Office & productivity software: keeping Word XP macros w/ 2007 install

keeping Word XP macros w/ 2007 install

Hello,

I'm sorry if this has been covered before; I tried doing a search but kept getting 10,000 hits so I’m giving up (PS—the search function in the forums isn’t the greatest).

My company is ‘upgrading’ us to MS Office 2007 shortly. I already had it for a while during a project, and HATED it. Uninstalled it as soon as I could. But, they didn’t ask my opinion before making this decision.

So, my question is, how to make the macros I’ve been using for years carry over into the new install. The IT guy did a test install and they didn’t import. Apparently, the geniuses at MS decided that macros and settings that have been kept for the last 15 years in Normal.dot, now need to be kept somewhere else.

Also, in our brief and completely inadequate ‘training’ session, it came out that there are different file extensions for Word documents: <B>docx </B>for ‘regular’ files, <B>docm</B> for files containing a macro. This makes no sense to me—all Word files should ‘contain’ all the macros that are available to be used. Otherwise, how could you run them when needed? They’re not expecting me to write a new macro every time I have to do something, are they? That would defeat the purpose of saving time doing repetitive tasks by using a macro.

I’m also concerned about my autocorrect settings. I use them a lot—more than the macros. I’m a lazy typist, and see no reason to type ‘institutional’ if I can type ‘instl’ instead. I backed up the settings file (MSO1033). Will I be able to drop the backup into my ‘application data’ folder and have it work?

We're running windows XP, and that doesn't seem likely to change (fingers crossed, no evil eye).

Thanks in advance.