Hi, Kathy! Welcome to PT! It's great to have you and great to have a Smartype user! Thanks so much for the compliments about the board.
Well, I had a look around Barbara Grow's site (great info there for Smartype users), and then eventually ended up finding a PDF file about Smartype. This info I'm quoting below was on page 36. Whether it's all you need, I don't know, but I would imagine if you install Smartype on the new machine and then put in your backups......well, not being a Smartype user I'm not entirely sure, but I think this probably should help. I welcome other responses from users of the program.
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Creating a Backup of your Stedman’s
Smartype Vocabulary
We strongly recommend that you periodically make a backup copy of
your Stedman’s Smartype Vocabulary in the event that your computer
crashes or you purchase a new computer. By creating a backup file, you
will retain any of the customizations you have added to your Stedman’s
Smartype Vocabulary in case you need to reload the program.
To fully backup your Stedman’s Smartype Vocabulary, you will need
to copy the following files to a floppy disk or CD-ROM:
• Stedman’s Smartype Vocab.vcb – this is the main Vocabulary
file included with Stedman’s Smartype, and contains any
SmartWords and SmartPhrases you have added, as well as
any modifications you have made to the existing SmartWords
and SmartPhrases. The default location for this file is
C:\Program Files\Stedman’s Smartype.
• all .doc files found in C:\Program Files\Stedman’s Smartype\
Blocks\ – these documents contain your SmartBlocks.
• normal.dot – this file is Microsoft Word’s global template file
and contains your SmartMacros. To locate this file on your
computer, select Search from the Start menu in Windows and
click on “For Files or Folders.”
I found the above in the Stedman's PDF document that can be gotten
hereAnother Smartype excellent site:
RemoteMT
I haven't seen anything on the program that allows me to do this, but I'm probably just missing something right in front of my face!