General Proofing Tool Information for Word for Windows 95

ID: Q134997

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SUMMARY

The following is general information about the proofing tools for Word for Windows 95.

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FILE NAMES

The following are the filenames for the US proofing tools. The spelling and hyphenation .lex files support both US and UK English. To get the UK option, format text as UK English.

   Tool              Filenames (.dll, .lex)
   --------------------------------------------

   Speller           Mssp232.dll, Mssp2_en.lex
   Thesaurus         Msth32.dll,  Msth_Am.lex
   Hyphenation       Hyph32.dll,  Hy_En.lex
   Grammar           Gram32.dll,  Gr_Am.lex

LOCATION OF THE TOOLS

For Windows 95

The speller and thesaurus are placed in the shared Office for Window 95 folder (Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Proof) because these tools may be used by other Microsoft programs. In a network installation, the shared tools may be placed elsewhere.

The hyphenation and grammar tools are placed in the private Word for Windows 95 folder.

For Windows NT 3.51 Setups

The speller and thesaurus are placed in the shared Windows NT folder (Winnt35\msapps\proof) because these tools may be used by other Microsoft programs. In a network installation, the shared tools may be placed elsewhere.

The hyphenation and grammar tools are placed in the private Word for Windows 95 folder.

The Word for Windows 95 speller and grammar checker should overwrite the Word 6.0 for Windows NT files, as the version numbers are incremented. The .lex files for all the tools should be updated, if necessary.

Coexistence with Soft-Art Speller

The Word for Windows 95 Inso speller (Mssp232.dll) will coexist with the Soft-Art speller (Mssp32.dll) in the shared directory if they both support one or more different languages. If not, Word for Windows 95 Setup replaces the Soft-Art speller with the Word speller.

The Soft-Art speller ships with Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, Windows 95 Exchange, Works for Windows 95, PowerPoint for Windows 95, FoxPro for Windows 95, and Microsoft Access for Windows 95. Office for Windows 95 ships only the Inso speller.

.Ini Entries

For Word and Office for Windows 95, the path lines for the proofing tools are written to the registry, instead of to the Winword6.ini file under the [Microsoft Word] section, and/or to the Win.ini file under the [MS Proofing Tools] section.

Setup registers the shared tools, including custom dictionaries, to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE location under Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Proofing Tools.

Setup registers the grammar checker and the hyphenator to the HKEY_CURRENT_USER location under Software\Microsoft\Word\7.0\Proofing Tools. All the tools are also self-registered to this location if the registry is damaged or changed and the tools are in one of the expected locations for self-registering (see more information on the search hierarchy below).

Installing Word for Windows 95 over Word 6.0

The Word 6.0 proofing dictionaries are fully compatible with Word for Windows 95. You should have no need to upgrade your Alki Software Proofing Tool Kit, unless you need a kit containing the Inso thesaurus (Portuguese Brazilian, Portuguese Iberian, Catalan, or Finnish), or the French, Italian, or Russian grammar checkers. These tools were not upgraded to 32- bit packages for Word 6.0 for Windows NT, so if you have the kit for Word 6.0 for Windows, you need to upgrade the kit to get the 32-bit engine. There may also have been changes to other Eastern European tools. I you have questions, contact Alki Software.

To upgrade Word 2.0x for Windows proofing tools or to buy additional foreign language proofing tools, contact Alki Software. Alki supplies foreign language proofing tool kits and specialized proofing tools (comprehensive US & UK English speller and hyphenation, which includes Medical and Legal terms, and comprehensive US English thesaurus).

   ALKI SOFTWARE CORPORATION
   300 Queen Anne Avenue N., Suite 410
   Seattle, WA 98109

   Phone:  (206) 286-2600
   Fax:    (206) 286-2785
   Orders: (800) NOW-WORD (669-9673)

Installation Note: Alki proposes that the private tools be installed in the Proof folder, which is a subfolder of the Word program folder, and the shared tools to be installed in the shared tools directory.

Compatibility with the Softart Proofing Tools

Word for Windows 95 continues to be CSAPI compliant and is fully compatible with the Softart 32-bit Mssp32.dll and its Mssp_xx.lex files.

The thesaurus is now fully CTAPI compliant.

The Inso and Softart thesaurus files are now fully enabled for sharing by other programs.

To contact Inso Corporation, call 312-329-0700

Additional reference words: word95 7.0 word7

Keywords          : kbproof
Version           : 7.0 7.0a
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: November 17, 1998