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title: How to Migrate Microsoft Word 2003 AutoText Entries into Word 2010
description: Moving AutoText to a new version of Microsoft Word or a New Computer, How to move AutoText
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# [How to Migrate Microsoft Word 2003 AutoText Entries into Word 2010](https://www.knowledgewave.com/blog/how-to-migrate-microsoft-word-2003-autotext-entries-into-word-2010)

 Written by [David Thibault](https://www.knowledgewave.com/blog/author/david-thibault) | May 27, 2015

This is a step-by-step guide that will assist with migrating AutoText specifically from Microsoft Word 2003 to Word 2010. Migrating AutoText will save you, or more specifically, your users a considerable amount of time because they will not need to reenter their AutoText entries. How do you enter the same text repeatedly in a Word document? You can easily insert blocks of preformatted text using what is called AutoText, or what is sometimes referred to as Quick Parts. A previous blog post, [Word: Automatically Insert Text with AutoText](https://www.knowledgewave.com/blog/msoffice/word-automatically-insert-text-with-autotext.html).

### Steps to Copy AutoText Entries from Word 2003

1. Create a **New** document, name it **AutoText**, and save it in your **Network Drive** with the extension **.dot**.  
2. **Close** AutoText document.  
3. **Open** up a blank **new** Word document.  
4. **Open** the **Organizer**. The Organizer is located under **Tools / Templates and Add-Ins…**

5. **Click** the **Organizer** button located in the lower left of the dialog box.  
6. **Click** on the** AutoText tab** located on the top of the **Organizer box**.

7. The left side of the screen will display all the AutoText entries located in your Normal.dot.   
8. **Click** on the **Close File button** on the right side and **browse** out to find the document you named **AutoText.dot** located under your **Network Drive**.

9. On the left side **click** on the** first AutoText** entry then **hold the shift key** and use the **down arrow** to highlight the remaining entries.

10. **Click** the **Copy** button to copy them over.  
11. **Close** out of the **Organizer dialog box**.  
12. **Save** and Close the **AutoText.dot** document (Network Drive). 

### Steps to Migrate to Word 2010

1. Log in to the **New Computer** and locate the AutoText document in your **Network Drive**.   
2. **Right** click and **Open** up the **AutoText document** (make sure you right click to open).  
3. **Under** the** File tab** choose** Save As**.  
4. **Navigate** to the following location:  
     a. **C:\Users\Users Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\Startup**  
     b. You might have to create the Startup folder.  
5. **Save** the document as** AutoText.dotm** (it is very important that you save it with the correct file extension).

### Optional steps to modify spacing if AutoText entries are not displaying correctly.

1. Click the **Home tab** then the **Paragraph dialog box launcher** located in the lower right.

2. **Change** the** Normal Style** to **No Spacing After, Single Line Spacing at 1** (This step might not be necessary. Test AutoText entries first to see how they display in new doc).

 

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