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Microsoft Word 2000 Readme File

June 1999
(c) Microsoft Corporation, 1999. All rights
reserved.
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This document provides late-breaking or other

information that is relevant to Microsoft Word
2000, and is current as of the date above. After
that date, you may find more current information
and resources on the Microsoft Office Update Web
site, available from the Help menu by clicking
Office on the Web. Additional information,
including network and administration issues, can
be found on the Office Resource Kit Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/

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CONTENTS
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* INSTALLATION, SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, AND

OPERATING SYSTEM ISSUES

* GENERAL ISSUES

* MICROSOFT WORD 2000 HELP

* ISSUES FOR ASIAN LANGUAGE FEATURES

* ISSUES FOR RIGHT-TO-LEFT LANGUAGE FEATURES

* MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS

ISSUES

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INSTALLATION, SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, AND OPERATING
SYSTEM ISSUES
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This section includes the following topics:

* Disable Virus Protection Before Running Setup

 * Minimum System Requirements for Microsoft
Word 2000

* Operating System Requirements and Service

Updates

* Using Punctuation Characters in Folder Names

During Setup May Cause Problems

* Installing Office 2000 or Word 2000 Without

Removing the Beta 2 Build of Office 2000

* Installing Microsoft Office 2000 or Microsoft

Word 2000 on a Network

* Prompt for CD Key When Setting Up Word 2000

from Administrative Installation

* Installation Settings for Clip Gallery

* Message During Installation

Disable Virus Protection Before Running Setup

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Some virus protection programs, such as VSafe.com
and Norton AntiVirus AutoProtect, can interfere
with the Microsoft Word 2000 Setup program. If you
use a virus protection program on your computer,
disable it before running Setup. (Don't forget to
re-enable the virus protection program after Setup
is complete.)

Minimum System Requirements for

Microsoft Word 2000
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Microsoft Word 2000 is included in the following
editions:

* Microsoft Office 2000 Standard

* Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business
* Microsoft Office 2000 Professional
* Microsoft Office 2000 Premium
* Microsoft Office 2000 Developer

To use Microsoft Word 2000, your computer must

meet the following minimum requirements:

* Processor: Pentium 75 MHz or higher

processor or a compatible processor

* Operating system: Microsoft Windows 95 or

later operating system, or Microsoft Windows NT
Workstation operating system version 4.0 with
Service Pack 3 or later

* Memory for Windows 95 or Windows 98: 16 MB of

 RAM for the operating system, plus an additional 4
MB of RAM for Microsoft Word

* Memory for Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

Service Pack 3 or later: 32 MB of RAM for the
operating system, plus an additional 4 MB of RAM
for Microsoft Word

* Available hard-disk space: 146 MB for

Microsoft Word 2000. This figure indicates a
default installation; your hard-disk usage will
vary depending on your configuration and the
options you choose to install. Choices made during
a custom installation may require more or less
hard disk space.

* Disk drives: CD-ROM drive

* Monitor: VGA or higher-resolution monitor;

Super VGA recommended

* Pointing device: Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft

Intellimouse, or compatible pointing device

To use all of the features available in Word 2000,

it is recommended that you have the following
additional items and services:

* Modem: 9600-baud modem; 14,400- or higher-

baud modem recommended

* Multimedia: Multimedia computer required for

sound and other multimedia effects

* E-mail: Microsoft Exchange client or

Microsoft Outlook required to run Office e-mail

* Additional memory: 8 MB of additional memory

required to run Office e-mail

* Internet: Some Internet functionality may

require Internet access and payment of a separate
fee to an Internet Service Provider (ISP), and
local charges may apply

Operating System Requirements and Service Updates

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Microsoft Word 2000 runs on the following
operating systems:

* Microsoft Windows 95 (Service Pack 1 or

higher recommended, but not required)

* Microsoft Windows 98

* Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 2

 (Service Pack 3 or higher recommended)

To download service packs, please go to the

following addresses:

Windows 95 Service Pack 1

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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads

Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4

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ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt
/winnt-public/fixes/usa/nt40/ussp4/

To download euro support, please go to the

following addresses:

Windows 95
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads
/contents/wurecommended/s_wufeatured/w95europatch/

NOTE: Windows 98 includes built-in euro support,

so no download is necessary.

