Microsoft KB Archive/68237

Word 5.50: Exiting from a Windows 3.00 Enhanced Mode Window

PSS ID Number: Q68237 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

You can run Word version 5.50 in a window when running Windows 3.00 in 386 enhanced mode. The Display Usage for the Word PIF (program information file) can be set to Windowed or Full Screen.

If you run Word 5.50 as a windowed DOS application, the following error will result when you attempt to exit Windows, or quit Word through the Task List:

Application still active, quit the application before quitting Windows

To exit Word version 5.50 while in a 386 enhanced mode window, you must first switch to a full screen display.

Two methods to switch from a window to full screen display are as follows:

Method 1
Press ESC, ALT+ENTER.

Method 2

 * 1) Click on the control-menu box in the upper left corner of the window.
 * 2) From the drop-down menu, choose Settings.
 * 3) In the Display Options dialog box, select Full Screen.
 * 4) Click the OK button, or press ENTER.

Once Word is switched to full screen, you can exit without an error.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The above error message will also appear if you attempt to exit Microsoft Works version 2.00 while running in a 386 enhanced mode window. Works 2.00 and Word 5.50 are not entirely text based applications, due to their graphical character windows interface (pull-down menus).

Applications that are entirely text based (such as Word 5.00 in text mode) can be run without error in a 386 enhanced mode window. However, choosing Print Preview while Word 5.00 is running in a window will result in the above error message, and the application may hang.

The default Display Option setting for WORD.PIF is Full Screen.

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