Microsoft KB Archive/159924

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Article ID: Q159924

The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY
Wdread8.txt is a text file that contains supplemental information about installing and using Microsoft Word 97 for Windows. The "More Information" section of this article contains the complete text of this file, which is located in the Office folder on your Microsoft Office 97 or Microsoft Word 97 CD-ROM. It is also located in the Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office folder on your hard drive after you install Microsoft Word 97 on your computer.

MORE INFORMATION
MICROSOFT WORD 97 README FILE

(c) 1996 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

This document provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the Microsoft Word 97 documentation. If you installed Microsoft Word 97 with Microsoft Office 97, see also the Microsoft Office 97 readme file (OfRead8.txt) for information that is relevant to all Microsoft Office 97 products.

CONTENTS

INSTALLING MICROSOFT WORD 97 IMPORTANT: Disable Virus Protection Before Running Setup Minimum System Requirements for Microsoft Word 97 Requirements for Microsoft Word 97 with Windows NT        Workstation 4.0 Using Punctuation Characters in Directory Names May Cause Problems Microsoft Plus! Themes Patch MICROSOFT WORD 97 HELP AND GETTING RESULTS BOOK Help Topics Graphics Don't Print Clearly Correction to Getting Results Book WORKING WITH DOCUMENTS Missing Characters when Opening Macintosh and Multilingual Documents Cannot Edit a Word Document Embedded Object in Word 95 Cannot Edit an Embedded Object Created in a Word 95 Document After Saving in Word 97 Cannot Undo Edit After Attaching a Template Mail Merge Errors in Microsoft Word 97 with Comma Separated Values or Tab Separated Values Files Exported from Microsoft Outlook 97 WORKING WITH E-MAIL Using WordMail Templates Turning Off Word as E-mail Editor in Microsoft Exchange Vendor Independent Messaging (VIM) Not Supported on Windows NT        Workstation MICROSOFT OFFICE 97 VALUPACK Microsoft Office 97 ValuPack Setup May Not Be Successful Without Administrative Permissions Microsoft Office 97 Sounds Don't Work with Windows NT        Workstation 3.51 Sharing Microsoft Word 97 Files with Earlier Versions of        Microsoft Word PRINTING Solutions for Printing Drawing Objects MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS Changes to Code Examples InsertSymbol Method Has a Fourth Argument RevisedLinesColor Property Reload Method Not Available MsgBox Function ReSize Event MICROSOFT FORMS 2.0: ISSUES AND DOCUMENTATION CHANGES Methods Controls Events Properties Other Known Issues

IMPORTANT: Disable Virus Protection Before Running Setup
Some virus protection programs, such as VSafe.com and Norton Anti-Virus Autoprotect, can interfere with the Microsoft Word 97 Setup program. If you use a virus protection program on your computer, please disable it before running Setup. (You can re-enable the virus protection program after Setup is complete.) Note: If your virus-detection program starts automatically when you start Windows, you can disable it by restarting Windows while holding down the SHIFT key.

Minimum System Requirements for Microsoft Word 97
To use Microsoft Word 97, you need:


 * Personal or Multimedia computer with a 486 or higher processor.
 * Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or Windows NT Workstation 3.51 with Service Pack 5 or later (will not run on earlier versions).
 * 8 MB of memory for use on Windows; 16 MB of memory for use on Windows NT Workstation.
 * 20-60 MB of hard disk space required; 46 MB required for typical installation, depending on configuration (use the Office Upgrade Wizard during Setup to maximize free disk space).
 * CD-ROM drive (coupon enclosed for 3.5-inch high-density disks; CD-ROM contains additional components such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, extra clip art, fonts, video files, and sounds not available on 3.5-inch disks).
 * VGA or higher-resolution video adapter (Super VGA, 256-color recommended).
 * Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device.

Additional items or services required to use certain features:
 * 9600 or higher-baud modem (14,400 baud recommended).
 * Multimedia computer required to access sound and other multimedia effects.
 * Microsoft Exchange Client or Microsoft Outlook required to run

WordMail. If you use Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Exchange Service Pack 3 (SP3) is required. 8 MB of additional memory required to run WordMail. Some Internet functionality may require Internet access and payment of a  separate fee to a service provider.

Requirements for Microsoft Word 97 with Windows NT Workstation 4.0
To use Microsoft Word 97 with Windows NT Workstation 4.0, you must install Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later.

