Word Appnote: New Thesaurus File for International Versions

ID: Q137709

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

This article contains the text of "WD1253: New Thesaurus File for International Versions of Word," a Microsoft Application Note that provides a replacement thesaurus file for use on systems running Word for Windows 6.x under international versions of Windows 95 or Windows NT.

This new file corrects a problem in which the thesaurus shows incorrect or no synonyms when Word version 6.x is run on non-U.S. versions of 32-bit operating systems.

For more information on this problem, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q137917
   TITLE     : Thesaurus in International Versions Shows Wrong Synonyms

For complete information, see the "To Obtain This Application Note" section at the end of this article.

THE TEXT OF WD1253

  Microsoft(R) Product Support Services Application Note (Text File)
 WD1253: WORD THESAURUS CORRECTION FOR NON-U.S. VERSIONS OF WINDOWS(R)
                         95 AND WINDOWS NT(TM)

                                                  Revision Date: 10/95
                                                       1 Disk Included

The following information applies to Microsoft Word for Windows, version 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c.

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Introduction

When you use the Thesaurus in Microsoft Word, it may display incorrect synonyms or no synonyms at all. This problem occurs when you run Word version 6.0, 6.0a, or 6.0c for Windows (that is, any version of 16-bit Word), with a non-U.S. version of Windows 95 or a non-U.S. version Windows NT.

The problem occurs because non-U.S. versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT use a different sort order than the U.S. versions. Because the Thesaurus depends on the operating system's sort order, the Thesaurus sometimes displays incorrect synonyms.

This Application Note contains an updated version of the Thesaurus file (Msthes.dll) that corrects this problem.

Installation Instructions

To install the new file, use the following instructions:

1. Quit Word for Windows.

2. If you received a disk with this Application Note, insert the disk

   in the appropriate floppy disk drive.

   If you downloaded this Application Note from an online service,
   skip to step 3. This procedure assumes that you have already
   downloaded and extracted the compressed file.

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

      copy <source>:\msthes.dll <location>

   where <source> is either the letter of your floppy disk drive or
   the folder containing the file you downloaded from online services,
   and <location> is the path to your Msapps\Proof folder. For
   example, if you are installing from a floppy disk that you inserted
   in drive A, and C:\Windows\Msapps\Proof is the path to your
   Proofing Tools folder, type the following:

      copy a:\msthes.dll c:\windows\msapps\proof

   Or, for example, if you downloaded the Wd1253.exe file from online
   services to C:\Download, and C:\Windows\Msapps\Proof is the path to
   your Proofing Tools folder, type the following:

      copy c:\download\msthes.dll c:\windows\msapps\proof

4. When asked if you want to overwrite the existing copy of the file,

   answer Yes.

5. Restart Word.

Now when you use the Thesaurus in a 16-bit version of Word for Windows with a non-U.S. version of Windows 95 or Windows NT, the Thesaurus will correctly display synonyms.

TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ WD1253.EXE (size: 35501 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Additional reference words: 6.0 6.0a 6.0c winword word6 missing blank empty alphabetic none wrong

Keywords          : kbappnote kbfile kbproof
Version           : WINDOWS: 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c;

Last Reviewed: December 29, 1998