Windows NT 4.0
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/
contents/wuarchive/nteuropatch/default.asp?site=ntw

Using Punctuation Characters in Folder Names

During Setup May Cause Problems
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Do not use a comma (,), single quotation mark ('),
or exclamation point (!) in the name of the folder
where you install Microsoft Office 2000, Microsoft
Word 2000, Microsoft Excel 2000, Microsoft Outlook
2000, and Microsoft PowerPoint 2000. It is
recommended that you use the default folder or use
only letters and numbers in folder names.

Installing Office 2000 or Word 2000 Without

Removing the Beta 2 Build of Office 2000
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When starting Word 2000, you might receive the
following message:

Required registry information is missing and

this application cannot run. Please rerun Setup to
correct this problem.

Or, after a few seconds, the program might

 quit.

You might experience either of the above if you

installed Office 2000 or Word 2000 without
removing the Beta 2 build (2221b) of Microsoft
Office 2000.

>>> To solve this problem, do the following to

remove the Beta 2 build of Office 2000:

1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, point to

Settings, and click Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. In the list of installed programs, click

Microsoft Office 2000 Premium Edition. (This is
the Beta 2 version of Office 2000.)

4. Click Add/Remove.

5. Click Remove Office.

6. Click Yes to the prompt confirming that you

want to remove.

Installing Microsoft Office 2000 or

Microsoft Word 2000 on a Network
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>>>To create an administrative installation point
for Office 2000 or Word 2000:

1. Create a share on a network server for the

administrative installation point.

The network share must have at least 550

megabytes (MB) of available disk space.

2. On a computer running Microsoft Windows 95/98

or Microsoft Windows NT that has write access to
the share, connect to the server share.

3. On the Start menu, click Run, and then click

Browse.

4. On Office Disc 1 in the CD-ROM drive, select

setup.exe and click Open.

5. On the command line following setup.exe, type

/a data1.msi and click OK.
For example:
e:\setup.exe /a data1.msi

6. When prompted by Setup, enter the organization

name that you want to define for all users who
install Office from this location.
7. When prompted for the installation location,
enter the server and share you created.

For additional information about network and

administration issues, see the Office Resource Kit
Web site at:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork

Prompt for CD Key When Setting Up Word 2000 from

an Administrative Installation
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When you set up Word 2000 on your computer from an
administrative installation on a server, you might
be prompted for a CD Key. This occurs if the
system administrator who created the
administrative installation did not enter the CD
Key.

To solve this problem, ask the system

administrator to create a new administrative
installation and enter the CD Key in the first
dialog box. Once this is done, you will not be
prompted for the CD Key when you run Setup from
this new administrative installation.

Installation Settings for Clip Gallery

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You may encounter problems running Clip
Gallery if you set it to Run From Network
or to Run From CD during a custom installation.
For best results, leave Clip Gallery set to
Run From My Computer.

Message During Installation

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If you get a message during Office setup, and you
get the same message when you try setup again, you
can create a log file that will be useful to
Microsoft Product Support Services in
troubleshooting the problem. Once you create the
file, you will need to call Microsoft Product
Support Services.

>>>To create the log file:

1. Click the Start button on the taskbar, and then

click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

<path>\Setup.exe /L*v c:\Verboselog.txt

where <path> is the location of Setup.exe. For

example, if you are installing from a CD-ROM
drive, then the text you would type might look
like:
 d:\Setup.exe /L*v c:\Verboselog.txt

Setup will start again and a log file called

Verboselog.txt will be created at the root of your
C: drive.

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WORKING WITH MICROSOFT WORD 2000
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This section includes the following topics:

* WebBot Components Not in Office 2000

Developer

* Obtaining Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing

Tools

* Colors May Not Display Correctly on 256-Color

Monitors

* Some Hyperlinks in HTML Files Published to a

Root Directory Don't Work in Internet Explorer
Version 3.02

* Incorrect ToolTip for the Security Dialog Box

* Editing Clips That Were Deleted From a

Previous Version of Clip Gallery

WebBot Components Not in Office 2000 Developer

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Some topics in Help erroneously state that
Microsoft Office WebBot components and associated
white papers are available in Microsoft Office
2000 Developer. WebBot components are not
available in this release of Office 2000
Developer.

