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Enabling WORD97 SP2 on WindowsXP SP2 to open HTML document without a fault message
I've got WindowsXP SP2 and running WORD97 SP2 on it. I can save my text
documents as HTML, but there is a problem when I come to open up my WORD-saved HTML document. I can open the HTML document, however there are some few things I cannot do under the Table Menu. There is a section of three things on the Table Menu that don't work: Table Properties; Cell Properties and Borders... . They are *not* greyed-out by the way when I highlght my table. The Web Page Preview does not work either. There is an issue with installing WORD 97 on XP. When installing Office 97 Pro, you get the message: "htmlmarq.ocx was unable to register itself in the system registry." The apparant solution to this is to go into registry and rename both htmlmarq.ocx & htmlmm.ocx. Okay, well I done that, then reinstalled Office97 Pro. But when I open up my HTML document I still get the message:" The windows registry has reported that one or more required files are damaged or missing. to correct the problem run the Word setup program." I have both htmlmarq.ocx and htmlmm.ocx on my PC. htmlmm.ocx in File Properties was associated with (Open With) Word97. htmlmarq.ocx was originally as "Unknown Application", but I have set this file to be associated with Word97 also. Just seemed the thing to do. I have even undone the name changes made to htmlmarq.ocx and htmlmm.ocx in the registry after installing Office97, but that has not changed anything. The main thing for me is having the bility to change the borders of tables in my HTML documents, but I cannot do that at present. When I installed Office97 I installed everything. Anyone know what's wrong or what I can do to psych out the problem? TIA. |
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Hi Richard,
The htmlmarq.ocx ActiveX control has been disabled by Windows XP in one of its updates, so it won't function. OCX files generally aren't associated with an app by file extension. The workaround on install problesm is modify both of the HTMLM... ..OCX files to .OLD in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microosft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\ImageFileExecutionOptions In Word 6 thru Word 97 the Web page features (some of which were lost in later versions of Word) are managed by an Add-in, MS Word Internet Assistant, renamed for Word97 to 'Web authoring tools'. There is an updated version of those tools (Wd97AU.exe) available from http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...DisplayLang=en. Installing Office 2007 without the web tools choice using custom setup can often avoid one of the error messages you're getting. What happens when you use the Web Page preview in Word97? Do you have other Microsoft Office product versions listed in Add/Remove programs in the Windows control panel? Also, keep in mind that with the older Acme setup.exe used by Office 97 that you have to reapply service packs when installing/reinstalling. They're not automatically reapplied as they are starting with Office 2000's use of the MS Installer for setup. ============= "Richard" wrote in message ... I've got WindowsXP SP2 and running WORD97 SP2 on it. I can save my text documents as HTML, but there is a problem when I come to open up my WORD-saved HTML document. I can open the HTML document, however there are some few things I cannot do under the Table Menu. There is a section of three things on the Table Menu that don't work: Table Properties; Cell Properties and Borders... . They are *not* greyed-out by the way when I highlght my table. The Web Page Preview does not work either. There is an issue with installing WORD 97 on XP. When installing Office 97 Pro, you get the message: "htmlmarq.ocx was unable to register itself in the system registry." The apparant solution to this is to go into registry and rename both htmlmarq.ocx & htmlmm.ocx. Okay, well I done that, then reinstalled Office97 Pro. But when I open up my HTML document I still get the message:" The windows registry has reported that one or more required files are damaged or missing. to correct the problem run the Word setup program." I have both htmlmarq.ocx and htmlmm.ocx on my PC. htmlmm.ocx in File Properties was associated with (Open With) Word97. htmlmarq.ocx was originally as "Unknown Application", but I have set this file to be associated with Word97 also. Just seemed the thing to do. I have even undone the name changes made to htmlmarq.ocx and htmlmm.ocx in the registry after installing Office97, but that has not changed anything. The main thing for me is having the bility to change the borders of tables in my HTML documents, but I cannot do that at present. When I installed Office97 I installed everything. Anyone know what's wrong or what I can do to psych out the problem? TIA. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Richard, The htmlmarq.ocx ActiveX control has been disabled by Windows XP in one of its updates, so it won't function. OCX files generally aren't associated with an app by file extension. The workaround on install problesm is modify both of the HTMLM... .OCX files to .OLD in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microosft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\ImageFileExecutionOptions In Word 6 thru Word 97 the Web page features (some of which were lost in later versions of Word) are managed by an Add-in, MS Word Internet Assistant, renamed for Word97 to 'Web authoring tools'. There is an updated version of those tools (Wd97AU.exe) available from http://microsoft.com/downloads/detai...DisplayLang=en. First of all, in trying to install (Wd97AU.exe) I am getting the error message "Could not update the Web Authoring Tools. Return to the Office Free Stuff web site for troubleshooting tips. Or if you run Word directly from a network, ask your system administrator for assistance. [Styles]." And I know why I get this. Because there is no proper entry in the registry. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172502 It should read: Component Registry Location/Default Directory ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [STYLES] Registry Location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\8.0\ Word\HTML\LocalPageStyles Default Directory: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Web Page Templates\Styles There is no HTML entry after "Word\" as there should be above. But why that should be I don't know. I've got all the required components ticked off when I install Office97. Installing Office 2007 without the web tools choice using custom setup can often avoid one of the error messages you're getting. What happens when you use the Web Page preview in Word97? Nothin'. Hour glass goes for a second then stops. Do you have other Microsoft Office product versions listed in Add/Remove programs in the Windows control panel? No. Also, keep in mind that with the older Acme setup.exe used by Office 97 that you have to reapply service packs when installing/reinstalling. They're not automatically reapplied as they are starting with Office 2000's use of the MS Installer for setup. I'll look into this. It just looks as if Web Page Authoring (HTML) and HTML Text Conveter is installed. But, the first registry entry I looked at, is incomplete as I mention above. |
