| A P P E N D I X A | Appendixes | Microsoft Office Resource Kit |
| Microsoft Office 97 Resource Kit Tools and Utilities |
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| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
This appendix describes the contents of the Microsoft Office Resource Kit Tools and Utilities CD. Included in the Tools and Utilities CD are a variety of software tools, converters, utilities, and sample files to assist you in supporting users, using Office fully within your organization, and maintaining Office 97 for Windows and Office 98 for the Macintosh along with previous versions of Office.
Note Except where otherwise noted, you can use Microsoft Word version 6.0 or later or Microsoft Excel version 5.0 or later to view the Word and Excel documents included with the Office Resource Kit Tools and Utilities.
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Client installation tools include the following Windows tools: |
For more information about using these tools, see Chapter 6, "Customizing Client Installations" and Chapter 7, "Customizing and Optimizing Microsoft Office."
Network Installation Wizard, Version 2.1
The Network Installation Wizard version 2.1 allows you to modify Setup information files to create a customized network installation of Office. If you install Office in batch mode (without user interaction), Setup installs the software using the default values you specify with the Network Installation Wizard. If users install Office in interactive mode, the values you set with the Network Installation Wizard are presented as the default choices during installation.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To install the Network Installation
Wizard
For more information about using the Network Installation Wizard, see Chapter 6, "Customizing Client Installations."
The sample package definition files (PDFs) can be used by the Systems Management Server to install Office or Office applications remotely. Included are the PDFs for Office 97, Standard Edition and Professional Edition, as well as PDFs for Microsoft Access, Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Word standalone editions. Also included is the PDF for Clip Gallery, which is located on the Office CD.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To install the Package Definition
Files
The PDFs and associated files will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
For information about using the sample PDFs, read the Readme.doc file in this folder. This document contains comprehensive information about installing Office 97 and Office Service Release 1 using Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2.
The following table shows the PDF that corresponds to each Microsoft application.
Note If you are using load leveling in Systems Management Server version 1.2, you must copy two additional files from the Tools\PDF folder on the Tools and Utilities CD: Ofs97_01.ico and Msapps32.pdf.
For information about using the sample PDFs, see the Readme.doc file in the Tool\PDF folder on the Tools and Utilities CD. This document contains comprehensive information about installing Office 97 using Microsoft Systems Management Server version 1.2.
System Policy Editor and Office 97 Policy Templates
In Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation version 4.0, you can use the System Policy Editor to configure client computers from a central location by creating a single system policy file that resides on a server. When users log on to the network, client computers use the system policy file to modify local copies of the Windows registry. You can update the system policy file at any time.
The System Policy Editor that comes with Office 97 has been updated from previous versions and is the same as the System Policy Editor provided with the Windows NT Resource Kit. It is recommended that you upgrade your System Policy Editor if you have a previous version. For more information about the System Policy Editor, see the Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit or the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit and Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Resource Kit.
You can install the System Policy Editor or just the Office 97 policy templates. Because the System Policy Editor is a Windows application, you must install it through Control Panel.
| This Microsoft application | Uses this PDF |
| Office 97 Professional | Off97pro.pdf |
| Office 97 Standard | Off97std.pdf |
| Word 97 | Word97.pdf |
| Excel 97 | Excel97.pdf |
| PowerPoint 97 | Pptsms.pdf |
| Outlook 97 | Outl97.pdf |
| Access 97 | Acc97.pdf |
| Clip Gallery | Clipart.pdf |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
install the System Policy Editor and Office 97 policy
templates
The Policy Editor and policy template files will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
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Select the Office 97 Templates for Windows NT 4.0 check box to install the Office policy templates for Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
Tip If the latest System Policy Editor is already installed on your computer, you can copy the Office policy templates directly from the \Program Files\ORK97\Policy folder instead of installing them.
