BK>    I will soon be "migrating" from Word7 to Word 
 BK> (Office 97). Is there 
 BK> any problem with just copying my normal.dot (from 
 BK> Office 95) so I don't 
 BK> have to re-created all my macros, toolbars, autocorrect entries, etc.?
Word 6.0, 7.0('95) use the same macro language architecture. Word 8.0(97)
uses newfangled VBA 5.0. keep a copy of your NORMAL.DOT. When you change
over, Word 8.0 will autoconvert all your old macros to VBA. It won't do
major changes, just tack WordBasic. as a prefix to many macro function names 
(I think). However, once it's done it's job, you won't be able
to cross edit the new NORMAL.DOT. Several functions won't convert, especially 
the DECLAREs to call Win16 APIs. There may not be identical Win32 APIs. DDE 
and OLE calls, you would have to check on.
AutoCorrect,Autotext entries no change and the toolbars, generally, will
keep, although, toolbars don't exist anymore, now menus and visible bars
are one, called command bars.
 
I see some talk of whether Office '97 is worth buying. My answer is an 
unqualified YES. Word has substantially changed internally and macro wise, 
it's almost a new program written to work like the old one. Excel has changed 
enough to make a solid difference to jaded spreadsheeters and Access is 
apparently tuned, debugged etc...
 
Ananda
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