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Subject:Re: Software Wish List-word/help From:Chuck Martin <cmartin -at- SEEKERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 22 Aug 1997 10:36:18 -0700
Microsoft changed the RTF specification when it released Word 97. A new
Help compiler, version 4.03 (I think) is available on their web site.
At 11:08 AM 8/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
>It is, indeed -- I just upgraded to Visual C++ 5.0 and one of the major
>items
>in the ReadMe is "HCW.EXE does not support Office 97." I've got both,
>Office 97
>and Word 95 on my machine -- I use 95 for any serious work and 97 to
>read
>files I get from other folks on 97. What a waste. Access 97 causes as
>many
>problems with programs that use Access.
>
>A.
>
>--
>Alexia Prendergast
>Senior Technical Writer
>Seagate Software
>mailto:alexiap -at- sems -dot- com
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Laura Praderio [SMTP:LPraderio -at- AOL -dot- COM]
>>Sent: Friday, August 22, 1997 11:00 AM
>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>Subject: Re: Software Wish List-word/help
>>
>>just a warning-ms word 97 is the pits. especially with robohelp 4.0 [AP]
...
>
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