Word 7.0a: Contents of WDREADME (WDREADME.TXT)Last reviewed: October 15, 1997Article ID: Q147167 |
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SUMMARYThis article contains the contents of the Wdreadme file located in the Winword folder. If you are viewing filenames with extensions, the file name will appear as Wdreadme.txt. This file is included in the Word for Windows 95 version 7.0a standalone package and the Office for Windows 95 version 7.0a package. Note that this article reflects the text of a static document. Therefore, some of the information in this article may be outdated. For example, as of May 20, 1996, Microsoft no longer maintains support forums on CompuServe.
MORE INFORMATIONMICROSOFT WORD FOR WINDOWS 95 Supplemental Information
CONTENTS Setup Information Word for Windows 95 Default Setup Options Installing an UPGRADE version of Word for Windows 95 Setup on Windows NT 3.51 (or later) Macro Virus Protection Macro Virus Protection and ScanProt: How to remove ScanProt Using Help on Windows NT 3.51 Without Service Pack 1 or later WordBasic Errors with Word 6.0 Add-ins and Macros Removing Earlier Word Version's Help Files From Path statement Using Disks with Distribution Media Format (DMF) Equation Editor Lotus cc:Mail or Lotus Notes Field Codes: Bookmark and REF Fields Using Word 6.0 or Word 2.0 Templates with Word for Windows 95 Using Foreign Language Proofing Tools with Word for Windows 95 Using Microsoft Bookshelf 1994 with Word for Windows 95 WordMail Information ODBC Not Included with Word for Windows 95 Windows 95 for Pen Computing Updates to Getting Results with Microsoft Word for Windows 95[Setup Information] When you install Word, the Setup program will not be installed on your hard disk drive. [Word for Windows 95 default setup options] To find out what is contained in the Typical installation of Word for Windows 95, choose the Custom option in Setup and look at the default settings. These defaults are what is included in the Typical installation. The following are some of the options that are not installed when you perform a Typical installation of Word:
Equation Editor EPS graphics filter GIF filter WordArt Find All Word Forms (in the Edit Find/Replace dialog) Some templates and Wizards including the Pleading Wizard and the Newsletter Wizard ClipartIf you would like to use these options, choose Custom setup rather than Typical and check the appropriate boxes for additional items. [Installing an UPGRADE version of Word for Windows 95] An installed copy, or the first installation disk, for one of the following Word Processing packages or office suites is required in order to install the Upgrade version of Word for Windows 95.
Ami Pro 1.0, 1.01, 1.1, 1.1B, 1.2, 2.0, 3.0, 3.01 for Win Display Write for DOS 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 2.1 First Choice for DOS 1.01 Legacy for Windows 1.0 Lotus Manusc for DOS 1.0 Lotus Manusc for DOS 2.1 Mass 11 6C Multimate 1.0, 4.0 Multimate for DOS 1.0, 3.3, 3.6, 4.0 Prof Write+ for Windows 1.0 ProfWrite for DOS 1.0 Q&A for DOS 1.0 Samna Word for DOS IV Sprint for Windows 1.01 Volks W III for DOS 1.0 Word for Dos 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 Word for Windows 1.0, 1.1, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0c WordPerfect 5.1, 6.0, 6.0A Win WordPerfect* 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2 DOS Wordstar 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 for Windows Wordstar 2000 for DOS 3.0, 3.5, 6.0 Wordstar for DOS 1.0, 1.5, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0, 7.0 Upgrade Wordstar Pro for DOS 1.0, 4.0 XyWriteIII+ for DOS 3.06, 3.52, 3.56 Word Perfect 6.1 Ami Pro 3.1 Smart Suite Perfect Office Borland Office Microsoft Works (all versions) Microsoft Office (all versions)[Setup on Windows NT 3.51 (or later)] If you are installing on Windows NT 3.51, you will need to obtain an updated version of an NT 3.51 system file named WINSRV.DLL. This is contained in Service Pack 1 and later for NT 3.51. The Service Pack also addresses some issues with the Help on Windows NT 3.51 and contains other enhancements. This file can be obtained by: For Internet Access:
