


Drive:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\15

Drive:\program files\Microsoft office\office12\document parts\1033

I have copied all of those folders over to my new computer, and still no luck.

Am I doing something wrong here? any suggestions? thank you in advance!

Building Blocks are stored in templates. The templates can be stored in the building blocks folder; they can be stored elsewhere. The default template for Word 2013 is named "Built-In Building Blocks.dotx."

Building Blocks Storage Location

I don't store any custom building blocks in the building blocks folder. Doing so is asking for trouble, as is storing macros in the normal template. I store them in Global Templates, that way I can also assign keyboard shortcuts or QAT icons to them.

Also, see Word 2007 & Later Key Data File Locations on this forum.

AutoText is saved, by default, in the Normal template. I'm not sure about the other Building Blocks. As I said earlier, I tend to store them elsewhere.

I also use Greg Maxey's free Building Blocks tools. They might help you.
Building Blocks & AutoText
They make moving, copying and organizing building blocks much easier.

Thanks Charles.

What ended up solving the problem for me was to create a quick part, and then save my old building blocks file (the one from the roaming profile that I referenced above) over the new one that I had just created. Until I created a new building blocks file on the new machine, Word would not recognize the old one that I had already pasted in the correct folder. weird.

In my experience, any holder of building blocks (i.e. template) place in either the building blocks folder or the Word Startup Folder will be recognized and used.

I had not tried copying the Building Blocks or Built In Building Blocks files where they had not been previously used, though. Again, I would recommend keeping your custom building blocks in a different template.