Microsoft KB Archive/86894

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 * Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 5.0

SUMMARY
Some files for version 5.0 of Microsoft Word for the Macintosh are available on the Internet at the Sumex-aim.stanford.edu FTP site, in the Info-mac archive.

To access Word for the Macintosh files on Internet:

  From a computer connected to the Internet, connect to Sumex- aim.stanford.edu using the command: FTP sumex-aim.stanford.edu Note: In the event that the FTP command to connect to Sumex-aim using the name fails, try the direct Internet Protocol address 36.44.0.6 using the command &quot;FTP 36.44.0.6&quot;.   When prompted for a login name, enter: anonymous   Change directories to info-mac using the command: cd info-mac   Change directories to app using the command: cd app  Type the word &quot;bget&quot; (without quotation marks) followed by the appropriate name for the file that you wish to download. (&quot;bget&quot; is the unix command to retrieve a binary file.) Decode the .HQX file using an appropriate decoding utility such as Binhex, Stuffit, or Compact Pro. Decoding will result in a .SIT compressed file, which must be decompressed using an appropriate decompression utility such as Stuffit or Compact Pro.

MORE INFORMATION
The following files are available at the Sumex-aim FTP site:

File Name                 Size     Description -                 --   --- msword-50a-updater.hqx      55492   Word 5.0a Updater (Font patcher) word-50-spell-updater.hqx 357667   New Spelling and Grammar Modules word-movie-plugins.hqx     48550   Word 5.0 Movie Plug-in Module Sumex-aim at Stanford University is one of many FTP sites where software is accessible on the Internet. The Internet is a large network that is available to most universities and some major corporations. Most computers connected to the Internet use a version of the UNIX operating system.
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Last reviewed: July 30, 1997

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