IA: How to Re-create "Switch to Web Browse View" Button

• Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0, 1.0z, 2.0, 2.0z, 2.02b
• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in the Windows folder.

SYMPTOMS

If you remove the "Switch to Web Browse View" button from the Formatting toolbar and then save the changes to your NORMAL.DOT template, you cannot easily add the button back to the Formatting toolbar.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0 and 1.0z. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

WORKAROUND

Internet Assisant 1.0, 1.0z

To add the "Switch to Web Browse View" button back to the Formatting toolbar:

1. Exit Word.

2. Using a text editor, such as Notepad, open the WORDHTML.INI file (located in your Windows directory), and add the following lines to the [MISC] section:

         BITMAPBUTTONS=1
         MAKETOOLBAR=1
   

3. Save and close the WORDHTML.INI file.

4. Start Word.

5. On the View menu, click Toolbars. Select the HTML toolbar and click OK. (Note: Also select the Formatting toolbar if it is not displayed.)

6. Press and hold down CTL+ALT while you click and drag the "Switch to Web Browse View" button from the HTML toolbar to the Formatting toolbar. This will copy the button to the Formatting toolbar.

7. On the View menu, click Toolbars. Turn off the HTML toolbar and click OK.

8. Exit Word and save the changes to the NORMAL.DOT template. When you restart Word, the "Switch to Web Browse View" button should function properly.

   Note: You can remove the two lines added to the WORDHTML.INI file in step 2 if you do not want the HTML toolbar to appear in the Toolbars list under the View menu.

Internet Assistant 2.0, 2.0z, 2.02b

WARNING: Using Registry Editor incorrectly can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall Windows 95 or Windows NT. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the incorrect use of Registry Editor can be solved. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat) before you edit the registry.

To add the "Switch to Web Browse View" button back to the Formatting toolbar:

1. Exit Word.

2. Click the Windows Start button, and then click Run.

3. In the Open box, type "regedit" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.

4. Go to the following Registry key:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Word\InternetAssistant

   Note: the Status bar will display the following:

   My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Word \InternetAssistant

5. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File, type a file name, and then click Save.

6. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value. Type the following value name and then press ENTER:

   BitmapButtons

7. Double-click BitmapButtons. In the Value Data box, type "1" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.

8. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value. Type the following value name and then press ENTER:

   MakeToolbar

9. Double-click MakeToolbar. In the Value Data box, type "1" (without the quotation marks), and then click OK.

10. Go to the following Registry key:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\New User Settings\Word \InternetAssistant

    Note: the Status bar will display the following:

    My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ New User Settings\Word\InternetAssistant

11. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File, type a file name, and then click Save.

12. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value. Type the following value name and then press ENTER:

    BitmapButtons

13. Double-click BitmapButtons. In the Value Data box, type "1" (without the quotation marks) and then click OK.

14. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click String Value. Type the following value name and then press ENTER:

    MakeToolbar

15. Double-click MakeToolbar. In the Value Data box, type "1" (without the quotation marks) and then click OK.

16. Close the Registry.

17. Start Word.

18. On the View menu, click Toolbars. Select the HTML toolbar and click OK. (Note: Also select the Formatting toolbar if it is not displayed.)

19. Press and hold down CTL+ALT while you click and drag the "Switch to Web Browse View" button from the HTML toolbar to the Formatting toolbar. This will copy the button to the Formatting toolbar.

20. On the View menu, click Toolbars. Turn off the HTML toolbar and click OK.

21. Exit Word and save the changes to the NORMAL.DOT template. When you restart Word, the "Switch to Web Browse View" button should function properly.