Microsoft KB Archive/68396

Word 5.50: Using Thesaurus on Dual Drive System

PSS ID Number: Q68396 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

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When running Word version 5.50 on a dual floppy configuration, the following steps are required to use Word’s thesaurus:

With the cursor positioned on the word to look up, do the following:

  From the Utilities menu, choose Thesaurus.   The following prompt will appear: The file was not found. Insert the disk containing THES-AM.LEX Insert the Thesaurus disk (5.25-inch) or Thesaurus/Utilities disk (3.5-inch) in drive A.   You may be prompted to insert the Spell disk. This prompt will occur if the SPELL.OVL file is not found on the Thesaurus disk (see below).   Word will again prompt for the disk containing the THES-AM.LEX file. Once inserted, the Thesaurus dialog box will appear with available synonyms for the selected word. 

You can avoid step 3 if you copy the SPELL.OVL file on the Spell disk to the Thesaurus disk (the disk containing THES-AM.LEX). Dual floppy users with disk capacity greater than 400K should be able to include both THES-AM.LEX and SPELL.OVL on one disk. You may need to move files that are not used on a regular basis to allow space for the SPELL.OVL file.

The following files may not be used on a regular basis:

Filename Description ——– ———–

MAKEVID.EXE Used to manually create SCREEN.VID (screen driver) files for Word CAPTURE.COM Screen capture program MACROCNV.EXE Macro converter for converting Word 5.00 macros to Word 5.50 MSD.EXE Microsoft system diagnostic tool for reporting system configuration information

Note: The above files may not be needed for daily operation of the Word program and can be moved to another disk. Approximately 80K of free disk space is needed to copy SPELL.OVL to the Thesaurus disk.

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