Obtaining Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing Tools

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Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing Tools is an add-in
package for Office 2000 that contains all the
language tools Microsoft makes for more than 30
languages. It can be obtained from a licensed
reseller. The part and SKU numbers listed in Help
are incorrect. See http://www.microsoft.com/office
for more information on obtaining Office 2000
Proofing Tools.

Colors May Not Display Correctly on 256-Color

Monitors
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After you view pop-up windows in Help topics,
colors for some elements may no longer display
correctly on 256-color monitors. For example, the
following elements may appear differently on the
screen after you view pop-up windows:
* Bitmaps
* Pictures embedded in files
* Office Assistant
* Hyperlinks

To fix the display problem, change the color

palette for your monitor.

>>>To change the color palette:

1. Click Start on the Windows taskbar, point to

Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Display icon.

3. On the Settings tab, select an option other

than 256 colors. Microsoft recommends that you
choose more than 256 colors, if such an option is
available.

Some Hyperlinks in HTML Files Published to a Root

Directory Don't Work in Internet Explorer Version
3.02
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Relative hyperlinks (hyperlinks whose paths are
relative to the document they are contained in)
will not display Web pages that have been
published to a root directory in Internet Explorer
3.02. To avoid this problem, use a later version
of Internet Explorer, publish Web pages to a
directory other than the root directory, or delete
the "./" at the beginning of each hyperlink in the
documents you want to publish.

Incorrect ToolTip for the Security Dialog Box

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The ToolTip for the text at the bottom of the
Security dialog box (Tools menu, Macro command)
incorrectly states that the text "Tells if a virus
scanner is installed on this computer." The text
tells if a virus scanner is installed that
Microsoft Office recognizes and uses when it opens
files. Therefore, if you have a virus scanner
installed on your computer, but it is one that
Microsoft Office does not recognize or use, you
will see the text "No virus scanner installed" in
this dialog box.

Editing Clips That Were Deleted From a Previous

Version of Clip Gallery
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If you double-click a clip in a Word 2000 document
that was deleted from a previous version of Clip
Gallery, and then press ESC or click Cancel to
exit Clip Gallery, the clip will be replaced. To
keep the current clip, click Undo after exiting
Clip Gallery.

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MICROSOFT WORD 2000 HELP
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Correct Procedure for Starting

Microsoft NetMeeting
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The following Help topics contain incorrect
information about how to start Microsoft
NetMeeting:
* "Start an impromptu online meeting"
* "About online meetings"
* "Start NetMeeting"

>>> To start NetMeeting:

* On the Microsoft Windows Start menu, point
to Programs, Accessories, Communications, and
then click NetMeeting.

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ISSUES FOR ASIAN LANGUAGE FEATURES
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This section includes the following topics:

* Possible Display Problems When Using Multiple

Asian Fonts

* Opening Documents Created in Japanese

Versions of Word 95 or Word 6.0

* Some Converters Are Not DBCS Enabled

Possible Display Problems When Using Multiple

Asian Fonts
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If you install multiple Asian fonts on non-Asian
versions of the Microsoft Windows NT version 4.0
operating system, you might experience display
problems, such as very large text, blank text, or
very large blank areas occurring in Microsoft Word
2000 or in Windows NT. This is a known problem in
Windows NT version 4.0 Service Pack 4 that will be
fixed in an upcoming Service Pack release for
Windows NT version 4.0.

Opening Documents Created in Japanese Versions of

Word 95 or Word 6.0
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When Word 2000 users open documents created in
Japanese versions of Word 95 or Word 6.0, the
Compatibility tab on the Options dialog box
displays some incorrect information. The
Recommended Options For box specifies Custom
instead of Microsoft Word (Asian versions) 6.0/95.

However, the appropriate check boxes are selected

under Options on the Compatibility tab. The
documents are also displayed correctly on the
screen for Word 2000 users.

Some Converters Are Not DBCS Enabled

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Some of the converters included in Office 2000 do
not support import or export of double-byte
characters (DBCS) that are common in Japanese,
Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and
Korean documents. For example, if you open a
document created in WordPerfect, Word 2000 may not
display the text properly. If you need to exchange
documents with WordPerfect users, save the Word
2000 documents in the RTF file format.