The following table lists the Office policy templates included in the Office 97 Resource Kit Tools and Utilities.
| Office 97 templates for Windows 95 | Office 97 templates for Windows NT 4.0 |
| Off97w95.adm | Off97nt4.adm |
| Access97.adm | Access97.adm |
| Outlk97.adm | Outlk97.adm |
| Query97.adm | Query97.adm |
For more information about using system policies with Office 97, see Chapter 7, "Customizing and Optimizing Microsoft Office." For a list of policies that can be set with the Office 97 policy templates, see Appendix C, "Registry Keys and Values."
Zero Administration Kit Information
The Zero Administration Kit (ZAK) training modules Implementing the Zero Administration Kit for Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Implementing the Zero Administration Kit for Windows 95 are self-paced, HTML-based courses. These courses provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to install and configure the ZAK for the Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 and Microsoft Windows 95 operating systems. They are intended for support professionals who are experienced in setting up, configuring, administering, and supporting Windows NT-based networks.
The objective of these courses is to give you the understanding needed to set up a central distribution point for the ZAK, Windows NT Workstation or Windows 95, and Microsoft Office 97 files; configure a Zero Administration Kit client for AppStation and TaskStation modes; use system polices to customize a user's desktop and restrict access to the local file system; and perform an unattended installation of Windows NT Workstation or Windows 95 and Office 97 to ZAK clients.
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The Office Converter Packs for Office 97, 2000, and XP have been retired from the Microsoft Download Center due to the recent discovery of a potential security vulnerability. If you need access to converters or filters for Office products, you can find an updated version of the tools in the beta release of the Office 2003 Resource Kit tools. The Office 2003 version of the converter tools will also work with Office 97, 2000, and XP applications. |
Information on the Office 2003 Resource Kit tools and a link to the download can be found in the topic Download the Office 2003 Resource Kit Tools. When you install the tools, the executable file for the updated Office Converter Pack is copied to your computer. Run Oconvpck.exe from the \Program Files\ORKTools\ORK11\TOOLS\Office Converter Pack folder on your computer to install the collection of converters and filters.
A list of all updated converters and filters in the converter pack can be found in the topic Office Converter Pack on the Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit Web site.
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The Office Converter Packs for Office 97, 2000, and XP have been retired from the Microsoft Download Center due to the recent discovery of a potential security vulnerability. If you need access to converters or filters for Office products, you can find an updated version of the tools in the beta release of the Office 2003 Resource Kit tools. The Office 2003 version of the converter tools will also work with Office 97, 2000, and XP applications.
Information on the Office 2003 Resource Kit tools and a link to the download can be found in the topic Download the Office 2003 Resource Kit Tools. When you install the tools, the executable file for the updated Office Converter Pack is copied to your computer. Run Oconvpck.exe from the \Program Files\ORKTools\ORK11\TOOLS\Office Converter Pack folder on your computer to install the collection of converters and filters.
A list of all updated converters and filters in the converter pack can be found in the topic Office Converter Pack on the Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit Web site.
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Documentation in the Office Resource Kit Tools and Utilities includes the Microsoft Technical Support Help File for Office, a list of Office files, and other informative documents to aid you in supporting Office users.
The Microsoft Project 98 Resource Kit
The online Microsoft Project 98 Resource Kit contains detailed information about deploying and using Microsoft Project 98 in a networked environment. The content is HTML-based, and each chapter of the book appears in an HTML file. You can view the online Microsoft Project 98 Resource Kit directly from the Tools and Utilities CD, or you can copy it to a network or hard disk and view it from there.
To view the online Microsoft Project
98 Resource Kit
Note Because of the structure of the hyperlinks within the online Microsoft Project 98 Resource Kit, do not change the folder structure of Proj98\Prk and its subfolders. Doing so breaks the hyperlinks.
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Advanced documentation includes a variety of documents that explain how to alter Office 97 Setup or configuration. The instructions in these documents require knowledge of advanced features, such as the Network Installation Wizard or Setup table file (STF) syntax, and are intended for users familiar with these features. |
These advanced documents are described in the following table.
