Microsoft KB Archive/185000

= OFF98: Configurations Dialog Box May Not Appear =

Article ID: 185000

Article Last Modified on 1/28/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q185000



SYMPTOMS
If you click Configurations on the File menu in the Configuration Manager, you cannot save a configuration.



CAUSE
Even though the Configurations menu item appears on the File menu in the Configuration Manager, you cannot save the configuration if the following conditions are true:


 * You install Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition.

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 * Microsoft Internet Explorer is not installed.

Microsoft Office 98 does not install the Configurations panel in the System Folder:MS Preferences Panels folder.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, install Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0. To do this, follow these steps:


 * 1) Insert the Microsoft Office 98 compact disc (CD).
 * 2) Open the Microsoft Internet folder.
 * 3) Double-click the Internet Explorer 4.0 Installer icon.
 * 4) When the installer is finished, click Restart.
 * 5) On the Apple menu, point to Control Panels, and then click Configuration Manager.
 * 6) On the File menu, click Configurations.
 * 7) Click Save in the dialog box that prompts you to save changes to your preferences.

The Configurations dialog box appears.



STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Office 98 installs the following devices in the System Folder:MS Preference Panels folder:

Advanced Networking

Cookies

File Helpers

General E-mail

Home and Search

Password Dialogs

Protocol Helpers

Proxies

Ratings

Security

User Passwords

Internet Explorer 4.0 also installs the following additional devices in this same folder:

Configurations

Downloads

Java

Language and Fonts

Security Zones

Subscriptions

Utility Dialogs

Web Browser UI

Web Content

Each of these panels add an item to the scrollable list in the Configuration Manager dialog box. When you select an item in the list, you can enter information relevant to the item, which allows you to customize your Internet preferences.

Additional query words: OFF98 IE IE4 IE4.0 4.0a

Keywords: kbweb kbprb KB185000

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