ftp ftp.microsoft.com logon anonymous cd bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/nt351 bin get <Latest Service Pack for NT 3.51>[Macro Virus Protection] Word now provides protection against Word macro viruses. If you open a document that contains macros or customizations Word will display the Macro Virus Protection prompt. The prompt gives you the choice to open the document with or without macros and customizations. By default Word will recommend that you open the document without macros and customizations as this is the safest option. You may notice that the file is opened as Read Only when you open the document. This is to prevent someone from saving back on top of the original document, which would eliminate the macros. You can save the document using Save As, which will give you a copy of the original, without macros and customizations. If you need the macros and customizations to work then you need to say "No" in the Macro Virus Protection dialog. This is not the default and is not recommended unless you are absolutely certain that the document is safe. We do not prompt if you open or start a new document from anywhere in the templates folder. Do not place documents or templates in your templates or workgroup templates folders unless you are absolutely certain that they do not contain a virus. We recommend that you scan your templates folders regularly with a third party virus detection program that is capable of detecting Word macro viruses. To see where these folders are located see the User Templates and Workgroup Templates paths values (File Locations tab, Options dialog box, Tools menu). To turn off the Macro Virus Protection prompt, clear the Enable Macro Virus Protection checkbox (General tab, Options dialog box, Tools menu). We do not recommend that you disable this option. Word will not detect if you are currently infected by a virus. Word will also not find viruses that may be present on your machine. We will only detect if you are about to open a document that contains a macro, which could be a virus. To Scan for existing viruses you need to get a third party virus scanning program. [Macro Virus Protection and ScanProt: How to remove ScanProt] If you have installed ScanProt on your machine you will see two prompts in some situations. Unless you have a specific need to use ScanProt instead of the new Macro Virus Protection feature you should remove ScanProt. To remove ScanProt you need to do the following: Choose Macro from the Tools menu. Select the AutoExit macro and press the Delete button. Repeat this procedure to also delete the following macros: FileOpen, ShellOpen, and InstVer. This will remove ScanProt from your system in favor of the built-in virus protection in Word. [Using Help on Windows NT 3.51 Without Service Pack 1 or later] If the Answer Wizard is launched from the Help menu when a Help topic or Help dialog is open, Help may not function. When you are working in a Visual Basic Module in Microsoft Excel, you may not be able to use context sensitive Help. To use Help in a module, use the Answer Wizard or the online Help index. [WordBasic Errors with Word 6.0 Add-ins and Macros] Note: This information is from the Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q132214. For information about accessing the Microsoft Knowledge Base via the Internet, see "Connect to Microsoft technical resources" in online Help. When you start Word, open a file or save a file, or run a macro or wizard designed for Word 2.0 or 6.0 in Word for Windows 95, you may get the following error message:
WordBasic Err= 582, Unable to load specified library
or
WordBasic Err= 543, Unable to load specified library
or
WordBasic Error = : Invalid library
Note: This problem does not occur in versions of Word earlier than Word for
Windows 95 running under Windows 95.
