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Upgrading from Office standalone to 365 - question about settings
First I uninstalled my current standalone version of Office (2016), then I installed 365.
This all went flawlessly.
Was happy to see that, when launching various Office applications, all the settings were 'adopted' and in fact I could continue without having to change anything.
This is really wonderful.
In the 'old' scenario, in case of a fresh Windows and Office install, I had to go thru many (I mean many) windows panels and tabs and drop down menus and and ... to set everything the way I wanted.
It is good to have screenshots of all the settings and see what exactly should be changed (tagged or un-tagged).
Way back in Office 2003 there was a kind of Office settings backup. After a fresh install one could import the backup and roughly all settings were restored. M$ removed that tool.
It is impossible to create a backup of all the settings.
One way or the other, after installing 365, all settings were restored. So, the settings ARE stored somewhere, in whatever form. Where and in what form, I have not the slightest idea.
Fact remains, what could be done with the old Office (2003), i.e. restoring settings, apparently could also be done with 365.
Whereas this restoring settings was not available anymore in the later versions of standalone Office.
At least not after a fresh install.
This puzzles me.
Where are these settings saved, in what form? (registry?)
And
What in case of a fresh Windows and thus fresh 365 install?
Do I still need to go thru all the windows panels again?
Is there a workaround when using 365?
Thanks.