Microsoft KB Archive/65334

Excel for OS/2: Version 2.21 Installation Procedures PSS ID Number: Q65334 Article last modified on 06-23-1993 PSS database name: W_eXceL

2.21

OS/2

Summary:

This information is taken from the cover letter included with the Microsoft Excel for OS/2 version 2.21 Upgrade Kit. It describes installation procedures for both EXCEL.EXE and the macro for the IBM OfficeVision electronic mail system.

More Information:

Th Upgrade Kit is your official update packet for Microsoft Excel for OS/2 version 2.21. Version 2.21 offers improved printing support for OS/2 versions 1.2 and 1.21 users. With version 2.21, you can use the printer drivers that come with OS/2 version 1.2 or 1.21. This new version also offers optional support for users of IBM’s OfficeVision release 1.1 for OS/2. Using a Microsoft Excel macro, you can send a spreadsheet to another OfficeVision user without having to leave Microsoft Excel.

To install Microsoft Excel for OS/2 version 2.21, do the following:


 * 1) Insert the disk enclosed with the Microsoft Excel for OS/2 version 2.21 Upgrade Kit into your high-density disk drive.
 * 2) Use the File Manager and drag the file EXCEL.EXE from your new version 2.21 disk to the directory on your hard drive where you originally installed Microsoft Excel for OS/2.
 * 3) Choose “Yes” when OS/2 asks whether you want to overwrite the original EXCEL.EXE. (If you’re not sure where you originally installed Microsoft Excel, use the File Search command in the File Manager to search for the original EXCEL.EXE.)

To install version 2.21 and the Microsoft Excel macro for IBM OfficeVision version 1.1, do the following:


 * 1) Insert the disk enclosed with the Microsoft Excel for OS/2 version 2.21 Upgrade Kit into your high-density disk drive.
 * 2) Use the File Manager and drag EXCELUTL.DLL from your new version 2.21 disk to the OS2directory on you hard disk. Then, drag all the remaining files that are listed on your new 2.21 disk to the directory where you originally installed Microsoft Excel for OS/2. If you’re not sure where you originally installed Microsoft Excel, use the File Search command in the File Manager to search for the original EXCEL.EXE.
 * 3) Choose “Yes” when OS/2 asks whether you want to overwrite the original EXCEL.EXE. (Note: To function correctly, OVMAIL.XLM and OVMAIL.HLP must be in the same directory as the EXCEL.EXE.)
 * 4) Modify your CONFIG.SYS file so that the PATH statement specifies where the file OSEND.EXE is stored. OSEND.EXE is an OfficeVision program. You can find it on your hard drive by using the File Manager’s File Search command.
 * 5) Reboot your system and start Microsoft Excel.
 * 6) Open the file OVMAIL.XLM. This macro will add a Send Mail command to the File menu. If from the File menu, you choose Send Mail and you need help, press F1. If you want the Send Mail command available to you every time you start Microsoft Excel, you can rename OVMAIL.XLM to STARTOV.XLM. (Note: This macro requires that you have OfficeVision release 1.1 for OS/2 installed and running.)

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