MS Empowerment Pack for the Mac "Read Me -- Important!" File

ID: Q153426

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Empowerment Pack for the Mac version 1.0

SUMMARY

This article contains a copy of the information in the "Read Me -- Important!" file included on the Microsoft Empowerment Pack for the Mac CD- ROM.

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Welcome!

This CD contains a number of software tools and updates for your Macintosh, including:

System 7.5 Update 2.0 -- bug fixes and performance enhancements for Apple's System 7.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 -- this fast, powerful Internet browser was designed specifically for your Macintosh
Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word -- this add-in for Microsoft Word 6.0.1 makes it easy to create and edit great-looking documents for the World Wide Web.
Internet Assistant for Microsoft Excel -- this add-in for Microsoft Excel 5.0 lets you convert your spreadsheets to Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) tables, while maintaining all the rich formatting of your original spreadsheet document
Microsoft Word 6.0.1a Update -- this update offers Word 6.0 users improved performance and stability, including faster boot and word count times, better font handling, resolved extension conflicts, and more.

We've prepared a guided tour to introduce you to all of the programs and updates included on the CD. To start the tour, just double-click on the "Microsoft Empowerment Pack" icon at the root level of the CD. Before you do, though, please read the notes below. They contain important information about how the tour works, and on what system configurations it will run best.

System Requirements

The guided tour is presented using the Microsoft Internet Explorer. To run the Internet Explorer, your system must have:

a 68030 processor or better
System 7.0.1 or above*
8 MB of RAM
2 - 4 MB of hard disk space

*Note: if you have a 68k Macintosh and are running a System version earlier than 7.5, you will need to install Thread Manager 2.0. You can do this by running the Internet Explorer installation program, located in the "Internet Explorer" folder of this CD.

Access to the Internet

The guided tour will run fine even if you aren't connect to the Internet. Some features of the Internet Explorer won't be available to you without an Internet connection, though. For example,

You will not be able to read newsgroups or send mail using Internet Explorer
You may not be able to change Internet Explorer's Options settings
The "Home" and "Search" buttons on the Internet Explorer toolbar may result in "File not Found" errors. This is because the Internet Explorer is looking for documents located on the Web, and can't find them without an Internet connection.

Installing Updates for Microsoft Word

In order to install the Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word or the Word 6.0.1a Update from within the guided tour, you will need at least 2700 bytes of additional RAM free. Because the System typically takes at least two megabytes of RAM, users with 8 Mb systems will need to enable Virtual Memory from the Memory Control Panel in order to install these programs from within the guided tour (see the Virtual Memory Tips in the "Tips & Tricks" folder of this CD for more information about using virtual memory on your Macintosh). You can also launch the setup applications for these programs directly from the CD without going through the guided tour.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.0 msie

Keywords          : msiemac 
Version           : 1.00
Platform          : MACINTOSH

Last Reviewed: September 11, 1997