Microsoft 9GD00001 manual Importing Selected Environment Settings, Name Your Settings File window

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Figure 1-19 Name Your Settings File window

The two text boxes in Figure 1-19 are for a filename and path where the settings file will be saved. Notice that the default filename includes the date, which could be helpful if you ever need to restore settings. Click Finish, which will perform the export and show you the Complete window in Figure 1-20 after the export operation is done.

Click Close to close the window. With an exported settings file, you or another person can perform an import with that file, as described in the next section.

Importing Selected Environment Settings

You would perform a settings import to restore previous settings, import settings from another person, or change to specific settings for a project you’re working on. To perform an import,