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| AcWizard.doc | Explains how to install the Access wizards on users' computers when they run Setup from a network installation point. Requires knowledge of STF syntax. |
| Assistnt.doc | Explains how to install the Office Assistants on users' computers when they run Setup from a network installation point. Requires knowledge of STF syntax. |
| Bookshlf.doc | Explains how to install Microsoft Bookshelf Basics files manually on a network installation point, and then give users access to these files when they install Office from the network. Requires knowledge of STF syntax. |
| Clipart.doc | Explains how users can install clip art files on their computers when they run Setup from a network installation point. Requires knowledge of the Network Installation Wizard. |
| Noutlook.doc | Explains how to prevent users from installing Outlook when they install Office from a network installation point. Requires knowledge of STF syntax. |
| StrtMenu.doc | Explains how users who install Office from a network installation point can run Office 97 shortcuts from the Start menu by pointing to Programs and then pointing to Microsoft Office, instead of pointing to Programs. Requires knowledge of STF syntax. |
| Upgrade.doc | Explains how to upgrade multiple users using the same computer from Office 95 to Office 97 if the Start menu is included in User Profiles. Requires knowledge of system policies. |
| Valupack.doc | Explains how to give users a ValuPack folder on their desktop when they install Office from a network installation point. This folder contains the selfextracting executable files that include utilities from the Value Pack on the Office CD. Requires knowledge of the Network Installation Wizard. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the advanced
documentation
The document files will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
For information about the Network Installation Wizard and STF files, see Chapter 6, "Customizing Client Installations," and Appendix B, "Setup Command-Line Options and File Formats."
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The Find Fast utility in Office 97 helps make it easier to find Office documents on local or network drives. Find Fast does this by indexing the words contained in your documents. Some words, such as and, of, andor, occur frequently in most documents. Because these words are of little value as search words, Find Fast does not index them. Words that are not indexed are referred to as stop words. |
The file Stopword.doc is a complete list of all the stop words for all languages supported by Office. Find Fast uses only the words in your language as stop words. For example, the French word sur is in the stop word list but is not considered a stop word when used in a language other than French.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the Find Fast stop word
list
Stopword.doc will be copied to the folder you specify.
For more information about Find Fast, see Chapter 26, "Finding Microsoft Office Documents on the Network."
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Informational workbooks for Office 97 for Windows list items such as all of the files installed by Office 97, all of the registry keys created, all of the font files installed, and so on. These lists assist you by telling you whether a particular key or file on a user's computer is installed by Office. |
These informational workbooks are described in the following table.
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| Complete.xls | Lists the files installed when you choose the Custom installation during Setup and select all the files. It also lists the size of each file and the name of the folder where the file is installed. |
| Fonts.xls | Lists all the font files installed by Office 97. It also lists the name of the folder where the files are installed. |
| Network.xls | Lists the files installed when you choose the Run from Network Server installation during Setup. It also lists the size of each file and the name of the folder where the file is installed. |
| Regkey.xls | Lists all of the registry keys that are created, changed, or deleted when installing Office 97. This workbook includes examples of the values to which these keys may be set. These are not default values and may differ depending on the hardware and software configuration of your computer. |
| Runfrmcd.xls | Lists the files installed when you choose the Run from CD installation during Setup. It also lists the size of each file and the name of the folder where the file is installed. |
| Runfrmcd.xls | Lists the files installed when you choose the Run from CD installation during Setup. It also lists the size of each file and the name of the folder where the file is installed. |
| Sr1diff.xls | Lists the Office 97 files that are changed in the SR-1 Enterprise Update, and the Office 97 files affected by the SR-1 patch |
| Userlist.xls | Lists each Office 97 file that contains user information, a description of the file, any registry keys or system policies pertaining to the file, and any default values for the registry keys. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the informational
workbooks
The informational worksheets will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
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The informational workbook for Office 98 for the Macintosh, Macoff98.xls, lists items such as all of the files installed by Office 98, and files not removed by the Microsoft Office Installer. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the informational workbook
for the Macintosh
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The Microsoft Technical Support documents contain answers to many common questions about installing and configuring Office 97. The articles were produced by Microsoft support engineers and provide information for both users and administrators. |
These technical support documents are described in the following table.
