Save My Settings Wizard permits you to back up Office settings to a file so you can import them to the other PC with Office installed. The Save the setting from this machine option instructs wizard to capture Office configuration settings from Office programs that installed. This file is mainly a picture of your Office user configuration and has registry settings and other associated files. These settings are saved in a profile setting file (.ops) stored nearby or on a network share.

Install the Save My Settings Wizard

This Wizard may not be installed with your edition of Office. To decide if it is installed, go to start, All Programs. Then tick on Microsoft Office Tools. If Save My Settings Wizard does not show on Microsoft Office Tools menu, then it is not installed.

Here is how you install it if you do not have it.

1. Close all Office programs.

2. Click Start, and then Control Panel.

3. Click Add or Remove Programs.

4. Click Change or Remove Programs.

5. Click Microsoft Office 2003, and then click Change.

6. In Microsoft Office 2003 Setup dialog box, click Add or Remove Features, and then click Next.

7. In Features to mount tree, expand Office Tools.

8. Click Save My Settings Wizard, and then tick Run all from My Computer.

9. Click Update.

10. Click OK when Setup has finished successfully.

To use the Save My Settings Wizard
To save your settings, perform the steps shown below:

1. Close all Office programs.

2. Go to Start, All Programs, then Microsoft Office, and click on Microsoft Office Tools.

3. Tick Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.

4. In Save My Settings Wizard, tick next.

5. Tick Save the settings from system, and then tick next.

6. Type the location or browse to the location where you want to save the file, and then click Finish.

Restore Your previously Saved Settings

The Restore Your Previously Saved Settings alternative utilizes wizard to restore your Office configuration settings from .ops file that saved in earlier step.

To restore your settings, perform the following steps given below:

1. Close all Office programs.

2. Tick Start, All Programs, then Microsoft Office, and click on Microsoft Office Tools.

3. Tick Microsoft Office 2003 Save My Settings Wizard.

4. In Save My Settings Wizard, tick next.

5. Click Restore previously saved settings to this machine, and then tick next.

6. In File to Restore Settings From box, type or browse to path of place of .ops file, and then tick Finish.