On Friday, 17 January 2014, 16:55, Gerry Dutchie <wingb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Sandra,
It may be a little complicated but the information you want is in a hidden
folder on your harddisc.
1. First make the hidden folders visible.
2. Then locate the file(s) you seek and...
3. Copy it (them) to your Windows 8 machine.
(I have to guess a bit concerning the precise US american names because I work
with the Netherlands version of the software).
1.
- Start Windows Explorer (not your browser!). You can find it under the
startbutton, click Computer.
- Open the menubar by pressing the left Alt-key on your keyboard. Click on the
menu option Tools.
- Click in the menu on the last option (Folderoptions?)
- Click the middle tab.
- Now you have to look for something that will be called Hidden files and
folders. If this option is closed, click on it.
- You should see two radiobuttons. Click the one that says Display hidden files
and folders.
- Click OK.
Step 2.
- If I'm right you should see your username in Explorer's left panel. If not
you're in trouble ;-)))
- Click your username in the left panel. You should see a folder now with the
name Appdata.
- Click to open.
- In the right panel look for OpenOffice. Double click it.
- Depending on the version of OpenOffice that you use you will see another
folder with a number. Doubleclick it to open.
- You'll see yet another folder with the name User. You guessed right? Yeah,
double click to open.
- Now you will see many folders. The top one is the one you're looking for. The
Autotext one might also be worth while copying to your new Windows 8 machine as
wel as the Template folder (should you have been using templates)...
Step 3.
- But before copying: - If OpenOffice is running on your Windows 8 computer,
close it.
I don't really like Windows 8. But if you manage to get past this horrible
Tiles-interface Windwos 8's File Explorer basically works the same as in
Windows Vista or Windows 7. So repeat the same actions to make the hidden files
and folders visible:
- Go to your desktop and start File Explorer.
- Open the View menu. On the right of the button bar you'll see Hidden items.
Click it.
- Now click in the left pane This PC, then the C: drive, then in the right
pane Users, your Username, then Appdata and so on until you have located the
same folders as on your Vista machine.
- Copy/Paste your Autocorr and Autotext to the right place (the
\Appdata\OpenOffice\4\user\ folder.
- Then restart OpenOffice and you should be alright.
Finanally I would advise you to hide de files and folders when you're done.
Thus you avoid accidentally throwing away important files which may hamper the
correct workings of Microsofts Windows!
I wish you good luck!
Sincerely,
Gerrit Bruijnes
-Author & Tutor-
(Currently working on a book on OpenOffice 4.01)
On Friday, 17 January 2014, 0:45, Sandra Clark <sclark5...@mchsi.com> wrote:
I used Open Office 4 on a Vista computer. I now have another computer
with Windows8. Where is my autocorrect
file on the Vista computer and
where do I copy it to my Windows 8 computer?
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