Microsoft KB Archive/44536

Word 5.00: Vertical Lines on Screen with EGA or VGA

PSS ID Number: Q44536 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00

MS-DOS

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If you have an EGA or VGA graphics card and a mouse and are having problems with vertical lines appearing on the screen or the mouse blocking out text and the menu taking on the background color of the text, make sure that you have installed the mouse driver that comes with Word Version 5.00, MOUSE.SYS, and have set up Word with the correct video screen driver, SCREEN.VID.

The mouse driver is Version 6.25.21. This can be verified by rebooting the computer and checking the mouse version that the screen reports is being installed.

Also, check the AUTOEXEC.BAT file and eliminate any commands that load a mouse or Cpanel driver. These command may be for previous versions of the mouse software.

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