Using Punctuation Characters in Directory Names May Cause Problems
If the name of the directory you install Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Excel 97, Microsoft Outlook 97, Microsoft PowerPoint 97, or Microsoft Word 97 into includes a comma, single quotation mark ('), or exclamation point (!), you may have problems when you use the programs. To avoid problems, use the default directory or use only letters and numbers in directory names.

Microsoft Plus! Themes Patch
The Themes switcher installed with Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95 is not compatible with the new JPEG graphics filter installed with Word 97 or Office 97. If you previously installed Themes from the Plus! Pack for Windows 95, and you installed the JPEG graphics filter with Word 97 or Office 97, you can upgrade your existing Themes program by getting the Microsoft Plus! Themes Patch file from the ValuPack\Patch folder on the Office 97 CD-ROM or on the network you installed Office from. If you didn't install Office 97 from a CD-ROM and you have access to the World Wide Web, point to Microsoft On The Web (Help menu) in any Office program, and then click Free Stuff.

When you have located the Themes.exe patch file, perform the following steps to upgrade your existing Themes program.

1. Locate the folder on your hard disk that contains the program file

Themes.exe. If you installed Plus! in the default location, then the file Themes.exe is located in \Program Files\Plus!.

- In Windows 95, click the Windows Start button, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders. Search for the file Themes.exe on your hard disk.

- In Windows NT Workstation, click Search on the File menu in File Manager, and then search for the file Themes.exe. 2. Delete the file Themes.exe from your hard disk. 3. Copy the Themes.exe patch file from the Office 97 CD-ROM (or that

you downloaded from the Web) to the folder on your hard disk that  contained the file Themes.exe.

Help Topics Graphics Don't Print Clearly
When you print a Help topic that contains a graphic, the graphic may not print clearly. In particular, this occurs when you print a topic with gray-scale colors using a printer driver that does not have options to control dithering.

Correction to Getting Results Book
On page 218, "Click Scrolling Text (Format menu)" should be "Click Scrolling Text (Insert menu)".

Missing Characters when Opening Macintosh and Multilingual Documents
When you open a Macintosh or multilingual document, some of the characters in the document may be missing. This occurs if you share Macintosh files that use Chicago, Geneva, or Monaco fonts (these fonts are converted to Arial, Courier New, or Times New Roman True Type fonts in Windows), or if you share multilingual files that use Arial, Courier New, or Times New Roman TrueType fonts, because the character may not be available using this font. To make sure all of the characters appear in your converted Macintosh or multilingual documents when the document uses Arial, Courier New, or Times New Roman fonts, install international support for Central Europe, Cyrillic, or Greek using the Windows 95 Setup program by performing the following steps:

1. Click the Windows Start button, point to Settings, and then click

Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3. Click the Windows Setup tab.

4. In the Components box, select the Multilanguage Support check box.

5. Click Details.

6. In the Components box, select the Central Europe, Cyrillic, or Greek

check box. Clear the other check boxes to save hard disk space. Note that if you run Windows NT Workstation 3.5 or later, this problem does not occur because the fonts included in Windows NT Workstation contain support for international and extended characters.

Cannot Edit a Word Document Embedded Object in Word 95
When you insert a Word document as an embedded object in a document in Word 97, save the document in the Word 6.0/95 format or Rich Text Format, and then open the document in Word 95, you may receive the error message "Word cannot edit the object" when you double-click the object to edit it. This occurs because when you save the document created in Word 97 in the Word 6.0/95 format or Rich Text Format, the embedded object is not saved as a Word 95 document object. To edit the object, you must have Word 97 installed on your computer.

in Word 97
If you create an embedded object in a Word 95 document, open the document in Word 97, and then save the document in Word 6.0/95 format or Rich Text Format, the embedded object is updated to a later version of the OLE object server program on the computer running Word 97. If you reopen the document in Word 95 on a computer that does not have Word 97 or Office 97 installed, you may not be able to edit the object.

This can occur with any OLE object, including objects created in Word 97 documents. To see a list of OLE server programs installed on your computer, view the list in the Object dialog box (Insert Menu).

Cannot Undo Edit After Attaching a Template
When you attach a different template to the active document, the Undo command (Edit menu) is not available. This may occur after running a wizard that attaches a template to the active document.

Separated Values Files Exported from Microsoft Outlook 97
When you export a file from Outlook as Comma Separated Values or Tab Separated Values to use in a mail merge in Word, use the Map Custom Fields dialog box in Outlook to select only the fields you want to export for the mail merge. If you don't use the Map Custom Fields dialog box, you may get unexpected results in Word.

