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- MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97 README FILE
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- (c) 1985-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
-
- This document provides late-breaking or other information that
- supplements the Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 documentation.
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- _________________________________________________________________
- CONTENTS
- Minimum System Requirements for Microsoft Excel Viewer 97
- Installing Microsoft Excel Viewer 97
- Getting Help on Using Microsoft Excel Viewer 97
- Troubleshooting: Cannot Display the Find Tab in Viewer Help
- Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 installed file names and locations
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- MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97
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- To use Microsoft Excel Viewer 97, you need:
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- * Personal computer with a 486 or higher processor
- * Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or Windows NT
- Workstation operating system 3.51 with Service Pack 5 or later
- * 4 MB of memory for use on Windows 95 (8 MB recommended); 12 MB
- of memory for use on Windows NT Workstation
- * 7 MB of hard disk space required (for installation only, 9 MB
- of hard disk space required)
- * VGA or higher-resolution video adapter
- * Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
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- INSTALLING MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97
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- 1. Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 installation is designed to take
- place from within Microsoft Windows. If Windows is not
- running, please start it before continuing. Before you install
- Microsoft Excel Viewer, quit all programs, including any
- utilities or virus protection programs.
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- 2. If an earlier version of Microsoft Excel Viewer is installed
- on your computer, you should first uninstall that version
- before you install Microsoft Excel Viewer 97.
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- 3. Run the Setup.exe program, which is located in the same folder
- as this Readme.txt file.
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- 4. When Setup prompts you for a folder in which to install
- Microsoft Excel Viewer, specify a location, or accept the
- suggested default location.
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- To run Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 under Windows 95 or Windows NT
- 4.0, click Start, point to Programs, and then click Microsoft
- Excel Viewer.
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- To run Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 under Windows NT 3.51, double-
- click the Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 icon, located in the Programs
- group.
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- GETTING HELP ON USING MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97
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- Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 includes complete online Help. To
- display Help, click Contents on the Help menu. Click the Contents
- tab to scroll through a table of contents, or click the Find tab
- to use full-text search and look for specific words or phrases.
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- TROUBLESHOOTING: CANNOT DISPLAY THE FIND TAB IN VIEWER HELP
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- SYMPTOMS: When you click Contents on the Help menu, one of the
- following problems may occur:
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- - The following error message may appear: "Unable to display the
- Find tab (177)." After you click OK, Help opens with the
- Contents tab active.
-
- -or-
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- - Help opens with the Contents tab active. If you click the Find
- tab, Help beeps but does not switch to the Find tab, and you
- then cannot reactivate the Help window or click the Contents
- tab.
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- CAUSE: This problem may occur after you change the Windows
- country setting on the Regional Settings tab of the Regional
- Settings Properties window. For example, if you change from
- English (United States) to French (Swiss), the above problems
- occur the next time you open Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 Help.
- Changing back to the English (United States) country setting does
- not resolve the problem.
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- WORKAROUND:
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- 1. If Viewer Help does not respond, use the following steps to
- reactivate the Contents tab in Viewer Help:
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- a. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL.
- b. In the Close Program dialog box, click Windows Help.
- c. Click End Task.
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- 2. Close Viewer Help.
- 3. In Windows Explorer, open the Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 folder
- (by default, this is C:\Program Files\Xlview).
- 4. Delete the Xlview.gid and Xlview.fts files (do not delete
- Xlview.hlp or Xlview.cnt).
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- STATUS: Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with
- Microsoft Excel Viewer 97.
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- MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97 INSTALLED FILE NAMES AND LOCATIONS
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- The files installed in the Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 folder are
- (by default, this folder is C:\Program Files\XLView):
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- Excel8.srg
- License.txt
- MSO97v.dll
- Msv7enu.dll
- Readme.txt
- Selfreg.dll
- Settings.srg
- XL8409.dll
- XLintl32.dll
- XLview.cnt
- XLview.exe
- XLview.hlp
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- The files installed in the Windows System folder are (by default,
- the Windows 95 folder is C:\Windows\System; the Windows NT folder
- is C:\WinNT\System32):
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- Docobj.dll
- Hlink.dll
- Hlinkprx.dll
- Msorfs.dll
- Urlmon.dll
- Wininet.dll
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- _________________________________________________________________
- This document is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES
- NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT.
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