1001 Secrets for Windows NT Registry
(Publisher: 29th Street Press)
Author(s): Tim Daniels
ISBN: 1882419685
Publication Date: 12/01/97

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Adding this line forces Word to use the Windows graphics device interface (GDI) to add shading instead of calling a printer escape code. When you select “Print TrueType As Graphics” in the printer driver dialog box, TrueType fonts print white-on-black shading. However, this method affects the way the shading looks and may slow down printing for documents that contain a lot of shading.

IV-77 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options
Value Name: DraftFont
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: 1

This value controls how Word displays documents. Using a draft font displays most character formatting as underlined and bold and displays graphics as empty boxes. To speed up screen display in documents with extensive formatting, enable draft font by setting this value to 1.

IV-78 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options
Value Name: AskForPrinterPicture
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: 0

This value controls how Microsoft Excel DDE results display in Word. A value of 0 sets the display to color; set the value to 1 to have it display in black and white.

IV-79 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options
Value Name: NetworkButtons
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: <yes/no>

This value specifies whether to hide or show the Network button in dialog boxes such as Open, Save As, and Open Data Source. The default value is yes.

IV-80 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options
Value Name: MessageBeeps
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: <yes/no>

This value determines whether the system beeps when Word displays a message box. The default value is yes.

IV-81 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options
Value Name: NoFontMRUList
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: <yes/no>

This value specifies whether to hide the most recently used fonts on the Formatting toolbar Font list. The default setting is no.

IV-82 Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Key: Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Common\Security
Value Name: DisablePwdCaching
Data Type: REG_ DWORD
Value: 0

This value controls whether passwords for password-protected documents in Office 97 applications are cached. A value of 0 disables password caching; a value of 1 enables password caching.

IV-83 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\ User Shell Folders
Value Name: Personal
Data Type: REG_EXPAND_SZ
Value: %USERPROFILE%\Personal

This value sets default storage location and search path for documents that you create or use in any of the Office 97 applications. The default is your Personal folder. Note that you can reset this value for each Office 97 application.

Sounds

If you want to add or change the sounds of events in the various Office 97 applications, you need to modify these entries. Three registry keys are associated with each sound: the Office 97 sound or event ID, the default sound file to play for that ID, and the currently configured sound file. Type everything in the Value field, including spaces.

IV-84 Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Key: AppEvents\EventLabels\Office97-NewItem
Value Name: <No Name>
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: New Item
Key: AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Office97\Office97-NewItem
Value Name: .Default
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Media\Office97\NewItem.wav
Value Name: .Current
Data Type: REG_SZ
Value: C:\WINNT\Media\Office97\NewItem.wav


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