Microsoft KB Archive/230699

= OFF2000: Contents of the Ofread9.txt File =

Article ID: Q230699

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office 2000

SUMMARY
When you install Office, the Ofread9.txt file is copied to the \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office folder on your hard disk by default. If you have not yet installed Office, you can find it in the \PFiles\MSOffice\Office folder on the Office compact disc. This document provides late breaking or other information that is relevant to Office 2000.

The "More Information" section of this article contains the complete text of Ofread9.txt.

MORE INFORMATION
MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 README FILE June 1999 (c) 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document provides late breaking or other information that is relevant to Office 2000, and is current as of the date above. After that date, you may find more current information and resources on the Office Update Web site, available from the Help menu by clicking Office On The Web. Additional information, including network and administration issues, can be found on the Office Resource Kit Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

For further technical information on Office, search Product Support Services' collection of technical information, available on the Support Online Web site at: http://support.microsoft.com/support/

For late breaking information specific to an individual Office 2000 product, see the Readme file for that product. For Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and FrontPage, these files are located on CD 1 in PFFILES\MSOFFICE\OFFICE. For Publisher and Small Business Tools, the file is located at the root of CD2. For PhotoDraw, the file is located at the root of CD3.

After installation, Readme files for Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, and FrontPage are stored in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\1033. For PhotoDraw, the path is: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Setup\PhotoDraw.

The file names are:

WdRead9.txt (Microsoft Word 2000)

XlRead9.txt (Microsoft Excel 2000)

OlRead9.txt (Microsoft Outlook 2000)

PpRead9.txt (Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Standard, Professional, and Premium)

AcRead9.txt (Microsoft Access 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Professional and Premium)

FpRead9.txt and Fpsread9.txt (Microsoft FrontPage 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Premium)

Readme.hlp (Microsoft Publisher 2000 and Microsoft Small Business Tools, both included in Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business, Professional, and Premium)

Readme.wri (Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000, included in Microsoft Office 2000 Premium)

How to Use This Document
To view the Readme file on-screen in Windows Notepad, maximize the Notepad window. On the Edit menu, click Word Wrap. To print the Readme file, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and then use the Print command on the File menu.

CONTENTS
INSTALLING MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 * Minimum System Requirements for Microsoft Office 2000 * Disable Virus Protection Before Running Setup * Using Punctuation Characters in Folder Names During

Setup May Cause Problems
 * Installing Office 2000 on a Network * Prompt for CD Key When Setting Up Office 2000 from

Administrative Installation
 * Unexpected Message During Installation * Installing Office 2000 Without Removing the Beta 2

Build
 * Office 2000 Shortcuts on the Programs Menu Vary

According to Your Operating System WORKING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 * Colors May Not Display Correctly on 256-Color

Monitors WORKING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE WEB COMPONENTS * Editing a Formula in a Cell That Contains a Hyperlink * ASC Worksheet Function Not Supported by the Spreadsheet

Component MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 HELP ISSUES * Obtaining Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing Tools

ISSUES FOR RIGHT-TO-LEFT LANGUAGE FEATURES * Printing Right-to-Left Languages

ISSUES FOR ASIAN LANGUAGE FEATURES * Possible Display Problems When Using Multiple Asian

Fonts ISSUES FOR MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS * Assistant Object * Add Method (CommandBars Collection) * AddOfficeServerSubscription Method (Office Web Server) * FindControls Method * Context Property (CommandBar Object) * Chart Workspace Object Model (Office Web Components) * SelectionChange Event (Office Web Components) * GetValue Method (Office Web Components) * HTMLData Property (Office Web Components) * KeyChar Property (Office Web Components) * RecordsetLabel Property (Office Web Components) * Value Property (Office Web Components) * Default Language for Visual Basic Editor and Microsoft

Script Editor
 * New Properties (VBA) * Use F3 to Find Next Text Occurrence in the Code Window

SCRIPTING, HTML, AND OTHER PROGRAMMING ISSUES * System Event Notification System * HTML Reference Documentation * Internet Explorer Versions and Editing HTML * "Topic Not Found" Topic (Microsoft Script Editor)

________________________________________________________ INSTALLING MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000

Minimum System Requirements for Microsoft Office 2000 For information about Microsoft Office 2000 installation requirements see the Office Resource Kit Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

Disable Virus Protection Before Running Setup Some virus protection programs, such as VSafe.com and Norton AntiVirus AutoProtect, can interfere with the Microsoft Office 2000 Setup program. If you use a virus protection program on your computer, disable it before running Setup. (Don't forget to re-enable the virus protection program after Setup is complete.)

