Office: Changes in MOM 4.2b, 4.2c, and 4.3

ID: Q120375

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SUMMARY

The following information discusses the changes that occurred in Microsoft Office Manager (MOM) versions 4.2b, 4.2c, and 4.3.

Because the compression scheme used to shrink a regular button bitmap onto the small buttons causes the bitmaps to display poorly with some video drivers, the following new entry is added by MOM automatically to the [Options] section of MSOFFICE.INI:
```
      ShrinkSmallButtons=0
```
This entry is set to 0 by default. If you notice the change in appearance of the icons on the small buttons, close MOM, change this value to 1 and restart MOM.
Another new entry is automatically added to the [Options] section of MSOFFICE.INI:
```
      DontHideMOM=0
```
By default, MOM will be hidden when a Microsoft PowerPoint slide-show is running. If you want MOM to be displayed in the foreground during a Microsoft PowerPoint slide show, set this value to 1.
If MOM is installed from a CD, an Online Documentation button and menu item will appear by default. This button/menu item starts the online documentation (MSOFF42.MVB) on the CD. To achieve this functionality, Setup writes the following to the [Options] section of MSOFFICE.INI:
```
      DocHelp=1
      DocHelpExe=<path>\mviewer2.exe
      DocHelpFile=<path>\msoff42.mvb
```
Beginning with MOM 4.2b, MOM can now successfully find and launch both Access 1.x and 2.0, and FoxPro 2.6 and earlier versions, by searching for REG.DAT registrations (latest versions) and [Extensions] section of WIN.INI (earlier versions that did not register in REG.DAT).

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Additional reference words: MOM MSOFFICE 4.x 4.20 4.20b 4.20c 4.30 fixes

Last Reviewed: September 16, 1996