Customizing Write > Exporting/importing settings

You can save your individual settings that you have configured in the Ashampoo Office applications. In the first step, export the settings data – for example, before you install a new version. Then, in the second step, import this data into the newly installed version.

For both steps, use the Manage button in the dialog box of the command File | Options .

For information on which settings you can export/import exactly, see below.

Note: Export and import of settings data is only possible as of version 2021.

What reasons could there be to export/import settings?

The following reasons could be considered for exporting/importing your settings:

▪You want to apply the settings of the old version to a new version of Ashampoo Office that you are installing on the same computer.

▪You have also installed the current version of Ashampoo Office on another computer and want to use the same settings there.

▪You want to apply the settings of an old version of Ashampoo Office to another computer on which you have installed the new version of Ashampoo Office.

Which files are backed up?

For the export, Write accesses the settings files (...config.ini, ...tools.dat, etc.) that are stored on your device in the Ashampoo > Settings folder. Depending on the operating system, these files are located in the following directory:

▪Windows: In the Ashampoo\Settings folder in your Documents folder.

Note: The above information is for illustrative purposes only and you usually do not need to do anything here. Write will automatically replace these files for you if you perform the steps described below for exporting/importing the settings.

Step 1: Export the settings

To export settings, choose the command File | Options , and the "Options" dialog box will open. Here, click on the Manage button located at the bottom left of each tab of this dialog box.

This will open another dialog box "Manage settings for Office". Here, select which settings you want to save from the following options:

Tip: You can also just export all of them, but you will have to ensure when subsequently importing that you only select the options you really want.

▪Configuration files

This option saves all the settings you have made in the dialog box of the command File | Options. Some of these settings are also located directly on the ribbon tabs (or in the toolbars).

▪Customized ribbon/toolbars

If you have changed the arrangement on the ribbon, in the Quick access toolbar or in toolbars (see section Customizing the ribbon), you can save your individual arrangement with this option.

Please note for the import of the settings from an old to a new version of Ashampoo Office: If this option is enabled, command icons that have been newly added in the more recent version will not be displayed there. Thus, if you would prefer the new icons to be displayed instead of keeping your old arrangement, you should disable this option. Alternatively, you can import your old arrangement anyway and look for the new symbols relevant to you afterwards using the command File | Customize (see section Customizing icons and groups in the ribbon).

▪Keyboard shortcuts

This option allows you to apply shortcut keys that you have assigned yourself (see Customizing shortcut keys).

▪User dictionaries

This option allows you to save the words that you have added to your user dictionaries (see section Editing user dictionaries).

▪Other (SmartText, Labels, ...)

Enable this option if you want to apply all other settings that can be saved in Ashampoo Office (for example, SmartText).

When you finally click on the Export button, a zip file will be created with the options selected above. Save this file to any location that you can easily access for subsequent import.

Step 2: Import the settings

To transfer the settings to another installation of the program, choose the command File | Options there. In the dialog box "Options", click on the Manage button.

In the following dialog box "Manage settings for Office", insert a check mark in front of the settings you want to import. (Details of the options are described above in step 1.)

Now click on the Import button, and select the zip file that you created in step 1. The imported settings will take effect in the current Write application when you restart the program.

"Reset" button

The Reset button resets all program settings back to their delivery state.