Microsoft Office Readme

This Readme Help file contains information that became available after the product manuals were completed.

To read the latest information about Office, Word, Microsoft Excel, or PowerPoint select the corresponding item below.

	Microsoft Office Readme Contents


Microsoft Office Readme Contents

Documentation Updates

Late-breaking changes and additions to Office documentation.

Supplemental File Conversion Disks Offer

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

Find File Preview and Word Documents

Limitations on previewing files using the Find File command.

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.

Network Administrator Installation

Where to find the network administrator setups on the Windows NT Office CD.

Installing Microsoft Office Applications to a Workstation

Information about installing Microsoft Office workstation.

Upgrading a Server Installation or Workstation Installation

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


Documentation Updates

The following is a correction to Microsoft Office Getting Started.

In the topic "Customizing Office Manager" in Chapter 3, the description of the item to click in Cue Cards to view information about customizing Office Manager is incorrect. The last sentence in the topic should read "For more information about customizing Office Manager, choose Cue Cards from the Office menu, and then choose View Cue Cards On Using And Customizing Office Manager."


Running Microsoft Office from the CD

In Microsoft Office Setup, you can choose the Typical, Complete/Custom, or Laptop (Minimum) installation options to install Office and the Office applications on your hard disk. You can then run Office and the Office applications without using the Microsoft Office CD.

However, if you want to save space on your hard disk, you can run Office and the Office applications directly from the CD by choosing the Run From CD installation option. This option copies only a few files to your hard disk and sets up your system to run Office and the Office applications from the CD. You must insert the Office CD in your CD-ROM drive in order to run Office or the applications.


Supplemental File Conversion Disks Offer

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

File Formats

DisplayWrite versions 4v1, 4v2, 5.0 (import only)
Text with Layout
MultiMate 3.3, Advantage, Advantage II, 4.0
WordPerfect 4.1, 4.2
WordStar 3.3, 3.45, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, 7.0

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


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.


Online Documentation Button and Command Don't Function

Problem

Clicking the Online Documentation button on the Office Manager toolbar or choosing the Online Documentation command on the Office menu does nothing.

Solution

Check to make sure that the Office CD is properly inserted in your CD-ROM drive. Or, if you're running Office over the network, make sure that the network drive where the online documentation is located is connected.

If you still can't access the online documentation, Office Manager may not be properly installed. Choose the Office Setup And Uninstall command from the Office menu and choose the Reinstall button to reinstall Office Manager.


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.


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 Office Manager's Customize command.


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.


Network Administrator Installation

Microsoft Office for Windows NT can be installed on a workstation or network server by running the setup programs for the applications [Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office Manager(MOM)] individually. There is no integrated installation for the applications.

For additional Network setup information and troubleshooting instructions, please refer to the individual application's manuals, as well as "Installing Microsoft Office on a Network" in the Microsoft Office "Getting Started" manual.

Installing Microsoft Office Applications to a Server:

1. Connect to a network server.

2. In File Manager, choose run from the File menu.

3. Enter the letter of your CD-ROM drive followed by :\WORD.NT\setup /a

The Setup process will begin. Make sure that you install each application in its own directory. For example, the default directory for Word is :\WINWORD.

4. Setup will ask you for a shared applications directory. Enter a common directory that will be used by the Microsoft Office applications. For example, enter E:\MSAPPS, or you can enter an application-specific location for example, E:\WINWORD\MSAPPS.

Follow steps 1-4 for each application in the following order using the appropriate path:

:\Excel.NT\setup /a

:\PowerPoint.16\DISK1\setup /a

:\MOM.16\DISK1\setup /a

NOTE  Make sure you install each application to its own directory, and that you specify the shared directory during each setup.


Installing Microsoft Office Applications to a Workstation

To install the Microsoft Office applications to a workstation, run the Setup program for each of the individual applications from the server in the following order: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and then Microsoft Office Manager.

Adding or Removing Components from the Workstation

To add or remove components after installing the applications to a workstation, run the Setup program from the individual application's directory on the network server.


For Network Administrators: Upgrading a Server Installation
Upgrading a Server Installation or Workstation Installation

For Network Administrators: Upgrading a Workstation Installation

To upgrade a workstation from an earlier version of Microsoft Office, you should uninstall the Microsoft Office from the workstation before running the Setup programs for the updated versions of the Microsoft Office applications.

For Network Administrators: Upgrading a Server Installation

If you are installing the Windows NT Office on a network server, you must  install into new or empty directories.

After you have installed the Office applications on the network server, your workstation users must run Setup again.

For information about how to install the individual Microsoft Office applications to the server and the workstation, please see "Network Administrator Installation" and Installing Microsoft Office Applications to a Workstation.