Microsoft KB Archive/62994

Word: Network Installation Tips

PSS ID Number: Q62994 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

5.00 5.50 6.00

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If you are experiencing problems setting up Microsoft Word on a network, be sure to check the following areas. A full description of network setup is contained in Appendix G of the “Reference To Microsoft Word” version 5.0 manual and in Chapter 4 of the “Getting Started” version 5.5, 6.0 manual.

Setup
  Add the Word program directory of the file server to the user’s local path by updating the user’s AUTOEXEC.BAT file (STARTUP.CMD for OS/2).   Specify the user’s directory on the workstation. This is done by adding the following line to the user’s AUTOEXEC.BAT file: set mswnet=drive:_to_user_directory Note: replace “mswnet” with mswnet55 for version 5.5, or mswnet6 for version 6.0.   The user must have full permissions on the directory specified by the MSWNET variable. Word writes the MW.INI file to this directory and updates the spelling dictionaries that are in this directory. Word also looks in the directory specified by the MSWNET variable when trying to locate the user’s SCREEN.VID file.   Users should start Word from their own read-write user directory.   When using a Novell Network, Word will need to be started with a /N switch (for example, Word /N). This only needs to be done once because this setting is saved in the MW.INI file. 

Style Sheets, Glossaries, and Spelling Dictionaries

 * 1) Word always looks in the user’s current directory, then in the Word directory specified by MSWNET for the standard style sheet NORMAL.STY, and the standard glossary NORMAL.GLY. If it does not find these directories, Word then looks in the Word program directory on the server. Users should store their own style sheets and glossary files in their Word directory specified by the MSWNET variable. For more information on using style sheets and glossaries, refer to Appendix G, page 229, of the “Reference To Microsoft Word” version 5.0 manual.
 * 2) The standard NORMAL.STY or NORMAL.GLY can be shared in the Word program directory on the server. These files should be made read-only with the RDONLY.EXE utility supplied with Word. For more information on using read-only files, refer to Appendix G, page 226, of the “Reference To Microsoft Word” version 5.0 manual.
 * 3) Word will look for the Spell utility in the Word program directory on the server.

Printing

 * 1) Setup will initially copy the printer drivers that were selected in the Setup program to the Word program directory on the server. If downloadable fonts are being used, the printer drivers (.PRDs), font files, and the font data files (.DATs) must be in the same directory for Word to download successfully. This directory doesn’t have to be the Word program directory; however, if it is not the Word program directory, the directory for the drivers, fonts, and data files must be on the DOS path.
 * 2) Most networks use a shared printer for printing purposes. A print spooler may run on the file server and is used for queuing jobs sent to the shared printer. Users should not attempt to queue documents by selecting Yes in the Print Options “queued:” field when the network uses a spooler for printing purposes.
 * 3) If the network printer uses downloadable fonts or requires an initialization (INI) file before it can begin printing, Word sends the fonts or INI file with the document to the printer as one print job.

TMP Files
By default, Word directs temporary scratch files to the user’s current directory. TMP files can be redirected to a specific directory using the following DOS SET command in the user’s AUTOEXEC.BAT file:

set tmp=c:_name

The Autosave files (.SVD, .SVG., and .SVS) are redirected to the directory specified by the SET MSWNET command.

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