[Dave Horne]

Suzanne, thanks for your information!

I have to say I must think differently than MS. When I see the option
'Install on first use', I assumed the files needed for that feature were
already on my harddrive, perhaps compressed, waiting to be activated. FWIW,
when I installed Office 2007 I believe I just used their 'recommended'
settings.

I've learned something. Thanks, DH



"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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If it is set to "Install on First Use," then it is not installed until it
is needed and you specifically tell Word to install it, which is why you
got the prompt and had to insert the installation disc.

There are three install settings: Run from My Computer (installed);
Install on First Use; and Not Installed. The middle one is the one you
choose if you're not sure whether you'll ever need the feature, but it's
best avoided unless HD space is at a premium, especially if you're likely
to be without the CD when you need to use it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Dave Horne" wrote in message
...
I just posted here re a 'Viewer' for Word - using the mouse cursor and was
given great advice. This new issue may or may not be related to that
advice.

In Organize (Windows Explorer, Vista Home Premium) \ Layout \ Preview
Pane (which is now checked), I can see the 'preview' contents of various
Word documents which was my goal in that previous post.

Now when I single click on a Word (Word 97 - 2003 *.doc) to see the
contents in Preview Pane, I see the following prompt - "Word hyphenation
feature is not available. Run the Microsoft Office Setup program, install
this feature and then try again." Huh?

OK. I grab the disk, look for Hyphenation (not easy) and discover it 'is
installed on first use' ... or something like that. (I've been using
Vista and Office 2007 since Feb 2007 and this Hyphenation prompt never
appeared before. Could this be related to the Preview Pane being
clicked?)

The only way I could eliminate that prompt (since according to the Office
2007 Set Up disk the hyphenation feature is installed on first use), was
to simply create a Word 97 - 2003 *.doc and click on Hyphenation to
actually use that feature. (That feature appears to have been already
used on *.docx documents.) Now when I single click on a Word 97- 2003
*.doc document to view its contents in the Preview Pane, that prompt does
not appear.

If this is a minor glitch, consider this a suggestion; if everything is
working according to plan, ignore. I was only slightly annoyed that I
had to find that Set Up disk, search for Hyphenation, and learn it was
already installed when first used. Just passing this on. Thanks, DH