Using WordMail Templates
There are six custom e-mail templates and one blank e-mail template you can use when you select Word as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange. (Some Help topics state that there are ten e-mail templates available.)

Turning Off Word as E-mail Editor in Microsoft Exchange
If you do not want to use Word as your e-mail editor in Microsoft Exchange, do the following in Microsoft Exchange:

1. On the Compose menu, click WordMail Options.

2. Clear the Enable Word As E-mail Editor check box.

Vendor Independent Messaging (VIM) Not Supported on Windows NT Workstation
If you use a 16-bit e-mail program compatible with Vendor Independent Messaging (VIM), such as Lotus cc:Mail, on Windows NT Workstation, you are not able to send or route documents.

Administrative Permissions
If you use Windows NT Workstation 3.51 or later, you must be a member of the Administrators group to install some components of the Office 97 ValuPack.

Microsoft Office 97 Sounds Don't Work with Windows NT Workstation 3.51
The Office 97 sounds available in the Microsoft Office 97 ValuPack don't work if you use Windows NT Workstation 3.51, even if the Provide Feedback With Sound check box is selected on the General tab in the Options dialog box (Tools menu) in the Office programs. Note that the sounds available with the Office Assistant do work with Windows NT Workstation 3.51 if you have selected the Make Sounds check box on the Options tab in the Office Assistant dialog box.

Sharing Microsoft Word 97 Files with Earlier Versions of Microsoft Word
The Word 97 file format converter (Wrd97cnv.exe) is available on the Microsoft Word 97 CD-ROM in the ValuPack\Wrd97cnv folder, in addition to the locations mentioned in Microsoft Word 97 Help. For more information about converting Word 97 files, see Microsoft Word 97 Help.

Solutions for Printing Drawing Objects
This section lists workarounds for printer driver and other printing problems.

HP LaserJet series 4 and 5, Windows 95, Microsoft Universal Printer Driver: Several output quality problems may occur. These problems may be corrected by changing the printer settings. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, point to Settings, and then click Printers. Select the printer you are using. On the File menu, click Properties. Click the Graphics tab, and then select the Use Raster Graphics option.

PostScript printing, Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51 and 4.0: Fill effects may not print correctly. The problem may be fixed by upgrading to the latest version of the Microsoft PostScript Driver for Windows NT Workstation 3.51 or 4.0. Download the latest driver from: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/fixes/usa/NT351/ hotfixes-postSP5/pscript-fix.

PostScript printing, Windows 95, Print To File: With some PostScript printers, the file may be sent to the printer rather than to the file. The problem may be fixed by upgrading to the latest PostScript driver based on Adobe PostScript 4.1.

HP LaserJet 5Si, Windows 95: Shapes and WordArt with some fill effects may not print correctly. These problems may be corrected by changing the printer settings. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, point to Settings, and then click Printers. Select the printer you are using. On the File menu, click Properties. Click the Print Quality tab. Under Advanced, click the Settings button, and then select the Raster Graphics And Text option.

HP DeskJet 1600C, Windows 95: Use driver version 4.2 or later. Download the latest driver from: http://www.hp.com/

HP Color LaserJet, Windows 95: Pattern-filled objects may not print correctly. This problem may be fixed by upgrading the driver to version 1.300 or later. Download the latest driver from: http://www.hp.com

HP Color LaserJet PostScript, Windows 95: Objects with pattern fills may appear in black and white rather than in color. The problem may be fixed by upgrading to a driver based on Adobe PostScript 4.1. You can download the latest driver from: http://www.hp.com/

Lexmark Optra R and Optra L Series PostScript, Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51 and 4.0: Gradient-filled objects may print poorly. Contact the Lexmark Technical Support Center for assistance.

Changes to Code Examples
Code examples in Microsoft Word Visual Basic Help (VbaWrd8.hlp) should be changed as follows.

