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- From: KEZER@daq.semi.harris.com (Larry Kezer)
- Subject: Word for Windows update
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:33:19 GMT
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- Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Data Acquisition Products, Santa Clara CA
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- Microsoft will release Word for Windows 2.0B, a maintenance release
- that makes it easier for WordPerfect users to switch to Word for
- Windows. Word will include a vastly improved WordPerfect file
- converter, the ability to remove all screen elements and work in an
- MS-DOS-like environment, and additional help in the Help system.
-
- Word for Windows 2.0B also improves integration with Microsoft Windows
- 3.1, Mail 3.0, and Excel 4.0. This includes installing a Send Mail command to
- the File Menu when Word detects a MAPI-compliant mail system.
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- Price: Free
-
- To Obtain: In the United States, registered users of Word for Windows
- 2.0 can call Customer Service, 1-800-426-9400, after 9/14/92.
- International release information is listed at the end.
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- Details of Enhancements:
-
- *Vastly improved WordPerfect Converter.
-
- *Ability to remove all on-screen elements to work in an MS DOS-like screen
- environment (no menus, toolbars, etc.). From the menu, choose
- Tools\Options\View\Fullscreen.
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- *PSS Help: A new menu command, similar to that in Microsoft Excel, for accessing
- phone numbers, BBS info, PSS top Q&A, WordBasic CompuServe etc. From the
- menu, choose Help\Product Support.
-
- *Send Mail Command: When the user starts Word 2.0B and a MAPI-compliant mail
- system is detected, a "Send Mail" command will appear on the File menu allowing
- the user to send word documents as mail messages or objects. To access the
- checkbox, choose Tools\Options\General.
-
-
- International Information:
-
- United Kingdom
- Availability Date: October 1992
- Price: Free of charge but with a <pound sign>7.75 postage and packing
- charge (inc. VAT)
- To Obtain: Call the Microsoft Upgrade Centre on 081-893-8000
-
- Canada
- Availability Date: October, 1992
- Price: Free of charge but with a Cdn$7.50 shipping and handling fee
- To Obtain: Call the Customer Support Centre at 1-800-563-9048
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- Outside the US, please contact your local Microsoft Subsidiary
-
-
- Larry Kezer "The views expressed are
- Harris Semiconductor, Inc probably not shared by the
- Santa Clara, Calif., USA company"
-