Almost the same as Gord's but with a few comments at the end:
Saved from a previous post (so there it's kind of redundant at the end):
I have a short list of things to copy/update when we changed pc's at work.
It's not complete, but may help you.
Word/Excel files:
FileName Use
custom.dic personal dictionary
*.acl personal autocorrect list
mssp2_en.exc personal exclusion dictionary
normal.dot default (for new documents) template
*.dot Any other templates you've made
*.xlb personal toolbar
book.xlt defaults for new workbooks
sheet.xlt defaults for new worksheets
personal.xl* personal macros
*.xlt Any other templates you've made
And don't forget any:
Local files (If you don’t store on LAN)
(Settings) Directories and other defaults (Tools|Options stuff)
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I've found the easiest way to find these files is to use Windows start
button|Search.
Remember to look through hidden folders/files. And if I find multiple files of
the same name, I open excel (say), then make a minor change to that file. Then
search again. Then I can pick out the current version of the file.
That said, if you're upgrading from an older version of office, I wouldn't copy
the toolbar. (I would take good notes to help me rebuild this toolbar (maybe
even fix it up a bit).)
Same with the normal.dot (I'd let MSWord rebuild that--then just copy|paste any
macros into it manually.)
The *.xlt (book.xlt, sheet.xlt), I'd copy over, but then open and resave them
using the newer version.