ExitWindows method example -- change the first line to:

Documents.Save NoPrompt:=True, OriginalFormat:=wdOriginalDocumentFormat OutsideLineWidth property example -- change fourth line in the first example to: OutsideLineWidth = wdLineWidth075pt SnapToShapes property example -- change the first example to: Options.SnapToShapes = True DefaultBorderColorIndex Property Example -- change the example to read: ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(1).Borders.Enable = True With Options .DefaultBorderColorIndex = wdRed .DefaultBorderLineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble End With Hyperlinks property example -- change the second line of the third example to: If InStr(LCase(aHyperlink.Address), "microsoft") <> 0 Then MailMergeDataFields collection object -- change the first line in the second example in the topic to: If ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.Type = wdMergeInfoFromWord Then MailMergeFieldNames collection object -- change the first line in the second example in the topic to: If ActiveDocument.MailMerge.DataSource.Type = wdMergeInfoFromWord Then SpellingSuggestion object -- change the second line in the first example in the topic to: MsgBox ActiveDocument.Words(1).GetSpellingSuggestions.Item(1).Name RevisedPropertiesMark property example -- change second example to: temp = Options.RevisedPropertiesMark Dictionary object -- change the first line of the last example in the topic to: Set myspell = Languages(wdEnglishUS).ActiveSpellingDictionary Uniform property example -- change the third line in the first example to: myTable.Cell(3, 3).Split 1,2 Indexes property example -- the second example is not valid and will not work. ChapterPageSeparator property example and HeadingLevelForChapter property example -- change both examples to read:

Documents.Add For i = 1 To 5 With Selection .TypeParagraph .InsertBreak End With Next i  ActiveDocument.Content.Style = wdStyleHeading1 ActiveDocument.Content.ListFormat.ApplyListTemplate _

ListTemplate:=ListGalleries(wdOutlineNumberGallery).ListTemplates(7)

Set myHead = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary) With myHead.PageNumbers .Add PageNumberAlignment:=wdAlignPageNumberCenter .NumberStyle = wdPageNumberStyleArabic .IncludeChapterNumber = True .HeadingLevelForChapter = 0 .ChapterPageSeparator = wdSeparatorEnDash End With SaveAs method -- third example should be replaced with: This example retrieves the SaveFormat property value for the WordPerfect 5.x for Windows converter, and then it uses this value with the SaveAs method.

For Each cnv In Application.FileConverters If cnv.ClassName = "WrdPrfctWin" Then ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:="MyWP.doc", FileFormat:=cnv.SaveFormat End If     Next cnv Points property example and SetPosition method -- example should be changed to: Set myDocument = ActiveDocument With myDocument.Shapes(3).Nodes pointsArray = .Item(2).Points currXvalue = pointsArray(1, 1) currYvalue = pointsArray(1, 2) .SetPosition 2, currXvalue + 200, currYvalue + 300 End With

InsertSymbol Method Has a Fourth Argument
The InsertSymbol method has the following fourth argument, Bias Optional Variant. Sets the font bias for symbols. This argument is useful for setting the correct font bias for characters in Far East versions of Word. Can be one of the following WdFontBias constants: wdFontBiasDefault, wdFontBiasDontCare, or wdFontBiasFareast.

RevisedLinesColor Property
The RevisedLinesColor property has a constant that is not valid: wdByAuthor.

Reload Method Not Available
When you use the Reload method in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro in Microsoft Word 97, the macro may start to run before the reload is completed. You may want to avoid using the Reload method in Word.

MsgBox Function
In addition to the constants listed for the MsgBox function, the following constants are available for use as button argument settings.

Constant           Value              Description -             ---

vbHelp             16384 (&H4000)     Adds a Help button to the message box. Click the Help button or press F1 to generate a Help event.

vbSetForeground    65536 (&H10000)    Places the message box in the foreground and activates it. Keyboard input is directed to the message box.

vbRight            524288 (&H80000)   Right-justifies the text in the message box.

vbRtlReading       1048576 (&H100000) On Hebrew and Arabic systems, shows message and caption text using right-to-left reading order.

ReSize Event
The syntax and remarks for the Resize event should read as follows:

Syntax: Private Sub UserForm_Resize

Remarks: Use a Resize event procedure to move or resize controls when the parent UserForm is resized. You can also use this event procedure to recalculate variables or properties. NOTE: UserForm controls have no Resize event.

MICROSOFT FORMS 2.0: ISSUES AND DOCUMENTATION CHANGES
The following sections describe changes to the documentation for Microsoft Forms 2.0. These changes supersede the contents of the Help file Fm20.hlp. These sections also contain known issues with Microsoft Forms 2.0.

Methods
  Repaint Method: The Repaint method does not return a value. The correct syntax is: Object.Repaint 

Controls

 * CheckBox Control: The initial value of a CheckBox control is False.

The GroupName property can be used with one or more CheckBox controls. Note, however, that the CheckBox controls in a group still operate independently of one another.
 * OptionButton Control: The initial value of an OptionButton control is False.
 * ToggleButton Control: The initial value of a ToggleButton control is False.

