Microsoft KB Archive/67186

Word 5.50: Missing Video Modes on the IBM 8514/a

PSS ID Number: Q67186 Article last modified on 01-24-1995

5.50

MS-DOS

= SUMMARY =

Switching to 48 line, 128 column graphics mode when running Word under Windows 3.00 386 enhanced mode on an IBM 8514/a will return the following message:

Cannot switch to graphics mode

Additionally, the 48 line, 128 column graphics mode will disappear from the list of available display modes under Preferences in the View menu.

This occurs because Word tries to enter a mode that is available to it when your machine is configured with an IBM 8514/a video adapter, but Windows traps the information that tells Word that an 8514/a adapter is present. Word will then assume that this mode is questionable and will prevent the use of that questionable mode. Subsequently, the 8514/a mode will not appear as a choice in the View Preferences Display Mode list box.

The setting that marks video modes as questionable is contained in the MW.INI file. Deleting the MW.INI file will return the 48 line, 128 column graphics mode.

It is possible to run Word in the 48 line, 128 column display mode if Word is running under the Windows standard or real mode, or if Word is started outside of Windows altogether (started from DOS instead of from Windows).

To determine the operating mode of Windows 3.00 (enhanced, standard, or real), from the Help menu of the Windows Program Manager, select About Program Manager.

Note: You can enter the 48 line graphics mode unintentionally by switching to Print Preview from 50 line text mode. This occurs because Word enters the graphics mode that is closest to the current display mode when entering Print Preview. Again, deleting the MW.INI file will return 48 line, 128 column graphic mode to the list of available display modes in View Preferences.

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