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| Top10.doc | Includes the top 10 issues to consider to ensure a proper Setup of Office 97. |
| Toolbar.doc | Discusses the Office Shortcut Bar in questionandanswer format. |
| Binder.doc | Discusses Office Binder in questionandanswer format. |
| Wiz.doc | Discusses the Upgrade Wizard in questionandanswer format. For more information about the Upgrade Wizard, see Chapter 9, "Troubleshooting Installation." |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view Microsoft Technical Support
documents
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The Microsoft Technical Support Help File contains articles produced by Microsoft support engineers and covers many new features in Office 97. The Microsoft Technical Support Help file is a standard Windows Help file. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
view the Microsoft Technical Support Help file
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The Upgrade Wizard uses a list of files to determine which files should be deleted when cleaning up your hard disk. OffCln97.txt is a text file containing the list of old Office files for which the Office Upgrade Wizard searches. For more information about the Upgrade Wizard, see "Office Upgrade Wizard" later in this chapter. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the Office Upgrade Wizard
file list
The text file will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
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The Outlook Extension Configuration File (ECF) document describes ECFs and explains how to use them with Outlook. Although Outlook recognizes, loads, and runs extensions that conform to specifications for Microsoft Exchange Client extensions, you can improve the performance of an extension and increase its functionality under Outlook by providing an ECF. Using an ECF, Outlook anticipates the contexts under which the extension needs to be loaded, what commands the extension contributes, the Outlook modules to which the extension applies, and so on. That way, Outlook can delay loading the extension until the extension is needed. |
To view the ECF document
PowerPoint AutoClipArt Concept List
The PowerPoint AutoClipArt concept list catalogs the AutoClipArt concepts that PowerPoint stores internally.
These concepts are used by the AutoClipArt command (PowerPoint Tools menu) to suggest clip art you can add to a presentation based on the text in the presentation. This feature searches the presentation for words that match keywords in the AutoClipArt concept list. If a match is found, AutoClipArt suggests one or more pieces of clip art that correspond to the matching keyword.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the AutoClipArt concept
list
The text file will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
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The Setup Simulator is a series of HTML pages that mimic the Office 97 Setup program. It includes simulation of these four Setup scenarios: |
The Setup Simulator can help you become familiar with Setup before you install Office in your workgroup. It is especially helpful for network administrators who are helping users with the installation process.
To run the Setup
Simulator
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The Word 97 howto documents are examples of some of the most common Word questions answered by Microsoft Technical Support; these examples demonstrate how to accomplish a variety of tasks using Word 97 features. The articles were produced by Microsoft support engineers and provide information of interest to both users and administrators. |
These howto documents are described in the following table.
| Word 97 Howto document | Description |
| Frmfield.doc | Demonstrates how to use form fields. Form fields are locations in a document where users enter information. |
| Headfoot.doc | Demonstrates how to create headers and footers. |
| Lablgrph.doc | Demonstrates how to put graphics on multiple labels. |
| Mailmerg.doc | Demonstrates how to use the mail merge feature. |
| Modiftem.doc | Demonstrates how to create a new template or modify existing templates. |
| Styles.doc | Demonstrates how to define and use styles. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend you that use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the Word 97 howto
documents
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The text file Win32api.txt describes Win32 API declarations for Microsoft Visual Basic. For more information about using Win32 API declarations, see "Porting Your 16-bit Office-Based Solutions to 32-bit Office" in Chapter 10, "Upgrading from Previous Versions of Microsoft Office." |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
view the Visual Basic Win32 API declarations
document
The text file will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
Information on Using Microsoft Office 97 in a Global Environment
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The Tools and Utilities CD includes a document that answers the most common questions about supporting Office in multilingual environments. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the Office 97 Global
Environment document
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New to Office 97 for Windows is Outlook, a desktop information manager. Outlook organizes email, calendars, contacts, tasks, documents, and files into a single, integrated environment. Outlook also helps users share information through Exchange Server public folders, electronic forms, groupware, and the Internet. |
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The document Oeimport.doc describes how to use the importing and exporting tools included with Outlook Express for the Macintosh. For more information about switching to Outlook Express, see "Switching to Outlook Express" in Chapter 19, "Switching to Microsoft Outlook." |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the Switching to Outlook
Express document
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In the general tools category, the Office 97 Resource Kit Tools and Utilities provides a variety of administrative utilities.