Using Punctuation Characters in Folder Names During Setup May Cause Problems Do not use a comma, single quotation mark ('), or exclamation point (!) in the name of the folder where you install Microsoft Office 2000. It is recommended that you use the default folder or use only letters and numbers in folder names.

Installing Office 2000 on a Network >>>To create an administrative installation point for Office 2000:

1. Create a share on a network server for the

administrative installation point. The network share must have at least 550 megabytes (MB) of available disk space. 2. On a computer running Microsoft Windows 95 or 98 or

Microsoft Windows NT and that has write access to the share, connect to the server share. 3. On the Start menu, click Run, and then click Browse.

4. On Office Disc 1 in the CD-ROM drive, select Setup.exe

and click Open. 5. On the command line following Setup.exe, type

/A DATA1.MSI

and click OK.

For example:

e:\setup.exe /A DATA1.MSI 6. When prompted by Setup, enter the organization name

that you want to define for all users who install Office from this location. 7. When prompted for the installation location, enter

the server and share you created. For additional information about network and administration issues, see the Office Resource Kit Web site at: http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

Prompt for CD Key When Setting Up Office 2000 from Administrative Installation When you set up Office 2000 on your computer from an administrative installation on a server, you might be prompted for a CD Key. This will occur if the system administrator who created the administrative installation did not enter the CD Key.

To solve this problem, ask the system administrator to create a new administrative installation and enter the CD Key in the first dialog box. Once this is done, you will not be prompted for the CD Key when you run Setup from this new administrative installation.

Unexpected Message During Installation If you get an unexpected message during Office setup, and you get the same message when you try setup again, you can create a log file that will be useful to Microsoft Product Support Services in troubleshooting the problem. Once you create the file, you will need to call Microsoft Product Support Services.

>>>To create the log file:

1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, and then click

Run. 2. In the Open box, type:

\SETUP.EXE /L*V C:\VERBOSELOG.TXT where  is the location of Setup.exe. For example, if you are installing from a CD-ROM drive, the text you would type might look like: D:\SETUP.EXE /L*V C:\VERBOSELOG.TXT 3. Click OK.

Setup will start again and a log file called Verboselog.txt will be created at the root of your C:   drive.

Installing Office 2000 Without Removing the Beta 2 Build
When starting any of the Office 2000 programs, you might receive the following message:

Required registry information is missing and this application cannot run. Please rerun Setup to correct this problem.

Or, after a few seconds, the program might quit.

You might experience either of the above if you installed Office 2000 without removing the Beta 2 build (2221b) of Office 2000.

>>>To remove the Beta 2 build:

1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, point to

Settings, and click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. 3. In the list of installed programs, click Microsoft

Office 2000 Premium Edition. (This is the Beta 2   version of Office 2000.) In the list, there will also be Microsoft Office 2000 Premium. (This is the released version of Office 2000.) 4. Click Add/Remove. 5. Click Remove Office. 6. Click Yes to the prompt confirming that you want to

remove. Office 2000 Shortcuts on the Programs Menu Vary According to Your Operating System The Office 2000 shortcuts on the Programs menu might have the following problems:

1. They do not self-repair the programs.

This problem occurs because your operating system does not support Windows Installer shortcuts. Only the following versions of Microsoft Windows support these shortcuts:

* Windows 98 * Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.01, Service Pack 1, and Active Desktop installed * Microsoft Windows NT version 4 with Internet Explorer 4.01, Service Pack 1, and Active Desktop installed

Note: If you install Internet Explorer 5 on a computer that has either Windows 95 or Windows NT version 4 and that has Internet Explorer 4.01, Service Pack 1, and Active Desktop installed, it will still support Windows Installer shortcuts. 2. They do not install the programs on first use.

