Microsoft KB Archive/943131

= How to copy customized template files from one computer to another computer in Accounting Professional 2007, in Accounting Express 2007, and in Small Business Accounting 2006 =

Article ID: 943131

Article Last Modified on 10/10/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007
 * Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006

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INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to copy customized template files from one computer to another computer in the following products:
 * Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007
 * Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007
 * Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006



MORE INFORMATION
If you want to use a customized template on more than one computer, you must save the customized template on each computer separately. No option exists to share all the templates from one shared location. Therefore, you must copy the customized templates from one computer to another computer by moving the Templates folder that contains the customized templates. To do this, follow these steps:  Install one of the following programs on the computer to which you want to copy the customized templates:  Accounting Professional 2007 Accounting Express 2007 Small Business Accounting 2006  Locate the Templates folder that contains the customized templates. By default, the Templates folder is in the following location:  Accounting Professional 2007 and Accounting Express 2007:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates\Office Accounting 2007\Templates

</li> Small Business Accounting 2006:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Small Business\Small Business Accounting\Templates

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Note If you install Accounting Professional 2007 or Accounting Express 2007 on a computer that is running Windows Vista, the Templates folder is in the following location:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Templates\Office Accounting 2007\Templates

Note If you cannot locate the Templates folder, the Templates folder may be hidden. To find the hidden Templates folder, follow these steps: <ol style="list-style-type: lower-alpha;"> Right-click Start, and then click Explore.</li> Click the Tools menu, and then click Folder Options.</li> On the View tab, click Show hidden files and folders.</li> Click OK.</li></ol> </li> Copy the Templates folder. To do this, use the appropriate method:  If the computers are networked, copy the Templates folder on the original computer to the new computer.</li> If the computers are not networked, copy the Templates folder to a disk, and then take the disk to the new computer.</li></ul> </li> Save the files that you copied, as follows:  In Accounting Professional 2007 and in Accounting Express 2007, save the files in the following location:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Templates\Office Accounting 2007\Templates

</li> In Small Business Accounting 2006, save the files in the following location:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Small Business Accounting\Templates

</li></ul> </li> Start the accounting program that you are using.</li> On the Company menu, click Manage Word Templates.</li> Verify that the customized templates that you copied from the original computer are available on the new computer.</li></ol>

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