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The gallery location tools allow you to specify where Excel and Microsoft Graph look for custom chart gallery files. This tool is useful in organizations that have standardized on a set of chart templates. An administrator can create a custom chart gallery containing custom templates and place the gallery on a server. Users can then run the Excel Gallery Location tool or the Graph Gallery Location tool, specifying the server location. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To run the Excel Gallery Location
tool
The Gallery Location tool will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
Note If you run this tool from the network or your hard disk, you must also have the file Vb40032.dll in your Windows\System folder. If you do not have this DLL, copy Vb40032.dll from this folder to your Windows\System folder.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To run the Graph Gallery Location
tool
The Gallery location tool will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
Note If you run this tool from the network or your hard disk, you must also have the file Vb40032.dll in your Windows\System folder. If you do not have this DLL, copy Vb40032.dll from this folder to your Windows\System folder.
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Sometimes Excel 97 is able to open a file but does not work properly with it. This may be caused by corruption in formats, formulas, values, or code. If you can open such a workbook, you can use the Excel 97 File Recovery Macro to recreate worksheets, XLM macro sheets, and module sheets in a new workbook. |
This macro also creates a log file so that you can see which items caused problems while transferring to the new workbook. If the File Recovery Macro fails, you can use the last entry in the log file to determine what caused the problem and recreate the workbook without that item. For information about Excel macros and addins, see Chapter 36, "Microsoft Excel Architecture."
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
install the Excel 97 File Recovery Macro
The macro file Cleaner.xla will be decompressed and installed in the \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Library folder on your computer.
To use the File Recovery Macro, make the workbook you want to clean the active workbook; then click Recreate active workbook (Tools menu). For more information, see the Readme.doc file in the \Program Files\ORK97\Excel\Recover folder on your computer.
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Outlook is a Windows messaging application that requires a Windows messaging profile. Profiles detail user electronic mail (email) settings and services, and are usually configured by doubleclicking the Mail and Fax icon in Control Panel. |
When a user starts Outlook on a computer without a Windows messaging profile, Outlook automatically creates a profile. Administrators can modify the default profile settings by customizing the Outlook.prf file before installing Outlook, or after installing but before the user starts Outlook for the first time.
For more information about profiles, see the Outlook 97 profiles document.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To view the Outlook 97 profiles
document
The files will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
The default profile for Outlook 97, Outlook.prf, creates a profile with Personal Folders and Outlook Address Book. To change the default profile that Outlook creates, replace the Outlook.prf file with an alternative version.
The alternative profiles provided are:
Creates a profile with Exchange Server and Outlook Address Book. To use this profile, you need to know the name of an Exchange Server in your organization.
Causes Outlook to run the Inbox Setup Wizard instead, which allows users to select profile services.
To
install and use the Outlook 97 profiles
You can also install an alternative Outlook 97 profile on a network installation point, so that users who install Office from the network can use the new profile.
To install and use the
Outlook 97 profiles on a network installation point
Chapter 3, "Deployment Guide for Microsoft Office," provides an overview of the primary phases in a typical deployment of Office 97. If you have Microsoft Project, you can use the Office 97 Deployment Planner to help guide you through the process of creating your custom Office 97 installation plan. If you do not have Microsoft Project, you can view the deployment steps in the Office 97 Deployment Planner worksheet using Microsoft Excel.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To install the Office 97
Deployment Planner
The files will be decompressed and installed in the \Deploy folder on your computer.
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To view the deployment steps in the Deployment Planner worksheet using Microsoft Excel, doubleclick Office97.xlt in the \Deploy folder.
