XL5: "User's Guide" Documentation Changes

Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
Article ID: Q123854

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
Microsoft Office for Windows, versions 4.2, 4.3

SUMMARY

The Microsoft Excel "User's Guide" that ships with Microsoft Office versions 4.2 and 4.3, contains several changes from the original "User's Guide" that shipped with the stand-alone version of Microsoft Excel 5.0. The changes to the "User's Guide" include corrections to the original text as well as some additional information.

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First reprint of Microsoft Excel 5.0 "User's Guide": 52018-0194 (old part number was 52018)

Page #    Chapter   Correction

ii                  New document # 52018-0194 for reprint
ii                  Added PivotTable & TipWizard to reg. trademark
xviii               PSS corrections
xix                 PSS corrections
xx                  PSS corrections
xxi                 PSS corrections
xxii                PSS corrections
29        3         Art 0301 correction
39        3         List item 4 (at bottom) corrected
40        3         List items 5 & 6 corrected
43        4         First table item: add "TM assistant" to TipWizard
46        4         Last table, last line: change "Open and save" to "Open"
67        6         Last paragraph: delete "Microsoft Works"
71        6         Last paragraph: change "Find File" to "Search"
112       9         Last balloted item: deleted 2nd instance of "use"
141       10        Move art
144       10        Table: change "Name" to "Names in Workbook" (2x)
147       10        Add $ (3x) in "Editing Named References"
230       13        Bottom paragraph, change SHIFT to CTRL (Windows)
                    or "OPTION" (Macintosh)
230       24        Last paragraph: same cx for deleting vertex as in
                    earlier cx for adding vertex
254       14        2nd paragraph: delete 2nd sentence
371       20        Delete last sentence in last full paragraph
452       23        Fix screen in sidebar
474       25        Fix button at top of page
541       27        1st bulleted list: delete last item
567       29        1st bulleted list: change 200 to 100
612       32        Paragraph before head: fix end of sentence
640       34        Change [Color9]General to [Color8]General
648       35        Last entry in table: delete .XLS
657       36        2 changes in paragraph after head, and deletion in
                    table
658       36        Deletion in top table
686       39        1st paragraph: delete last part of last sentence

Second reprint of Microsoft Excel 5.0 "User's Guide": 57926-0394 (old part number was 52018)

Page #    Chapter   Correction

ii                  Copyright new part # and doc for reprint: # 57926-0394;
                    changed attribution for System 7 to the System 7 logo
xv                  Change priority support US phone # to (900) 555-2000
4         1         Fix system requirements for Macintosh(2nd & 3rd
                    bullets)
25        2         Bottom table: deleted middle row, deleted (System 7)
                    from last row
34        3         Macintosh correction in last 2 paragraphs
51        5         Rewrote end of last paragraph
52        5         Fixed Macintosh info in 1st 2 bulleted items, and
                    deleted table
54        5         1st paragraph: fixed Macintosh info
57        5         Last table: deleted middle row
67        6         Middle of page: changed "Always Save Backup" to "Always
                    Create Backup"
68        6         Top table: fixed Macintosh info
123       9         Top table: deleted middle row
147       10        In Note: added "for Windows"
153       10        In Note: added "for Windows"
156       10        Fixed bottom callout in art
287       16        Table: replaced text for Mac; fixed file ext. for Win
394       21        2nd paragraph from bottom: added sentence
411       21        Added table rule
438       23        Added Microsoft to references to Query (5x) and fixed
                    capitalization
439       23        Added Microsoft to refs to Query (2x) and added 3rd row
                    to table
440       23        Added Microsoft to reference to Query
441       23        Added Microsoft to refs to Query; added registration
                    bug to dBASE; deleted Important; rewrote next-to-last
                    paragraph
442       23        First and third paragraphs: minor changes; deleted
                    Important; replaced Data Access heading & paragraph
443       23        Minor edits in 1st 2 paragraphs; deleted Important near
                    top; deleted 2nd piece of art (aug2303); changed text
                    in 1st piece of art (aug2302); added Important at
                    bottom
444       23        Lower-cased Macro Language in 2nd paragraph; changed
                    text in1st piece of art (aug2304); deleted 2nd piece of
                    art (aug2305)
445       23        Deleted Note; lower-cased Macro Language (2x)
446       23        Edits in middle paragraph; moved & rewrote
                    Important; correction in table
447       23        Rewrote text for middle heading & paragraph
448       23        Spacing fixed in middle paragraph; correction in table
449       23        Deleted Note at bottom
451       23        Next to last paragraph: changed fields names to field
                    names
452       23        Spacing fixed
455       23        Fixed 1st table entry
456       23        Minor fixes in the 2 paragraphs above Step by Step
457       23        Fixed spacing above list
458       23        Lower-cased Macro Language; deleted bottom
                    paragraph
459       23        Reworded bottom paragraph; rewrote/moved Important
                    & the paragraphs above & below it
460       23        Two changes in 2nd table
478       24        Deleted entire Tip
482       24        Deleted bottom paragraph
638       34        top table: deleted middle row (Macintosh System 6 info)
                    and ref to System 7 in 3rd row
642       35        Table: deleted bottom row (Macintosh System 6 info) and
                    ref to System 7 in middle row
675       38        Deleted last sentence in "Important"
679       38        1st paragraph: fixed bad line break
704       41        Deleted last sentence in Important
707       41        Deleted last sentence in Important; 2nd list: rewrote
                    1st & 3rd bullet items
709       41        Deleted first Note
710       41        Deleted last sentence in Important (2x)
711       41        Deleted first Note
714       41        Deleted last sentence in Important
715       41        Deleted last sentence in Important (2x)
719       41        1st paragraph: deleted reference to Macintosh System 7

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Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
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