MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97 README FILE (c) 1985-1997 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. This document provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 documentation. _________________________________________________________________ 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 _________________________________________________________________ MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97 --------------------------------------------------------- To use Microsoft Excel Viewer 97, you need: * 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 INSTALLING MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97 ------------------------------------ 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. 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. 3. Run the Setup.exe program, which is located in the same folder as this Readme.txt file. 4. When Setup prompts you for a folder in which to install Microsoft Excel Viewer, specify a location, or accept the suggested default location. 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. To run Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 under Windows NT 3.51, double- click the Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 icon, located in the Programs group. GETTING HELP ON USING MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97 ----------------------------------------------- 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. TROUBLESHOOTING: CANNOT DISPLAY THE FIND TAB IN VIEWER HELP ----------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS: When you click Contents on the Help menu, one of the following problems may occur: - 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- - 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. 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. WORKAROUND: 1. If Viewer Help does not respond, use the following steps to reactivate the Contents tab in Viewer Help: a. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL. b. In the Close Program dialog box, click Windows Help. c. Click End Task. 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). STATUS: Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with Microsoft Excel Viewer 97. MICROSOFT EXCEL VIEWER 97 INSTALLED FILE NAMES AND LOCATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------ The files installed in the Microsoft Excel Viewer 97 folder are (by default, this folder is C:\Program Files\XLView): Excel8.srg License.txt MSO97v.dll Msv7enu.dll Readme.txt Selfreg.dll Settings.srg XL8409.dll XLintl32.dll XLview.cnt XLview.exe XLview.hlp 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): Docobj.dll Hlink.dll Hlinkprx.dll Msorfs.dll Urlmon.dll Wininet.dll _________________________________________________________________ This document is for informational purposes only. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN THIS DOCUMENT.