Office AppNote: MOM 4.2c (U.S.) to Allow Menu Customization

• Microsoft Office, version 4.2
• Microsoft Office Manager, version 4.2b

The Application Note "MOM 4.2c to Allow Menu Customization in U.S. Version" (WC1038) is now available from Product Support Services.

The disk provided with this Application Note contains an updated MSOFFICE.EXE file (MOM version 4.2c). In order to use this updated version of MSOFFICE.EXE, you must currently be using MOM version 4.2b. After you update MOM version 4.2b to MOM version 4.2c, you can remove the Microsoft Word command from the Microsoft Office menu or change its location on the Microsoft Office menu.

You can obtain this Application Note from the following sources:

• Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet
• The Internet (Microsoft anonymous ftp server)
• The Microsoft Network (MSN)
• Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)
• Microsoft Product Support Services

THE TEXT OF WC1038

  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
     WC1038: MOM 4.2C TO ALLOW MENU CUSTOMIZATION IN U.S. VERSION

                                                   Revision Date: 6/94
                                                       1 Disk Included

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Introduction

In the U.S. version of Microsoft Office 4.2 for Windows, when you remove the Microsoft Word command from or change its location on the Microsoft Office menu, the command appears in the original location after you close and restart the Microsoft Office Manager (MOM).

The disk provided with this Application Note contains an updated MSOFFICE.EXE file (MOM version 4.2c). In order to use this updated version of MSOFFICE.EXE, you must currently be using MOM version 4.2b. After you update MOM version 4.2b to MOM version 4.2c, you can remove the Microsoft Word command from the Microsoft Office menu or change its location on the Microsoft Office menu.

To find out which version of MOM you are using

If you received Microsoft Office version 4.2 as a complete disk set, you are running MOM 4.2b. If you received the single MOM disk with a product fulfillment update, choose About Microsoft Office from the Office toolbar icon to check the version of MOM. If the version number in the About Microsoft Office dialog box is 4.2 rather than 4.2b, you need to receive the 4.2b update of MOM. To obtain this version of MOM, call the Microsoft Sales Information Center at (800) 426-9400. After you install the 4.2b update of MOM, you can then use the disk provided with this Application Note to replace your MSOFFICE.EXE file.

To replace the MSOFFICE.EXE file

1. To close the Microsoft Office Manager, choose the Microsoft Office button from the MOM toolbar, and then choose Exit.

2. At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following and press ENTER

         rename <drive>:\<directory>\msoffice.exe msoffice.old
   

   where <drive> and <directory> are the drive and directory to which you installed Microsoft Office. For example, if you installed Microsoft Office on drive C in a directory called MSOFFICE, you would type the following:

         rename c:\msoffice\msoffice.exe msoffice.old
   

3. Insert the enclosed WC1038 disk in your floppy disk drive.

4. At the MS-DOS prompt, type the following and press ENTER

         copy <drive>:\msoffice.exe <destination>
   

   where <drive> is the floppy disk drive containing the WC1038 disk and <destination> is the location of your Microsoft Office directory. For example, if WC1038 is in drive A, and if the location of your Microsoft Office directory is C:\MSOFFICE, type the following command:

         copy a:\msoffice.exe c:\msoffice
   

NOTE: When you use the updated MSOFFICE.EXE, the opening screen for Microsoft Office will not be customized with your name, and in the About Microsoft Office dialog box, the serial number will contain Xs. This change in customization does not affect your Microsoft Office registration; the individual Microsoft Office applications still contain the correct serial numbers for their respective products.

TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE

The following file(s) are available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ WC1038.EXE (size: 95923 bytes) 

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