Macros, wizards, templates, or add-ins that worked in earlier versions of Word may not run in Word for Windows 95 because they were designed to run on 16-bit Windows 3.x. Because Word for Windows 95 is a 32-bit application, it cannot run 16-bit Windows system libraries. To troubleshoot this problem: A. If you receive this error message when starting Word or opening a new file, the following instructions may help you locate the source of the problem:
B. If you are using a wizard or macro supplied with Word 6.0 when this error message occurs, you may be able to use a similar wizard or macro that comes with Word 7.0.:
Word 6.0 Word 7.0 Equivalent
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Fax.wiz Fax Wizard.wiz
Professional Fax.dot
Contemporary Fax.dot
Letter.wiz Letter Wizard.wiz
Professional Letter.dot
Contemporary Letter.dot
Memo.wiz Memo Wizard.wiz
Contemporary Memo.dot
Elegant Memo.dot
Professional Memo.dot
Agenda.wiz Agenda Wizard.wiz
Award.wiz Award Wizard.wiz
Calendar.wiz Calendar Wizard.wiz
Newsletter.wiz Newslttr Wizard.wiz
Pleading.wiz Pleading Wizard.wiz
Resume.wiz Resume Wizard.wiz
Table.wiz Table Wizard.wiz
PrnSel2File SaveSelectionToTextFile in Macros7.dot
FontSampleGenerator (same name) in Macros7.dot
PrintableCharacters (same name) in Layout7.dot
BatchConversion (same name) in Convert7.dot
EditConversionOptions (same name) in Convert7.dot
MindBender (same name) in Macros7.dot
AccessExporter (same name) in Tables7.dot
C. The following list of common add-ins have produced the error message
described above. If you are using one of these, contact the vendor for an
updated version:
Alki Sofware's MasterWord Woody Leonhard's "WOPR" package Microsoft Bookshelf 94 integration Microsoft Internet Assistant 1.0 Norton's File Assistant Norton DesktopThe third-party products included here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability. D. If you are using a custom macro that contains any of the following commands, you will receive the error message described above:
FindWindow CreateWindow GetActiveWindow GetModuleHandle SendMessage ShellExecuteFor more information about rewriting 16-bit macros using the equivalent 32- bit API calls, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q120767 TITLE : Porting WordBasic Macros to Word for Windows NT[Removing Earlier Word Version's Help Files From Path statement] On a machine with both Word 95 and a previous version of Word, Word 95 may load the previous version's Help files. To correct this, edit the Path statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT to remove the reference to the previous version's directory location. [Using Disks with Distribution Media Format (DMF)] With the exception of the Setup disk (Disk 1), your Word disks use a new format called DMF (Distribution Media Format). DMF increases the capacity of a 3.5-inch floppy disk, which reduces the number of disks needed to install your application and speeds up installation. Because DMF is a new format, many existing utilities such as Norton Disk Doctor, Microsoft ScanDisk, MS-DOS DiskCopy, and Microsoft Windows Copy Disk do not recognize DMF. You should NOT use disk utilities to examine a DMF formatted disk, as these utilities can corrupt the DMF disk. You cannot copy DMF formatted disks using MS-DOS DiskCopy or Microsoft Windows Copy Disk ( If you want to copy files from the Setup disks, see "Extracting Files from DMF Disks," later in this file.). Windows 95, Windows 3.1 (or later), and Windows NT 3.5 (or later) support DMF. If there is a chance that your system has a virus, you should run a recently updated virus detection utility such as F-prot before installing Word for Windows 95. Otherwise Disk 2 and higher may become infected with the virus. Extracting Files from DMF Disks If you need to copy the Word disks onto a network server or other permanent storage drive, you may use the copy switch (/C) with the EXTRACT.EXE utility on Disk 1 to copy the Word installation files to the target location. For example, after creating a directory called C:\DISKS on your hard disk drive for the Word files, copy all the files on Disk 1 to that directory. (Since Disk 1 does not use DMF, you can use the standard MS-DOS Copy command, COPY A:\*.* C:\DISKS.) Switch to drive A and type the following command to copy the rest of the disks to the directory C:\DISKS:
FOR %I IN (*.*) DO C:\DISKS\EXTRACT /C A:\%I C:\DISKS\%IA cabinet (.CAB) file includes many files stored as a single file. If you need only a single file that is contained in one of the cabinet files, you may search for it using the /D switch with EXTRACT.EXE. Once you find the file, you can use EXTRACT.EXE again to copy the file to the desired location. You can also type EXTRACT /? to get help on the EXTRACT command options. Here are some examples of how to use the EXTRACT command to find files. To list all files in a cabinet file:
EXTRACT /D A:\<cabinet filename>To list all EXE files in a cabinet file:
EXTRACT /D A:\<cabinet filename> *.EXEHere are some examples of how to use EXTRACT to copy a single file out of a cabinet file. To extract ANY.EXE to the current directory:
EXTRACT A:\<cabinet filename> ANY.EXETo extract ANY.EXE to C:\OFFICE:
EXTRACT A:\<cabinet filename> /L C:\OFFICE ANY.EXE[Equation Editor] MathType is a trademark of Design Science, Inc. Equation Editor 2.0, a special version of the MathType equation editor from Design Science, Inc., is customized for use with Microsoft applications, such as Microsoft Word for Windows 95. If you work a lot with equations, you may find that the extended version of Equation Editor is better suited to your needs. This version includes customizable palettes, a macro feature, advanced formatting based on tabs, a TeX interface, and the capability for saving equations as either encapsulated PostScript (EPS) or PICT files. For further information about MathType, contact Design Science:
Design Science, Inc. 4028 Broadway Long Beach, CA 90803 Tel. (800) 827-0685 (toll-free in US and Canada) (310) 433-0685 Fax (310) 433-6969 Email: mtsales@mathtype.com WWW: http://www.mathtype.com/mathtype/International versions are available - contact Design Science for a list of international distributors. [Lotus cc:Mail or Lotus Notes] Word supports Vendor Independent Messaging (VIM) 1.0, which means that you can use the Send and Add/Edit Routing Slip commands (File menu) in Word to send or route Word documents with mail applications such as Lotus cc:Mail that support VIM 1.0. Lotus cc:Mail 1.11 users may get VIM support files from Lotus. In order for Word to use VIM mail applications the DOS PATH command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file must include the directory in which the mail application's VIM support files are stored. If the PATH does not include the directory containing the VIM support files then setup will not install VIM support for Word and Word will not function correctly when sending mail. The Word support files for VIM 1.0 are called MAPIVI32.DLL and MAPIVITK.DLL, and both are installed in the System subdirectory of the Windows program directory. There are known problems with Lotus Notes 3.3 TCP/IP network protocol support which are being addressed in a future version of Lotus Notes. These problems will prevent Word from sending mail through the current versions of 16 bit Lotus Notes when Lotus Notes is using TCP/IP as its network protocol. Using a protocol other than TCP/IP solves the problem. [Field Codes: Bookmark and REF Fields] The Help topic "Field Codes: Bookmark and Ref Fields" is incomplete. You must use the REF field when using the field switches \f and \n. The example in the description of the \f field switch should be { REF Footnote1 \f } where "Footnote1" is the bookmark marking the footnote reference mark of footnote 1. [Using Word 6.0 or Word 2.0 Templates with Word for Windows 95] When you install Word for Windows 95, you will find that your old templates will now appear in the File New dialog box under either the"Shortcut to Old" or the "Shortcut to Workgroup" tabs. During installation, Setup locates both your user and workgroup templates' locations and creates a shortcut folder for each location. The shortcuts are stored in the Office Templates folder, usually c:\MSOFFICE\TEMPLATES. If Setup does not find a workgroup templates location, no shortcut folder will be created for it. Example:
c:\WINWORD\TEMPLATE --> C:\MSOFFICE\TEMPLATES\shortcut to old \\USER\WORKGRP\TEMPLATE --> c:\MSOFFICE\TEMPLATES\shortcut to workgroupTo use your old templates you can simply choose New from the File menu, click on either the "Shortcut to Old" or "Shortcut to Workgroup" tab, then choose your template name from the list of available templates. To rename the File New tabs that point to your previous templates, use the Windows Explorer to locate the "Shortcut to Old" or "Shortcut toWorkgroup" folder and click once on the folder name. You can then type in a new name which will appear as the name of the tab in the File Newdialog. CAUTION: Deleting your previous templates directory will delete your previous