Microsoft KB Archive/139134

= Contents of the Readme.txt from the Office Small Business Pack =

Article ID: Q139134

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office Small Business Pack for Windows 95, version 1.0
 * Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY
The following is the contents of the Microsoft Office Small Business Pack for Windows 95 Readme.txt located on the root directory of Disk 1.

MORE INFORMATION
RELEASE NOTES FOR MICROSOFT SMALL BUSINESS PACK FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE 95

This document contains information that supplements the Small Business Pack online documentation. If you open this document in Notepad, most of the text will print with correct line breaks if you first set both the left and right margins to 0.75 inch or smaller.

CONTENTS

1. Before Using the Business Database 2. Printing Larger Documents to PostScript Printers 3. Viewing and Printing Tab Leaders 4. Viewing Cell Notes in Workbooks 5. Printing Charts 6. Automatic Calculation 7. Business Analyzer, Microsoft Mail, and Microsoft Word 8. Running Under the NT Operating System 9. Partitioned and Multiple Hard Drives

1. BEFORE USING THE BUSINESS DATABASE
EXITING YOUR DATABASE: Always exit the database by choosing the Exit button on the Business Database toolbar. If you choose Exit from the File menu or use the Control-menu box, the Business Database may not update your last transaction.

OPENING AND PRINTING FORMS IN YOUR DATABASE: Always open the Small Business Pack forms and reports from either the Small Business Pack toolbar or the Small Business Pack Help. Opening multiple forms from the Forms window in Access can deplete system resources, resulting in degraded performance or errors.

Before printing forms or reports, complete all fields on the form; otherwise, what you've printed may not match the state of the database.

2. PRINTING LARGER DOCUMENTS TO POSTSCRIPT PRINTERS
The Small Business Pack Business Plan requires substantial PostScript printer memory (more than 1 MB) to print completely. If you try to print but your printer has too little memory, the print job may fail unpredictably--- usually with a PostScript error after a few pages print successfully. To avoid this failure, try printing a few pages at a time.

The entire document will print correctly to a PCL-compatible printer. If a PCL printer is available, print to it. If you must print to a PostScript printer, try using a generic PostScript printer driver (e.g., PSCRIPT.DRV) provided with your Windows system.

You can verify the memory actually available in your printer at least two ways: --Choose the Device Options tab in the Properties dialog

box for your printer --Print a printer test page, which may include this

information. For instructions, refer to the manufacturer's manual.

3. VIEWING AND PRINTING TAB LEADERS
If your document contains tab leaders, they may display and print in slightly different locations. If this happens with your document, you should switch to spaces for tab leaders before printing.

4. VIEWING CELL NOTES IN WORKBOOKS
To view cell notes in Excel workbooks, choose Options on the Tools menu, and make sure you have chosen the Note Indicator on the View tab.

5. PRINTING CHARTS
Some charts may display properly, yet print incorrectly. For example, a chart may print to two pages, instead of the expected one page. If this happens with your printer, you should adjust the scaling factor in Page Setup before printing.

6. AUTOMATIC CALCULATION
Some of the Small Business Pack Excel templates calculate totals automatically. To ensure this calculation is performed correctly, choose Options from the Tools menu, and select Automatic on the Calculation tab.

7. BUSINESS ANALYZER, MICROSOFT MAIL, AND MICROSOFT WORD
If you want to see the Narrative Report, you should first close all mail messages that have been opened by Microsoft Word, if any. Then, press the Narrative Report button.

8. RUNNING UNDER THE NT OPERATING SYSTEM
The contents of the Small Business Pack are fully functional. You may use all templates and databases with the Office applications, and learn about them and their associated educational content with the Help system. However, access to the product's features from the Office shortcut bar will not be complete. Also, you will not be able to run applications from within Help.

The following table locates the product's features. To use a feature, use either the "Start a New Document" or "Open a Document" Office feature, then find the document you want in its location described below. Note: if you installed Office to a directory other than Msoffice, you will need to substitute the correct name.