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My PC does not contain any correct registry enties in that troubleshooting entry. No HTML entry for: [STYLES] [CONTENT] [WEBART] BULLETS] [LINES] No PROGRAMDIR entry for [MSOFFICE] No FilesNew entry for [TEMPLATES] No Location entry for [TEXTCONV] |
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Enabling WORD97 SP2 on WindowsXP SP2 to open HTML document without a fault message
Hi Richard,
There are a couple of other factors that can cause the issue (corrupt template, or Word data key, or trying to open an HTML page that wasn't created in Word 97, and a few others), sometimes needing to pull out Office 97 and install fresh, and/or to remove add-ins that may be attached to Word, but at present it's not clear that Word 97 is working properly before trying to fix more than one thing at a time. 1. Remove the file association you added for the .OCX files. 2. Clean up all old temp files using Start=Search and recycle files found using the string ~$*.*;*.tmp 3. From the Windows Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs change the Office 97 setup to remove the Web Authoring features and restart the PC. Then change to put those features back in. If you get the message about the .OCX files then make that registry change to change them to .OLD as mentioned previously. 4. Start Word97 and create and save an HTML page. Then close Word, restart Word and reopen that file and test editing and preview and print and save. 5. If that works then close Word, repeat step #2 and install the WD97AU.EXE update. If you get the message about [Styles] in the registry add the entries mentioned in the article you cited http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172502?FR=1 As to why the entries aren't there, keep in mind that Windows XP did not exist when Office 97 was created, but some of those issues come about from simple things such as hiding the 'Network Neighborhood' icon in older versions of Windows. Interactions between Programs and between Windows and Programs can be surprising. Be sure you're logged in as Administrator when installing the updates. Speaking of updates, if you have Office 97 SR2, then the updates through Service Release SR2 are included on the CD. Microsoft no longer provides Service Release Products, but rather Service Packs, which patch the products after installation. ========== "Richard" wrote in message ... It just looks as if Web Page Authoring (HTML) and HTML Text Conveter is installed. But, the first registry entry I looked at, is incomplete as I mention above. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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"Bob Buckland ?:-)" 75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com wrote in message ... Hi Richard, There are a couple of other factors that can cause the issue (corrupt template, or Word data key, or trying to open an HTML page that wasn't created in Word 97, and a few others), sometimes needing to pull out Office 97 and install fresh, and/or to remove add-ins that may be attached to Word, but at present it's not clear that Word 97 is working properly before trying to fix more than one thing at a time. 1. Remove the file association you added for the .OCX files. 2. Clean up all old temp files using Start=Search and recycle files found using the string ~$*.*;*.tmp 3. From the Windows Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs change the Office 97 setup to remove the Web Authoring features and restart the PC. Then change to put those features back in. If you get the message about the .OCX files then make that registry change to change them to .OLD as mentioned previously. 4. Start Word97 and create and save an HTML page. Then close Word, restart Word and reopen that file and test editing and preview and print and save. 5. If that works then close Word, repeat step #2 and install the WD97AU.EXE update. If you get the message about [Styles] in the registry add the entries mentioned in the article you cited http://support.microsoft.com/kb/172502?FR=1 As to why the entries aren't there, keep in mind that Windows XP did not exist when Office 97 was created, but some of those issues come about from simple things such as hiding the 'Network Neighborhood' icon in older versions of Windows. Interactions between Programs and between Windows and Programs can be surprising. Be sure you're logged in as Administrator when installing the updates. Speaking of updates, if you have Office 97 SR2, then the updates through Service Release SR2 are included on the CD. Microsoft no longer provides Service Release Products, but rather Service Packs, which patch the products after installation. I'm going to "power down" as it were, then "power up". I'll do the stuff you said. Basically unistall the whole of Office97. Then reinstall, seeking course to make sure Web Page Authoring (HTML) and HTML Text Converter are installed. Although they seem to be at present. I have sr1off97 (SR1) and sr2bof97 (SR2) and wd97au (Word97 Autoupdate Web Authoring Tools). Presumably after installing Office97, run SR1, then SR2, then wd97au. Would that order be correct? Maybe the order needs to be correcft??? I think the general idea is that those OCX files are somewhat red-herrings as to the cause of why I cannot access Table Properties; Cell Properties and Borders... . |
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Enabling WORD97 SP2 on WindowsXP SP2 to open HTML document without a fault message
Hi Bob
Success!. Although I have not as yet applied SR-1 and SR-2b. I'll try that tomorrow. I now got WORD97 to be my default HTML editor and to work perfectly correctly. Just in case other persons have a problem with getting WORD97 to work properly on XP, basically this is what I did: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254250/ Using the above, after using ADD/REMOVE, and then manually deleting the folders, files and registry keys mentioned - I completely removed Office97. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/173431/EN-US/ Using the above I removed SR-1. SR2b is removed when Office 97 is removed. I edited htmlmarq.ocz and htmlmm.ocx keys in the registry by altering the file extentions to ".old". These keys are located at: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\Cu rrentVersion\Image File Execution Options Then I reinstalled Office97. I nearly gave up. But perceverance won the day. :c) Of course, the problem may appear again after I install SR-1 and SR-2, and Word97 Autoupdate Web Authoring Tools (wd97au.exe). Things looked good when during install one is prompted to make WORD97 the default HTML editor. It looked like Web Page Authoring [html] was installed, but I don't believe it was. And probably why Wd97au.exe would not install. I expect to install wd97au.exe tommorrow. Rich |
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