This problem occurs because Installed On First Use is not an option for the Office programs in the Selecting Features dialog box during setup. Installed On First Use is not an option because your operating system does not support Windows Installer shortcuts. The operating systems listed under 1. support Windows Installer shortcuts. 3. They do not display a path on the Shortcut tab of the

Properties dialog box for the shortcut.

This indicates that the shortcut is a Windows Installer shortcut. Windows Installer shortcuts do not directly reference the path of the shortcut target. Instead, they contain a token that the Windows Installer resolves to   the path of the shortcut target. The operating systems listed under 1. support Windows Installer shortcuts. _________________________________________________________ WORKING WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000

Colors May Not Display Correctly on 256-Color Monitors After you view pop-up windows in Help topics, colors for some elements may no longer display correctly on 256-color monitors. For example, the following elements may appear differently on the screen after you view pop-up windows:


 * Bitmaps * Pictures embedded in files * Office Assistant * Hyperlinks

To fix the display problem, change the color palette for your monitor.

>>>To change the color palette:

1. Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to Settings,

and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Display icon.

3. On the Settings tab, select an option other than 256

colors. Microsoft recommends that you choose more than 256 colors, if such an option is available. _________________________________________________________ MICROSOFT OFFICE WEB COMPONENTS

ASC Worksheet Function Not Supported by the Spreadsheet Component The Help topic "Microsoft Excel worksheet functions not available in Web spreadsheet" does not list the ASC worksheet function, but this function is not available in spreadsheets published on the Web. If you publish a worksheet that contains the ASC function, the function is replaced with its resultant value.

Editing a Formula in a Cell That Contains a Hyperlink The Help topic "Change a formula in a spreadsheet" incorrectly states that if a cell you want to edit contains a hyperlink, you should click a cell next to that cell, use an arrow key to select the cell you want to edit, and then click the cell once. Clicking the cell once will take you to the page that the hyperlink links to. Instead, once you have used an arrow key to select the cell, press F2 to begin editing.

_________________________________________________________ MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 HELP ISSUES

Obtaining Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing Tools Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing Tools is an add-in package for Office 2000 that contains all the language tools Microsoft makes for more than 30 languages. It can be obtained from a licensed reseller. The part and SKU numbers listed in Help are incorrect. For more information on obtaining Office 2000 Proofing Tools, see http://www.microsoft.com/office/

_________________________________________________________ ISSUES FOR RIGHT-TO-LEFT LANGUAGE FEATURES

Printing Right-to-Left Languages Certain printers will require updated printer drivers. Please contact your printer manufacturer if you encounter problems printing.

_________________________________________________________ ISSUES FOR ASIAN LANGUAGE FEATURES

Possible Display Problems When Using Multiple Asian Fonts
If you install multiple Asian fonts on non-Asian versions of the Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0 operating system, you might experience display problems, such as very large text, blank text, or very large blank areas occurring in Outlook or in Windows NT. This is a known problem in Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 4 that will be fixed in an upcoming Service Pack release for Windows NT version 4.0.

________________________________________________________ ISSUES FOR MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS

Assistant Object The default Assistant is Clippit, not Rocky as stated in the documentation.

Add Method (CommandBars Collection) The Temporary argument is ignored in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook. You must manually remove any temporary items added to the CommandBars collection before quitting the application.

AddOfficeServerSubscription Method (Office Web Server) The MailTo argument of the AddOfficeServerSubscription method is required, not optional as stated in the documentation.

FindControls Method In the syntax for this method, the keyword should be FindControls, not FindControl as stated in the documentation.

Context Property (CommandBar Object) In Microsoft Word, the property is read-only and returns the full name (and disk path) of the template associated with the document containing the CommandBar object. In all other Microsoft Office programs, the property returns an empty string and is otherwise unsupported.

Chart Workspace Object Model (Office Web Components) The diagram for the Chart Workspace object model is incorrect. The WCPlotArea, WCScaling, and WCSeriesCollection objects and all their associated objects should appear under the WCCharts object, not the ChartSpace object as shown in the documentation. Also, the WCCharts object should also contain a WCTitle object.

SelectionChange Event (Office Web Components) In the SelectionChange event handler for the Spreadsheet component, all properties of the SpreadsheetEventInfo object are invalid for this event with the exception of the Range property.

