Microsoft KB Archive/137709

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Word Appnote: New Thesaurus File for International Versions

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Q137709

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

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SUMMARY
This article contains the text of "WD1253: New Thesaurus File for International Versions of Word," a Microsoft Application Note that provides a replacement thesaurus file for use on systems running Word for Windows 6.x under international versions of Windows 95 or Windows NT.

This new file corrects a problem in which the thesaurus shows incorrect or no synonyms when Word version 6.x is run on non-U.S. versions of 32-bit operating systems.

For more information on this problem, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q137917 Thesaurus in International Versions Shows Wrong Synonyms"

TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center. Click the file name below to download the file:

"Wd1253.exe" For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

"Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services" Microsoft used the most current virus detection software available on the date of posting to scan this file for viruses. Once posted, the file is housed on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.

THE TEXT OF WD1253
====================================================================== Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File) WD1253: WORD THESAURUS CORRECTION FOR NON-U.S. VERSIONS OF WINDOWS(R) 95 AND WINDOWS NT(TM)

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The following information applies to Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c.

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Introduction

When you use the Thesaurus in Microsoft Word, it may display incorrect synonyms or no synonyms at all. This problem occurs when you run Word version 6.0, 6.0a, or 6.0c for Windows (that is, any version of 16-bit Word), with a non-U.S. version of Windows 95 or a non-U.S. version Windows NT.

The problem occurs because non-U.S. versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT use a different sort order than the U.S. versions. Because the Thesaurus depends on the operating system's sort order, the Thesaurus sometimes displays incorrect synonyms.

This Application Note contains an updated version of the Thesaurus file (Msthes.dll) that corrects this problem. Installation Instructions -

To install the new file, use the following instructions:

1. Quit Word for Windows.

2. If you received a disk with this Application Note, insert the disk in the appropriate floppy disk drive.

If you downloaded this Application Note from an online service, skip to step 3. This procedure assumes that you have already downloaded and extracted the compressed file.

3. At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following and press ENTER

copy :\msthes.dll

where is either the letter of your floppy disk drive or  the folder containing the file you downloaded from online services, and is the path to your Msapps\Proof folder. For example, if you are installing from a floppy disk that you inserted in drive A, and C:\Windows\Msapps\Proof is the path to your Proofing Tools folder, type the following:

copy a:\msthes.dll c:\windows\msapps\proof

Or, for example, if you downloaded the Wd1253.exe file from online services to C:\Download, and C:\Windows\Msapps\Proof is the path to  your Proofing Tools folder, type the following:

copy c:\download\msthes.dll c:\windows\msapps\proof

4. When asked if you want to overwrite the existing copy of the file, answer Yes.

5. Restart Word.

Now when you use the Thesaurus in a 16-bit version of Word for Windows with a non-U.S. version of Windows 95 or Windows NT, the Thesaurus will correctly display synonyms. Additional query words: 6.0 winword word6 missing blank empty alphabetic none wrong

Keywords : kbappnote kbfile kbproof

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Technology : kbWordSearch kbWordWSearch