templates. To best preserve your particular configuration Setup does not copy or move your previous templates from their original location to the Office templates directory. Be sure to copy or move your previous templates before deleting the original directory. [Using Foreign Language Proofing Tools with Word for Windows 95] Supplemental Foreign language proofing tools purchased for use with Word 6.0 will work with Word for Windows 95. However, when you proof a document that has foreign language formatting in Word for Windows 95, Word may not be able to locate the foreign language dictionary file. If you encounter this problem, copy or move the foreign language dictionary file indicated in the error message to the following folder: \Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof. In most cases, the indicated file will be located in the folder: \windows\msapps\proof. To acquire additional language dictionaries, contact:
Alki Software Corporation 300 Queen Anne Ave. N., Suite 410 Seattle, WA 98109 Phone: (206) 286-2600 Fax: (206) 286-2785 Support: (206) 286-2780 Orders: (800) NOW-WORD (669-9673)[Using Microsoft Bookshelf 1994 with Word for Windows 95] The Microsoft Bookshelf 1994 integration tools used in Word 6.0 will not work with Word for Windows 95. If you wish to use these products together, you should install the Bookshelf Quickshelf toolbar. Bookshelf 1995 will have enhanced Word integration features. Contact your local reseller or call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at 1-800-426-9400 forinformation about obtaining the updated version of Bookshelf. [WordMail Information] By default WordMail uses the EMAIL template for composing and editing notes. This template is located in your Word templates directory, usually C:\MSOFFICE\WINWORD. You can customize toolbars, menus, and boilerplate text in the EMAIL template by opening it in Word and modifying it as you would any other Word template. You can switch your default email editor from WordMail to the Exchange editor by choosing Compose, WordMail Options and checking or clearing the "Enable Word as Email Editor" check box. Please note that WordMail requires 12 MB RAM. Using WordMail on systems with less memory will result in poor performance. [ODBC Not Included with Word for Windows 95] The Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) files that provide easy access to databases created by programs like Microsoft Access, SQL Server, and Paradox, are not included with standalone Word for Windows 95. Access to dBASE or FoxPro files is provided by the dBASE converter you can install via the Custom setup option. Word can use the 32-bit ODBC files included with Word for Windows 95 and Microsoft Access for Windows 95. You can also obtain the 32-bit ODBC Drivers Application Note from Microsoft Product Support Services. For more information on obtaining this application note refer to the Supplemental Offers Coupon included in this package. [Windows 95 for Pen Computing] Support for Windows 95 for Pen Computing is implemented in Word for Windows 95a. [Updates to Getting Results with Microsoft Office for Windows 95] The following are changes that occurred after the book went to press. The page numbers listed are those in the Getting Results with Microsoft Office for Windows 95. For those who purchased Word as a separate package, the page number is in parentheses. Graphics filters licensed from Henderson Software, Inc., are not part of the product and should not be on the copyright page. Pages 27 and 29 (pages 8 and 10): The correct online location of the Network Install Readme is in the Getting Help section of the Word online Help table of contents. Page 28 (page 9): The name of the Remove button has been changed to the Add/Remove button. Therefore, step 5 should read, "Click the Office application (click Word), and click the Add/Remove button. Page 29 (page 10) The correct procedure for starting Word is "click the Start button, click Programs, and then click Word." Page 126: The instructions for starting the Memo Wizard should read, "Click the Memos tab, and then double-click the Memo Wizard." (This is correct in Getting Results with Microsoft Word for Windows 95.) Page 538: The reference to the AutoText toolbar button is incorrect. Instead, you need to click AutoText (Edit menu) to insert AutoText entries. To learn how to add AutoText (or other tools) to a toolbar, see page 503. (This is correct in Getting Results with Microsoft Word for Windows 95.)
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