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ISSUES FOR RIGHT-To-LEFT LANGUAGE FEATURES
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This section includes the following topics:

* Opening Documents Created in Word 97 Right-

to-Left Language Versions

* Printing Right-to-Left Languages

* Problem with Publishing WordArt Objects to

the Web

* Translation Dictionaries Not Available if

Upgrading to Word 2000 from Word 95

* Use the Same Keyboard Layout When

Collaborating on a Document

* Turning Off Autoformat Options

* Click and Type is Not Supported

* Using Tables Instead of Tabs to Align Text

* Tables with Different View Directions Are Not

Supported
Opening Documents Created in Word 97 Right-to-Left
Language Versions
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When opening documents created in Word 97 right-
to-left language versions such as the Hebrew and
Arabic versions, it is recommended that you save
the documents in Word Document format before
modifying or applying any additional formatting.
In the Save As Type box in the Save As dialog box,
click Word Document.

Printing Right-to-Left Languages

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Certain printers will require updated printer
drivers. Please contact your printer manufacturer
if you encounter problems printing.

Problem with Publishing WordArt Objects to the Web

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When you use the WordArt feature, Arabic text with
diacritics will appear disconnected when published
to the Web. It is recommended not to use
diacritics with WordArt objects when publishing
them to the Web.

Translation Dictionaries Not Available if

Upgrading to Word 2000 from Word 95
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If you upgrade to Word 2000 from a right-to-left
language version of Word 97, the translation
dictionaries will be available. Translation
dictionaries will not be available if you are
upgrading from Word 95.

Use the Same Keyboard Layout When Collaborating on

a Document
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During an online meeting, participants can take
control of a document to review and edit its
contents. All participants must use the same
keyboard layout when collaborating on a document.
This enables Word 2000 to tag text with the
appropriate language encoding and correctly
display text on the screen.

For information about how to switch the keyboard

layout for your computer, type "switch keyboard
layouts" in the Office Assistant or on the Answer
Wizard tab in Word 2000, and then click Search.

Turning Off AutoFormat Options when Using Right-

to-Left Languages
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You can use the AutoFormat features in Word 2000
to automatically apply formatting to a document.
However, it is recommended that users typing
right-to-left text turn off some of the AutoFormat
features to preserve language syntax.

For example, if you are typing Arabic, Hebrew,

Farsi, or Urdu text, you may not want Word 2000 to
automatically replace fractions with a fraction
character or symbol characters with symbols.

>>>To turn off AutoFormat features:

1. On the Tools menu, click AutoCorrect.

2. In the AutoCorrect dialog box, clear the

appropriate check boxes on the AutoFormat and
AutoFormat As You Type tabs.

Click and Type is Not Supported

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The Click and Type feature does not work properly
in paragraphs formatted for right-to-left text.

Using Tables Instead of Tabs to Align Text

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It is recommended that you use tables instead of
tabs in the following instances:

* To align text in right-to-left paragraphs

* To align right-to-left text in left-to-right

paragraphs

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MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS
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This section includes the following topics:

* Default Security Level Is High

* Locked Projects in Templates Based on

Signed Templates

* Built-In Dialog Box Arguments

* Add Method (CommandBars Collection)

* GetSpellingSuggestions Method

* Help Method

* Context Property (CommandBar Object)

 * FeatureInstall Property Code Example

* Default Language for Visual Basic Editor

and Microsoft Script Editor

* New Properties (VBA)

* Use F3 to Find Next Text Occurrence in the

Code Window

* System Event Notification System

* HTML Reference Documentation

* Internet Explorer Versions and Editing HTML

* Topic Not Found Topic (Microsoft

Script Editor)

Default Security Level Is High

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The default security level in Word is set to
High. This means that although macros in
templates installed on your machine will run,
document macros are automatically disabled
unless their project has been digitally signed.

Locked Projects in Templates Based on

Signed Templates
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If you create a template based on a digitally
signed template and the Visual Basic Editor
(VBE) is not open at the time, the new
template is created with a locked project.
To create a template with an unlocked project,
open the VBE before creating the new template.
Also, digitally signing the new template
will unlock its project.

