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Microsoft Office 2007 Tip
Category: Office CustomizingVersions: Microsoft Office 2007>>More Microsoft Office 2007 Tips & Tricks 
How to copy Microsoft Office 2007 Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) settings from one computer to another
So you've painstakingly set up your customized Quick Access Toolbar preferences in every Microsoft Office 2007 program. You have your favorite shortcuts for sorting and formatting Excel worksheets, responding to Outlook e-mails, and locating those Not in the Ribbon icons you need in your Word documents. What if you want to share these preferences with a co-worker or your home computer? Do you have to re-create all of the steps you worked so hard to get the first time? Let's look at an easy solution to transfer your Quick Access Toolbar settings to another PC. One technique to copy your settings is with transfer or migration tools which require administrative access--darn! Fortunately, you can skip the help desk ticket or the costly visit from your IT support guru and simply copy a few files. Your Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) settings are stored in your Application Data folder. The files are named Access.qat, Excel.qat, PowerPoint.qat, and Word.qat. Outlook may have multiple .qat files if you have customized the toolbars for multiple actions such as creating a new e-mail message or adding a new calendar entry. Here are the locations: Windows 7 & Windows Vista:
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Office\*.qat Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\*.qat Simply copy the QAT file associated with the program which has the customized Quick Access Toolbar from your source computer to the same location on the other computer. Easy--all of your efforts are saved!
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