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If your workgroup is upgrading gradually to Office 97, some users may have to share Office 97 binders with users of previous versions of Office or Office 98 for the Macintosh, neither of which can read binders created in Office 97. However, when you use the Office 97 Unbind Utilities to separate Office 97 binder files into their component files, the component files can be converted and then opened in Office 98 for the Macintosh, Office 95 and Office 4.x applications.
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| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
The Unbind utility will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
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Note The Office 98 for the Macintosh Value Pack includes the Unbind Utility that separates Office 97 binders into their component files. You must install the Unbind Utility from the Office 98 Value Pack. For more information about the Value Pack, see "Installing Value Pack Components" in Chapter 4, "Installing Microsoft Office." |
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If you install Office 97 on a computer that has a previous version of Office on it, there may be files and registry entries on your hard disk that can be removed. The Upgrade Wizard removes these files and frees space on your hard disk. You can run the utility in one of several modes to remove files that are not needed, remove all the files installed by previous versions of Office, or remove only those files that you specify. |
The Office Upgrade Wizard searches only for files that originated from a previous version of Office or an Office application, and removes them only if you indicate that these applications are no longer used on your computer. The files can be removed either through a wizard interface that the end user runs or as an automatic batch process that is fully customizable by the system administrator. You can customize the Upgrade Wizard to remove files and registration entries at your discretion. For more information about the Upgrade Wizard, see Chapter 9, "Troubleshooting Installation."
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
install and run the Upgrade Wizard
The Upgrade Wizard files will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
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With the SwitchForms utility, you can easily switch between Exchange Client and Outlook. Although you can view the same email folders in both applications, each application installs its own forms for composing and reading messages. If you need to run both Exchange Client and Outlook on the same system, use SwitchForms to reinstall the correct forms. |
Note The SwitchForms utility is not needed with the version of Outlook 97 included in the Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1). For more information about SR-1, see "Installing New Releases of Office" in Chapter 4, "Installing Microsoft Office."
The SwitchForms utility is intended for:
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
install Outlook SwitchForms
The SwitchForms files will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
Note SwitchForms requires the form configuration files from Exchange Client, which are installed automatically by the Exchange Client Setup program. SwitchForms also requires the Outlook 97 form configuration files, which are not installed when you choose a Typical installation during Office Setup. To install these files, rerun Office Setup and click Add/Remove. Select the Outlook option, and then select the Visuals for Forms Design option.
Before you use Outlook SwitchForms, exit from Exchange Client or Outlook.
To use Outlook
SwitchForms
You do not need to specify a full path. SwitchForms searches the folder you specify and all of its subfolders. By default, Exchange Client form configuration files are installed in C:\Windows\Forms\Configs. Outlook form configuration files are installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Forms.
You can also automate the use of SwitchForms.
To use SwitchForms
automatically
Note If you have Outlook or Exchange Client files running on your computer, you may receive errors when you run SwitchForms. To correct this problem, reboot your computer and run SwitchForms again. When SwitchForms has successfully completed, you will receive a message. If you do not receive the message, reboot your computer and run SwitchForms again.
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The Office 97 floppy disks use a compressed format called Distribution Media Format (DMF) that stores 1.68 MB of data on a standard 3.5inch doublesided floppy disk. These compressed files are combined into a single large file called a cabinet (CAB) file. Because this reduces the sector gap on the floppy disk, standard tools such as Windows Explorer or the MSDOS copy command do not work for copying files from these disks. |
Occasionally, you may want to extract individual files from an Office floppy disk CAB file — for example, if a file is accidentally deleted. To extract individual files from the Office floppy disks, you must use either the Extract or Wextract program, both of which are included in the Office 97 Resource Kit Tools and Utilities.
You can also use Extract to copy the contents of the Office floppy disks to a server, so that users can run Office Setup over the network. For more information about installing Office from floppy disks, see "Installing Office from Floppy Disks" in Chapter 4, "Installing Microsoft Office."
