Transfer PPT customization to another computer

[Fred Holmes]

I would like to quickly transfer my customiztion of PPT 2003 from my
own office/work computer to the meeting room computer so that I have
all of my customization "at hand" while we are modifying a powerpoint
presentation in real time in the meeting. Is this customization
readily movable, such as in a "preferences" file of some sort?

 

[Timothy L]

Step 1:

Run the Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard on the meeting room
computer and make a backup of it's current settings.

To do this, click Start.
Point to Programs (or All Programs).
Point to Microsoft Office.
Point to Microsoft Office Tools.
Click on Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.
Choose "Save the settings from this machine".
Follow any additional prompts and save the file to a location on it's hard
drive that you will remember later (i.e. the Desktop or the My Documents
folder).




Step 2:

Run the Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard on the office/work
computer and save it's Office 2003 settings.

To do this, click Start.
Point to Programs (or All Programs).
Point to Microsoft Office.
Point to Microsoft Office Tools.
Click on Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.
Choose "Save the settings from this machine".
Follow any additional prompts and save the file to a removable disk (such as
a floppy disk or one of those pocket/key chain USB drives).




Step 3:

Run the Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard on the meeting room
computer to restore Office 2003 settings from your office/work computer.

To do this, click Start.
Point to Programs (or All Programs).
Point to Microsoft Office.
Point to Microsoft Office Tools.
Click on Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.
Choose "Restore previously saved settings to this machine".
Follow any additional prompts and locate the file you saved on a removable
disk (such as a floppy disk or one of those pocket/key chain USB drives)
from your office/work computer.




AFTER THE PRESENTATION:

Run the Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard on the meeting room
computer to restore Office 2003 settings from the backup.

To do this, click Start.
Point to Programs (or All Programs).
Point to Microsoft Office.
Point to Microsoft Office Tools.
Click on Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.
Choose "Restore previously saved settings to this machine".
Follow any additional prompts and locate the file you saved earlier as a
backup.



Now both computer should be back to the way how they were originally.





NOTE: The location of the Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard tool
on the Start Menu may be different if you installed PowerPoint by itself.

The instructions should also work if you had Office/PowerPoint 2000 or
Office/PowerPoint XP on both computers.

 

[Fred Holmes]

Many thanks to you both for a prompt and comprehensive answer.

It turns out that in my environment, the meeting room computer (a
laptop) is collected every evening and the hard drive wiped and
re-loaded over night, so restoring the settings on the meeting room
computer is mostly moot.

Fred Holmes