Word/Excel Readme Help Not Installed with Typical Installation

 Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
Article ID: Q126686
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, version 4.2
  • Microsoft Office for the Power Macintosh, version 4.2

SYMPTOMS

When you perform a Typical installation of Microsoft Office, the Microsoft PowerPoint Readme Help file is installed, but the Microsoft Excel Readme Help file and the Word Readme Help file are not installed.

CAUSE

This is by design of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. During a Typical installation of Microsoft Word, the Readme Help file is not installed.

Note that when you perform a Typical installation of Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, the Microsoft Excel Readme Help file IS installed. However, when you perform a Typical installation of Microsoft Office for the Power Macintosh, this file is not installed.

WORKAROUNDS

To install the Word Readme Help file, or the Microsoft Excel Readme Help file, do the following:

  1. Run Setup again in maintenance mode and choose the Add/Remove button.

  2. In the Components Not Yet Installed list, click the arrow next to Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word to display the list of items.

  3. Clear the check box next to any items that you do NOT want to install. Make sure that the check box next to Online Help And Lessons (Online Help for Word) is selected.

  4. Click the arrow next to Online Help And Lessons (Online Help for Word) to display the list of items. Clear the check box next to any items that you do NOT want to install. Make sure that the check box next to Microsoft Excel Readme Help (Word Readme Help for Word) is selected.

  5. Choose Continue.

MORE INFORMATION

The Readme Help files contain late-breaking information about the release of the Microsoft Office application, instructions for installing the application on a network, and late-breaking changes and additions to the documentation.

KBCategory: kbsetup
KBSubcategory: offmac

Additional reference words: 4.00 4.20 5.00 6.00
Keywords : offmac kbsetup
Version : 4.20
Platform : MACINTOSH

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Last reviewed: November 17, 1997
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