CopyAll and CopyDisk are MSDOS batch files you can use to automate the task of copying Office floppy disks. Use Copyall.bat to copy a number of disks; use Copydisk.bat to copy a single disk. CopyAll uses the CopyDisk utility for each disk.
Copyall.bat copies all the CAB files from a DMF floppy disk set to a destination folder. The CAB files are stored in a set of folders named Disk1 through DiskN, where N is the number of floppy disks in the disk set. The maximum number of disks handled by this batch file is 50.
The syntax for this command is
CopyAll path #disks
where path is the path to the destination folder on your hard disk or on a network server, and #disks is the number of floppy disks.
For example, to copy the CAB files from a 10disk set to the X:\Install folder, type:
CopyAll x:\install 10
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
install the CopyAll batch file
The CopyAll batch file will be copied to the folder you specify.
Note The CopyAll batch file requires the CopyDisk batch file.
Copydisk.bat copies a CAB file from a DMF floppy disk to a destination folder. The CAB file is stored in a folder named DiskN, where N is the number of the floppy disk in the disk set.
The syntax for this command is:
CopyDisk path disk#
where path is the path to the destination folder on your hard disk or on a network server, and disk# is the floppy disk number.
For example, to copy the CAB file from Disk 4 to the X:\Install folder, type
CopyDisk x:\install 4
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
install the CopyDisk batch file
The CopyDisk batch file will be copied to the folder you specify.
You can also use CopyAll and CopyDisk to copy the contents of the Office floppy disks to a server, so that users can run Office Setup over the network. For more information about installing Office from floppy disks, see "Installing Office from Floppy Disks" in Chapter 4, "Installing Microsoft Office."
To use
CopyAll and CopyDisk to create an Office installation folder on a
network server
Copyall folder #disks
where folder is the folder you created, and #disks is the number of floppy disks to copy.
A folder named Disks is created, and the contents of the floppy disks are copied to subfolders named Disks\Disk1, Disks\Disk2, and so forth.
Users can connect to the Disks folder on the server and run Disk1\Setup.exe to install Office. Setup automatically looks in the correct subfolders (Disk2, Disk3, and so on) for the Office files.
You can use the Extract utility to extract individual files from the Office floppy disks. You can also use Extract to copy the contents of the Office floppy disks to a server, so that users can run Setup over the network.
If you want to use a Windows utility to extract files, see "Wextract Utility" later in this appendix. The Extract program runs under MSDOS. The syntax for this command is shown in the following examples:
Extract [/y] [/a] [/d | /e] [/l dir] cabinet [filename]
Extract [/y] source [newname]
Extract [/y] /c source destination
Extract /?
At the command prompt, type Extract followed by one or more of the commandline options shown in the following table.
For example, to list all files in the file Disk1.cab, type
Extract /d a:\disk1.cab
To list all EXE files in Disk1.cab, type
Extract /d a:\disk1.cab *.exe
To extract a file named Any.exe from Disk1.cab and copy it to the current folder, type
Extract A:\Files.cab Any.exe
Note If the file spans more than one disk, Extract prompts you to enter the second disk.
To extract Any.exe from Disk1.cab and copy it to C:\Office, type
Extract A:\Files.cab /l C:\Office Any.exe
| Commandline option | Description |
| cabinet | CAB file (contains two or more files). |
| filename | Name of the file to extract from the CAB file. You can use wild cards and multiple file names (separated by blanks). |
| source | Compressed file that is not contained in a CAB file. |
| destination | Location to which to copy the uncompressed file. |
| newname | New file name for the extracted file. If you do not supply a new file name, the original file name is used. |
| /a | Processes all CAB files. Follows CAB chain starting in the first CAB specified. |
| /c | Copies source file from DMF disk to destination. |
| /d | Displays CAB file directory. If used with filename, it displays the file without extracting it. |
| /e | Extracts all files. |
| /l dir | Specifies location to store extracted files. (The default is the current directory.) |
| /y | Overwrites an existing file without prompting. |
| /? | Displays a list of options. |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
The Extract utility will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
You can use Wextract, like the Extract utility described earlier, to extract individual files from a CAB file. Wextract runs on Windows 95 and Windows NT Workstation 3.51 or later. Unlike Extract, however, Wextract cannot copy an entire CAB file from the floppy disk to a folder.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
The Wextract files will be decompressed and placed in the folder you specify.
