Microsoft KB Archive/89564

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Last reviewed: November 4, 1994

Article ID: Q89564 The information in this article applies to:
 * Microsoft Excel for OS/2, version 3.0

SUMMARY
The following text is from the file &quot;readme.&quot; in the root drive of an OS/2 2.0 installation.

Microsoft Excel for OS/2 3.0 (OS/2)

- The Help index and the Keyboard Help

windows operate incorrectly. Avoid using these functions. The EXCELHLP.HLP file can be viewed by opening a Windows Help screen in a WIN-OS/2 session and then opening the file directly. However, context sensitive Help will still be unavailable.

MORE INFORMATION
Help in Excel for OS/2 relied on a set of Windows Library Operations, (WLO) to run a version of the Windows Help Engine under OS/2. These libraries were not shipped with OS/2 2.0 and the previous versions that originally shipped with Microsoft Excel are not compatible with OS/2 2.0.

When you attempt to access help in Microsoft Excel 3.0 for OS/2 under OS/2 version 2.0 you may received the following error message:

Help cannot be shown because the file PWINHELP.DLL is missing