Microsoft KB Archive/160226

= FP97: Cannot Use Proofing Tools or Text Converters =

Article ID: 160226

Article Last Modified on 10/1/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160226



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194531.



SYMPTOMS
When you uninstall FrontPage, Office 95, or Office 97, the proofing tools and text converters of the remaining programs may not work as expected.



CAUSE
Microsoft FrontPage and Microsoft Office share the following components:
 * Proofing Tools (Spelling Checker, Thesaurus)
 * Text Converters

If FrontPage is installed after Office 95, FrontPage will use the installed proofing tools. If you then uninstall Office 95, the proofing tools will be removed and will therefore be unavailable in FrontPage.

If FrontPage is installed over Office 95, FrontPage will upgrade the existing text converters. If you then uninstall FrontPage 97, the Msconv97.dll file will be removed and the remaining text converters will not function.

If FrontPage is installed after Office 97, and you then uninstall Office 97, the custom dictionary will be removed and will therefore be unavailable to the spelling checker.



WORKAROUND
To work around these problems, reinstall FrontPage 97 or the Proofing Tools and Converters components of Office.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: 97 Word97 wd97 winword

Keywords: kbprb kbproof KB160226

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