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Software for Law Costs Draftsmen |
| How to Locate your Saved Documents and Templates | |
| From Version 2.5 the default location for CostsMaster files and forms is MyDocuments\CostsMaster Files. Program templates and export templates are stored in sub folders e.g. My Documents\CostsMaster Files\Program Templates. Prior to Version 2.5 the default location for CostsMaster files and forms was the program directory (by default C:\program files\CostsMaster. Program templates and export templates** were stored in sub folders.e.g. C:\program files\CostsMaster\Program Templates. Please note that users who installed the program on their computer prior to version 2.5 may find their files stored in the earlier locations as the storage location was not automatically changed on upgrading. Whilst this is the default location you may have customised CostsMaster to save some or all of these files to different locations. To establish the current default location for your files and templates:
Please note that whilst this is the default location, files of these types could be saved in other locations on your PC. If you are transferring files to a new PC we would strongly recommend you search your entire system for files with these search strings: |
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| File Type | Search For |
| CostsMaster 3 Files | *.cm3 |
| CostsMaster 3 Program Templates | *.cmt |
| CostsMaster 3 Export Templates *** | *.xml |
CostsMaster 2 Files |
*.cdc |
| CostsMaster 2 Forms | *.cmf |
CostsMaster 2 Program Templates |
*.cdt |
| Word Export Templates ** | *.dot |
| CostsMaster 2 Exported Bills ^ | *.doc, *.docx |
| CostsMaster 3 Exported Bills ^ | *.rtf |
** Word export templates are relevant only to Costsmaster 2. You will probably find many Word templates on your system but you only need to copy any templates you have altered manually. When you install CostsMaster 2on your new PC it will install a complete set of the latest templates. |
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| *** These are relevant only if you have imported templates into CostsMaster 3. Templates installed by the program will be backed up by the Backup Settings function, even if you have altered the default values. Please note that the .xml file extension is common and by no means all files with such an extension will be CostsMaster templates. | |
| ^ These are the default formats used but the files may have been saved in other word processor formats. There will be many other word processor files on your system that are not related to CostsMaster and whether or not you need to copy them to your new PC is a matter for you. | |
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