Microsoft Office Readme

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Microsoft Office Readme Contents

Supplemental File Conversion Disks Offer

Information about the file and graphics format conversions available on supplemental disks.

Find File Preview and Word Documents

Limitations on previewing files using the Find File command.

Word Won't Run After Installation

Where to look for instructions if Word won't run.

Editing the Working Directory of an Office Application

Information about using the Customize command to edit the working directory of an Office application.

Network Server Confirmation Error

What to do if you receive a Network Server Confirmation error.

Workstation User Can't Save to Read-only Network Drive

What to do if you have a Workstation installation and can't save a document to the default network drive.

For Network Administrators: Upgrading a Server Installation

Information about installing this version of Office on a server that contains a previous version of Office.


Supplemental File Conversion Disks Offer

You can order supplemental file conversion disks free of charge for the following file and graphics formats:

File Formats

DisplayWrite
MultiMate
Microsoft Publisher 2.0
Microsoft Works for the MS-DOS operating system
Microsoft Works for Windows
Microsoft Multiplan
Wordstar
WordPerfect 4.1 and 4.2 for MS-DOS systems
Lotus 1-2-3 WK1 and WK3 2.x and 3.x (read-only)

Graphics Formats

AutoCAD plot file
CorelDRAW 3.0
GIF
HPGL
Lotus 1-2-3 Graphics
Targa
Photo-CD

To order, use the Microsoft Office Standard Supplemental Offers form in your Office package.


Find File Preview and Word Documents

The preview view for the Find File command is not available for Word documents in this version of Office.

Documents saved in earlier versions of Microsoft Excel (earlier than Microsoft Excel version 5) or PowerPoint (earlier than PowerPoint version 4) cannot be previewed using the Find File command.


Word Won't Run After Installation

If you cannot run Word or you cannot open or save Word files, you may need to change the AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS file so that the Share utility is properly loaded. For more information, see Word Readme Help. The information can be found in the topic "Word for Windows Product Update" under "Installing Share Utility."

To display Word Readme Help, choose the Contents button. Then select Word Readme Contents.


Editing the Working Directory of an Office Application

Office applications read the working directory from an internal setting. Therefore, you cannot change the working directory of an Office application using the Customize command on the Office menu. To display the Office menu, click the Microsoft Office button on the Microsoft Office Manager toolbar.


Network Server Confirmation Error

Problem

You receive the following message during Setup:

Setup could not connect to the Network Server using the Network Server and Path provided. If you want to supply a revised Network Server and Path, select the Edit button. If you want to save the current Network Server and Path anyway, select the Continue button.

Solution

You can solve the problem in one of the following ways:

Check that the network server and path you entered were typed correctly and that the server and path defines a valid network connection. To revise the server and path, click the Edit button.

If you are running Novell, check that the Novell NETX.COM file is Novell version 3.22 or later. Using earlier versions of the Novell NETX.COM file can generate this error. To upgrade your version of Novell's NETX.COM file, contact your Novell reseller or distributor.


Workstation User Can't Save to Read-only Network Drive

Problem

You have a Workstation installation and can't save a Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint document to the default network drive.

Solution

The default network drive may be read-only. Change directories to save your document on your hard disk, in your home directory, or in a directory where you have write privileges on the network.


For Network Administrators: Upgrading a Server Installation

If you are installing Office on a network server, you must install into a new or empty directory.

If you want to upgrade an existing installation of Office in a directory of the same name, you must delete that directory, and all files. Then, create a new directory of the same name.

After you have upgraded the version of Office on the network server, your workstation users must run Setup again.

For information about creating and using setup scripts to create standard installations for groups of users, see Advanced Office Help in Microsoft Office Help. To display Advanced Office Help, choose Advanced Office Help from the Contents screen in Microsoft Office Help.