Location                                  File name Msoffice\Small Business Pack              Sbpdata.Mdb Msoffice\Small Business Pack              Sbpforms.Mdb Msoffice\Small Business Pack              Sbpsampl.Mdb Msoffice\Templates\Letters & Faxes        Business Fax Cover.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Letters & Faxes        Business Letterhead.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Memos                  Business Memo.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Other Documents        Account Statement.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Other Documents        Business Plan Document.Doc Msoffice\Templates\Other Documents        Business Plan Workbook.Xls Msoffice\Templates\Other Documents        Estimate.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Other Documents        Product Fact Sheet.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Other Documents        Purchase Requisition.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Other Documents        Sample Business Plan.Doc Msoffice\Templates\Presentation Designs   Business Plan Presentation.Ppt Msoffice\Templates\Presentation Designs   French Motif.Pot Msoffice\Templates\Presentation Designs   Mini-Blinds.Pot Msoffice\Templates\Presentation Designs   Red Dots With Teal And Black.Pot Msoffice\Templates\Presentation Designs   Shout.Pot Msoffice\Templates\Presentation Designs   Squares.Pot Msoffice\Templates\Publications           Business Brochure.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Publications           Business Newsletter.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Publications           Business Press Release.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Publications           Mailing Label Addresses.Doc Msoffice\Templates\Publications           Mailing Label.Doc Msoffice\Templates\Publications           Postcard Back.Doc Msoffice\Templates\Publications           Postcard Front.Doc Msoffice\Templates\Reports                Business Report.Dot Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  5-Year Projection.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Accounts Payable.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Accounts Receivable.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Balance Sheet.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Business Analyzer.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Business Invoice.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Cash Flow Projection.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Direct Marketing Analysis.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Employee Timesheet.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Equipment Inventory.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Expense Budget.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Expense Report.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Financial Calculator.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Financial Comparison.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Income Statement.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Investment Record.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Leasing Wizard.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Pro Forma Income Statement.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Product Sales Goals.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Product Sales Projections.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Request For Quotation.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Services Estimate.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Statement Of Net Worth.Xlt Msoffice\Templates\Spreadsheet Solutions  Statistics Calculator.Xlt

9. PARTITIONED AND MULTIPLE HARD DRIVES
The Office Small Business Pack will not support partitioned drives or systems with multiple hard drives. Here is a summary of conditions and suggestions:

I. If you have installed Office 95 on Drive C: and Small

Business Pack on Drive D:

When you attempt to launch any of the Word, Excel or  PowerPoint templates, you may receive an error, "Cannot Find or Run the file or program  \mydocu~1\ \ ". The path is always displayed in 8.3 file format.

WORKAROUNDS ===========

1) Access the templates through the following Small        Business Pack folder shortcuts on the Office Shortcut bar:

Financial Management Marketing Operations Planning Sales

2) Launch one of the Access databases from the help file        in the following help path from the Small Business Pack         toolbar:

a) Click on the Small Business Pack Help button on the           Small Business Pack toolbar         b) Choose the Answer Wizard tab and type in "Job Listings" without the quotes. c) Choose the "Search" button and then select "Job Listings"           from the help topics list.         d) Choose the "To Open the Job Listings form now, click            " in this help screen. e) Once the database launches and asks the user to Attach           a database, choose Close to close the database.         f) Now the template links should work. For example, if           you choose the Small Business Pack Help button, Contents tab, choose "Using the Documents", choose Financial, choose Accounts Payable, then choose the link button at           the bottom, the link should now work. II. If you have installed both Office 95 and Small Business Pack on

Drive D:

You will not immediately get the error, "Cannot Find or Run the   file or program \mydocu~1\ \ " when attempting to open the templates via the links in the help file. However, you will eventually run into this error message and then none of the help links to the Word, Excel or PowerPoint templates will work. The Access links will work but you will need to   reinstall the Small Business Pack to get the links to work again for the templates.

WORKAROUNDS ===========

1) Access the templates through the following Small         Business Pack folder shortcuts on the Office Shortcut bar:

Financial Management Marketing Operations Planning Sales

2) Start the Small Business Pack setup and choose the         "Remove All" option to remove the Small Business Pack.          Then, restart setup and reinstall. However, this may not          permanently remove the problem and it may appear again later.          See Workaround (1) above. III. If you have installed Office 95 on Drive D: and Small

Business Pack on Drive C:

When you attempt to launch any of the Word, Excel or    PowerPoint templates from the help file or Answer Wizard, you will get an error, "Cannot Find or Run the file or    program /mydocu~1/ / ". The path is    always displayed in 8.3 file format. For example, you may see an error message like this:

"Cannot find or run the file or program    /mydocu~1/financ~1/accoun~1.lnk"

WORKAROUND ==========

Start the Small Business Pack setup and choose the "Remove All" option to remove the Small Business Pack. Then, restart setup and reinstall. However, this may not permanently remove the problem and it may appear again later. See Workaround II, (1) above. KBCategory: kbref kbreadme KBSubcategory: offwin

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