Events

 * Click Event: When the user clicks on the active page or tab of a MultiPage or the active tab of a TabStrip, the Click event is

initiated. However, if the MultiPage or TabStrip contains multiple rows of page tabs, the Click event is only initiated for tabs in the foremost row of  pages.

Properties
 AutoTab Property: When this property is True, the TabKeyBehavior property is not in effect. AutoSize Property: Setting the AutoSize property to True adjusts the size of a control to fit the text within it. If you change the text in a control after setting AutoSize to True, you must also set AutoSize to False and then back to True to get the control to resize. DragBehavior Property: fmDragBehaviorEnabled should not be used with MatchRequired = True.  IMEMode Property: The following is a more detailed description of the IMEMode property. IMEMode         Meaning ---         ---

NoControl       The control does not affect the IME.

On              Activates the IME without changing its language or                      other settings.

Off             Turns the IME off without affecting the language or                      other settings. In China, Off also switches the keyboard to non-IME.

Disabled        Makes the IME disappear so that its settings cannot be changed. 

All other values set the IME to a particular language. Controls, such as command buttons, that do not allow typing will disable the IME while they have focus.

Every control makes a copy of the IME state in effect when that control receives focus. When it loses focus, it restores this saved state. This saving and restoring occurs without regard to the value of the IMEMode property of the control. This differs slightly from the example in the Help text.

Each change that a user makes to the IME while a control has focus immediately updates that control's IMEMode property (if it has one).

All controls will accept setting all IME modes without error, but when a mode is not "native" to a locale it will:

a. Not be listed in property sheets in that locale.

b. Have the same effect as a native mode. See below. All modes are native, except: - Disabled is native only in Japan. Elsewhere, it acts like Off.

- In Japan, the Hangul and Hanzi modes are not native. Using them has the same effect as using Hiragana.

- In Korea, the only native modes are NoControl, Hanzi, and Alpha (Full and Half). Off and Disabled have the same effect as Alpha. On, Hiragana, Katakana, and Hanzi have the same effect as Hangul.

- In China, the Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul, and Hanzi modes are not native. Using them has the same effect as HanziFull or Hanzi as      appropriate.

- Everywhere else, the only native mode is "NoControl." All other modes have the effect of "NoControl." List Property: The last sentence of the Help text is not correct. You can use the List property to copy an entire single dimension or multidimensional array of values to a control. ListRows Property: Setting ListRows to 0 shows all the rows in the list.  MatchRequired Property: This property is in effect when the MatchEntry property is set to fmMatchEntryComplete or fmMatchEntryFirstLetter, but is not enforced when MatchEntry is set to fmMatchEntryNone. When the Input Method Editor (IME) is used to process keystrokes, the MatchRequired property does not always ensure that the user types a matching value in a ComboBox.</li> MultiLine Property: When this property is True, the TabKeyBehavior property is not in effect.</li>  ScrollBars Property: Corrections to text are below. - For a single-line control, replace Rule 2 with the following sentence: "When the ScrollBars property is set to      fmScrollBarsHorizontal or fmScrollBarsBoth, the control shows a       horizontal scroll bar if the text is longer than the edit region.       The height of the control will not be changed, so the horizontal       scroll bar may overlap the text in the control." - Ignore Rule 3. - For a MultiLine control, ignore the third bulleted item in Rule 4. </li> ShowDropButtonWhen Property: If AutoSize is True, changing the ShowDropButtonWhen property immediately changes the size of the control based on whether the drop button is visible or hidden.</li> SpecialEffect Property: This property does not apply to the ToggleButton.</li> TabKeyBehavior Property: This property is enforced when AutoTab is</li></ul>

False and MultiLine is True. Value Property: The Value property of the TabStrip is an integer indicating the active tab. Zero indicates the first tab. The maximum value is one less than the number of tabs. Visible Property: You are not allowed to change the Visible property of a control during the Layout event or Enter event. Doing so will cause an error at run time.

Other Known Issues
The Marquee control included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 does not work properly in Microsoft Forms 2.0. This is a known problem that will be fixed in a future release of Internet Explorer.

Calling "Unload Me" during the Enter event of a Microsoft Forms 2.0 CommandButton, OptionButton, or CheckBox may result in an "Out of stack space" error or may cause an "illegal operation" error. The workaround is to call "Unload Me" during the Click event instead.

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