GetValue Method (Office Web Components) The Dimension argument can also be either chErrorBarPlusValues or chErrorBarMinusValues for returning values for custom WCErrorBars objects.

HTMLData Property (Office Web Components) This property is read/write for Spreadsheet objects and read-only for Range objects.

KeyChar Property (Office Web Components) The KeyChar property returns an empty string for the KeyDown and KeyUp events.

RecordsetLabel Property (Office Web Components) The RecordsetLabel property of the RecordNavigationControl object is parsed for specific information to use when displaying the label. For example, the tags |0, |1, and |2 are replaced with record numbers when displayed. If the RecordsetLabel property equals the string "Categories |0 of |2;Categories |0-|1 of |2", a label for a banded page might read "Categories 1-5 of 8", and a label for an unbanded page might read "Categories 1 of 8".

Value Property (Office Web Components) The Remarks section for the Value property states that if the specified range contains more than one cell, this property returns an array containing the values for all the cells. This is incorrect: The property only returns the value of the active cell in the range.

Default Language for Visual Basic Editor and Microsoft Script Editor The Visual Basic Editor and Microsoft Script Editor default to English if the current system code page does not support the user interface language.

New Properties (VBA) The following are new properties that apply to class modules in standalone projects:


 * Instancing Property

Sets a value that specifies whether you can create instances of a public class outside a project, and if so, how they will behave. Not available at run time.

Settings

The Instancing property has these settings:

Setting   Description ---   ---

1         Private (default). Other applications are not allowed access to type library information about the class and cannot create instances of            it. Private objects are only for use within your component. The Instancing property default varies depending on the project type. Private is            the default only for class modules in standalone projects.

2         PublicNotCreatable. Other applications can use objects of this class only if your component creates the objects first. Other applications cannot use the CreateObject function or the New operator to create objects from the class.
 * Name Property

Returns the name used in code to identify a class. Read-only at run time.

Syntax

object.Name

The object placeholder represents an object expression that evaluates to a class.

Remarks

An object's Name property must start with a letter and can be a maximum of 40 characters long. It can include numbers and underline (_) characters but can't include punctuation or spaces. Although the Name property setting can be a keyword, property name, or the name of another object, this can create conflicts in your code. Use F3 to Find Next Text Occurrence in the Code Window Press F3 to find the next occurrence of previously specified search text in the code window, not SHIFT+F4 as stated in the documentation.

________________________________________________________ SCRIPTING, HTML, AND OTHER PROGRAMMING ISSUES

System Event Notification System For programmers writing to the System Event Notification System (SENS) and the IEventSubscription and IEventSystem interfaces, please see the documentation for these interfaces at MSDN Online (http://msdn.microsoft.com/) or a version of the Platform SDK later than that which shipped with the April MSDN.

HTML Reference Documentation The latest HTML, DHTML, and CSS documentation is available online from MSDN Online at http://msdn.microsoft.com/

Internet Explorer Versions and Editing HTML Selection works differently in Microsoft Script Editor for sited elements depending on what version of Internet Explorer you have installed. A sited element is any element that has a height or width, such as BUTTON.

With Internet Explorer 4.01, selection for sited elements works as follows:


 * The first click on an element allows you to edit the

text within the element.
 * The second click on an element selects the element. * Double-clicking an element selects the text block

within the element. With Internet Explorer 5.0, selection for sited elements works as follows:


 * The first click on an element selects the element. * The second click on an element allows you to edit the

text within the element.
 * Double-clicking the element brings up the source code

for the element.

Note: Selection for tables in Internet Explorer 5.0 is  the same as it was in Internet Explorer 4.01.

Also, Internet Explorer 5.0 preserves white space better than Internet Explorer 4.01 when switching between views in the editor.

"Topic Not Found" Topic (Microsoft Script Editor)
You do not need the MSDN Library or MSDN Library CD to view Help topics for Microsoft Script Editor. If you encounter the "Topic not found" topic, try one of the following:


 * Reinstall Microsoft Script Editor from the Microsoft

Office setup.
 * Insert the Microsoft Office CD into the CD-ROM drive.

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