To run Wextract
Wextract decompresses the selected files and copies them to the destination folder.
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Web tools include utilities that improve the compatibility of Office 97 with your organization's intranet or with the Web.
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The Excel 97 Web Connectivity Kit was created for Internet and intranet administrators, authors, and Excel users. The Kit provides detailed information about using Excel 97 with the Internet or an intranet. Topics include hyperlinks, Web queries, and HTML extensions. Hyperlinks allow you to connect directly from a workbook to a URL. Web queries allow you to copy data from a Web server directly into Excel. HTML enhancements give HTML tables Excel functionality (such as PivotTables) when you import them into Excel. |
The Excel 97 Web Connectivity Kit consists of the document WebCnKit.doc and associated sample files. Open WebCnKit.doc in Word 97 to view or print it, and then follow the instructions in WebCnKit.doc to use the sample files. To learn about the sample files included in the Web Connectivity Kit, read the appendix in WebCnKit.doc.
Important You must have Excel 97 and Word 97 installed on your computer to use the Excel 97 Web Connectivity Kit.
To install the Excel 97 Web
Connectivity Kit
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If you are using Netscape Web servers, such as the Netscape Commerce and Fast Track Web servers, you may need to edit the Mime.types files on your Web server to include Office file extension mappings. Rather than recording Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) content type and corresponding file extension mappings in the Windows registry, these Web server programs record this information in the Mime.types files. Editing the Mime.types files ensures that Netscape Web servers properly deliver Office documents to Web browsers. |
For information about Office MIME types and Netscape Web servers, see "Netscape Web Server Support" in Chapter 24, "Integrating Microsoft Office with Your Intranet."
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To update your Mime.types
files
The Mime.types files are copied to the folder you specify.
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The Internet Assistant for PowerPoint 95 is an addin that provides PowerPoint 95 users with the ability to convert design templates, clip art images, digitized photographs, textures, and formatted text in their PowerPoint slides into rich HTML pages for publishing on the Web. These presentations can be viewed by anyone using one of the popular Web browsers. |
Use the Internet Assistant to convert a presentation into a set of HTML documents, ready for publishing on the Web. The Assistant creates two versions of each slide: a text version, which downloads faster and is useful for Web browsers that cannot display graphics; and a graphics version, which maintains the color scheme and appearance of the original presentation. By using interactive settings to define hyperlinks, you can go from one slide to another or to a related Web page. Advanced users can customize the text and graphics template (TLP) files, so that PowerPoint produces HTML pages that match the other Web pages for your organization.
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To
install the PowerPoint Internet Assistant
The Internet Assistant files are copied to the folder you specify, but the Internet Assistant is not installed on your computer.
Note In PowerPoint 97, the Internet Assistant functionality is built in, so PowerPoint 97 users do not need to install the Internet Assistant to export presentations to HTML. Instead, users click Save as HTML (File menu) and follow the instructions in the wizard. For more information about saving presentations in HTML, see "Saving Presentations as HTML Documents" in Chapter 25, "Web Support in Microsoft Office Applications."
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The Word Internet Lookup template enables Word 97 for Windows users to search the Internet for a word or short phrase from within Word (assuming the client has a properly registered browser and Internet access). The Lookup template also enables the searching of Web Find Fast indexes on your intranet. For more information about the Lookup template, see "Using the Look Up Command to Search the Internet" in Chapter 25, "Web Support in Microsoft Office Applications." |
| Important The Office 97/98 Resource Kit has not been tested according to Microsoft's Year 2000 Test Criteria. If you use the tools associated with the Office 97/98 Resource Kit, we recommend that you use four-digit year formats for date entries. |
To install the Word Internet Lookup
template
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