Built-In Dialog Box Arguments

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The WdWordDialog constant values
wdDialogFileMacCustomPageSetupGX
and wdDialogFileMacPageSetupGX are not
supported.

Add Method (CommandBars Collection)

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The Temporary argument is ignored in
Microsoft Word. You must manually remove
any temporary items added to the
CommandBars collection before shutting
down the application.
GetSpellingSuggestions Method
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The SuggestionMode argument does not
support the values wdWildcard and
wdAnagram.

Help Method
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The following WdHelpType constants apply
to help functionality in Microsoft Word 95
and are no longer supported:
* wdHelpContents
* wdHelpIndex
* wdHelpSearch
* wdHelpUsingHelp

Using any of these values for the HelpType

argument is equivalent to using wdHelp.

Context Property (CommandBar Object)

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This property is read-only and returns
the full name (and disk path) of the template
associated with the document containing the
CommandBar object.

FeatureInstall Property Code Example

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The code example given for the FeatureInstall
property will not run unless you first set a
reference to the Microsoft Excel 9.0 Object
Library (Tools menu, References).

Also, you must set a reference to the Microsoft

Excel 9.0 Object Library (Tools menu, References)
for the example to run correctly.

Default Language for Visual Basic Editor and

Microsoft Script Editor
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The Visual Basic Editor and Microsoft Script
Editor default to English if the current system
code page does not support the user interface
language.

New Properties (VBA)

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The following are new properties that apply
to class modules in standalone projects:

* Instancing Property
 Sets a value that specifies whether you can
create instances of a public class outside a
project, and if so, how they will behave. Not
available at run time.

Settings

The Instancing property has these settings:

Setting Description

1 Private (default). Other applications are not

allowed access to type library information
about the class and cannot create instances
of it. Private objects are only for use within
your component. The Instancing property default
varies depending on the project type. Private is
the default only for class modules in standalone
projects.

2 PublicNotCreatable. Other applications can use

objects of this class only if your component
creates the objects first. Other applications
cannot use the CreateObject function or the New
operator to create objects from the class.

* Name Property

Returns the name used in code to identify a class.

Read-only at run time.

Syntax

object.Name

The object placeholder represents an object expression

that evaluates to a class.

Remarks

An object's Name property must start with a letter and

can be a maximum of 40 characters long. It can include
numbers and underline (_) characters but can't include
punctuation or spaces. Although the Name property
setting can be a keyword, property name, or the name
of another object, this can create conflicts in your
code.

Use F3 to Find Next Text Occurrence in

the Code Window
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Press F3 to find the next occurrence of previously
specified search text in the code window, not
SHIFT+F4 as stated in the documentation.

System Event Notification System

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For programmers writing to the System Event
Notification System (SENS) and the IEventSubscription
and IEventSystem interfaces, please see the
documentation for these interfaces at MSDN Online
(http://msdn.microsoft.com) or a version of the
Platform SDK later than that which shipped with the
April MSDN.

HTML Reference Documentation

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The latest HTML, DHTML, and CSS documentation
is available online from MSDN Online at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com

Internet Explorer Versions and

Editing HTML
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Selection works differently in Microsoft Script
Editor for sited elements depending on what version
of Internet Explorer you have installed. A sited
element is any element that has a height or width,
such as BUTTON.

With Internet Explorer 4.01, selection for sited

elements works as follows:

- The first click on an element allows you to

edit the text within the element.
- The second click on an element selects the
element.
- Double-clicking an element selects the text
block within the element.

With Internet Explorer 5.0, selection for sited

elements works as follows:

- The first click on an element selects the element.

- The second click on an element allows you to edit
the text within the element.
- Double-clicking the element brings up the source
code for the element.

Note: Selection for tables in Internet Explorer 5.0

is the same as it was in Internet Explorer 4.01.

Also, Internet Explorer 5.0 preserves white space

better than Internet Explorer 4.01 when switching
between views in the editor.

"Topic Not Found" Topic (Microsoft

Script Editor)
---------------------------------
You do not need the MSDN Library or MSDN Library
CD to view help topics for Microsoft Script Editor.
If you encounter the "Topic Not Found" topic, try
one of the following:

- Reinstall Microsoft Script Editor from the

Microsoft Office setup.
- Insert the Microsoft Office CD into the
CD-ROM drive.