Prompt for Summary Info Doesn't Display After Installing IA

ID: Q129610

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0, 1.0z
Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

After you install Internet Assistant, the Prompt For Summary Info dialog box does not appear when you save a document based on the Normal template.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Assistant for Word, versions 1.0 and 1.0z. This problem was corrected in Internet Assistant version 2.0 for Word for Windows 95.

WORKAROUNDS

Method 1: Before you save the document, choose Summary Info from the File menu. After typing your summary information, choose OK, and then save your document.

Method 2: Create the following macro, which will prompt you to fill in the Summary Info and will then save the document. If you name the macro FileSaveAs and store it in your Normal template, it will run instead of Word's FileSaveAs command.


          Sub Main
            Dim dlg As FileSummaryInfo
            GetCurValues dlg
            n = Dialog(dlg)
            If n = - 1 Then FileSummaryInfo dlg
            FileSaveAs
          End Sub

WARNING: ANY USE BY YOU OF THE CODE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Microsoft provides this macro code "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

Method 3: Start Word with the /a switch. To do this, in Program Manager, modify the command line properties of the Microsoft Word icon so that the command line looks something like this:

c:\winword\winword.exe /a

The drawback to this method is that your default NORMAL.DOT template will not be loaded, and you will not have access to the following items that you created: macros, toolbars, shortcut key assignments, styles, AutoText, and AutoCorrect entries.

Note: Disabling the WORDHTML.WLL file (by choosing Templates from the File menu) does not restore the Prompt For Summary Info dialog box. To restore normal Word functionality, quit Word, remove the /a switch from the command line of the Word icon, and then restart Word.

Method 4: Temporarily remove the WORDHTML.WLL file from the <WINWORD>\STARTUP subdirectory. This does not have the same drawback as Method 3; however, to use Internet Assistant, you must return the WORDHTML.WLL file to the <WINWORD>\STARTUP directory and restart Word.

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Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.0z,6.0a,6.0c,7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
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