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Monday, February 10, 2020 11:13 PM
I have Office 365 Home on 5 PC all using Windows 10. I set up extensive custom settings for Outlook , Word and other Office products. I have also set up over a hundred entries in Auto-correct for hundreds of phrases and legal and medical terms.
How do I sync all my settings across all the PCs please. I would really appreciate help! Would be a life saver.
Many thanks
Adam
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 12:54 PM ✅Answered
Hi,
>> I have also set up over a hundred entries in Auto-correct for hundreds of phrases and legal and medical terms.
<< As Udara replied, AutoCorrect entries are stored in *.acl files by language. You may search "%appdata%\Microsoft\Office" and copy all files with extension of .acl in Office folder. Try to paste these *.acl files under the same location on other PCs.
>> I set up extensive custom settings for Outlook , Word and other Office products.
<< For Word, styles and hotkeys are stored in templates generally, so you may transfer your template to the other computers.
1. Please close all the files of Office and go to File explorer > View in Show/hide group > check the box of "Hidden Items".
2. Go to C:\Users\user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates, then copy it to the same path on other PCs.
3. Go to C:\Users\user name>\Documents\Custom Office Templates, check whether there is any template file (*.dot, *.dotm), if yes copy it to the same path on other PCs.
<< Share a customized ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar of Office 365 (for all applications of Office 365) with other computers
1. Export your customized ribbon:
- Open an application, go to File > Options > Customize the Ribbon
- In the Customize the Ribbon window, click Import/Export.
- Click Export all customizations.
2. Import the customized ribbon on your other computers.
Important: When you import a ribbon customization file, you lose all prior ribbon customizations. You may export it as a backup before importing any new customizations.
- In the Customize the Ribbon window, click Import/Export.
- Click Import customization file.
For Quick Access Toolbar, the similar procedure as above
I find a similar thread, you may refer to Christian Geiselmann's reply in: How to migrate Microsoft Office settings?
(Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.)
If you have any updates, please feel free to let me know.
Best Regards,
Emily
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Friday, February 14, 2020 2:29 AM ✅Answered
Hi,
I am checking the status of this issue. Do you have any update for it?
Anything unclear or any questions, feel free to post them back to let us know. I will be glad to follow up and help you.
Best Regards,
Emily
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Tuesday, February 11, 2020 2:57 AM
This info may be helpful,
AutoCorrects are held, by language, in .acl files in individuals' user
profiles (%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Office\MSOnnnn.acl - nnnn = locale).
They are first created, when needed, from built-in language-specific files
in the Office Install Root/locale id folders (file MSO.ACL). There is
nothing you can do with GPOs (AFAIK) but you could create a custom master
acl file in your setup, which would be taken as a base for all users
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 3:56 PM
Hi Emily
I apologize for the delay in posting my thanks. It took a bit of time but I finally did it, thanks to you. Appreciated very much the trouble you took in laying out the steps.
Best regards
Adam
Adam Okhai
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 4:04 PM
Hi Emily
My apologies for the delay in getting back to you. It took me a bit of time to figure out the steps but yes, your solution works perfectly. I am not an IT specialist and was hesitant at first. However the steps that you took the trouble to explain were very helpful indeed. As of this moment I am not able to say definitively that I got everything correct... will know as I use my various custom settings on each PC. I will confirm once I have had a week or 2 to check that everthing is indeed synced.
To anyone else following Emily's solution, needless to say,backing everything up first is important. I messed up when I first carried out the steps.
Keep well, and thank you, Emily
Best regards
Adam
(Canada)
Adam Okhai