Article ID: 132982
Article Last Modified on 7/18/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Office 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft PowerPoint 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q132982
SYMPTOMS
If you install Microsoft Office 97 for Windows on a computer that
contains an earlier version of Microsoft Office, when you click a button
on the Microsoft Office Manager (MOM) toolbar for an application
installed by the earlier version of Office, the newer version of the
Office application starts.
For example, if you click the Microsoft Excel button, Microsoft Excel 97
starts instead of Microsoft Excel version 7.0.
CAUSE
This behavior is by design of MOM because a button for a "registered"
application, or an application that appears on the MOM toolbar by
default, always starts the newest version of an application. To locate a
registered application, MOM uses the information in the Windows registry
file (in Windows 95) and starts the newest or current version of the
application.
WORKAROUND
Note that the recommended method for upgrading to Microsoft Office 97 for
Windows is to run the Setup program for an earlier version of Microsoft
Office in maintenance mode, and click the Remove All button. However, if
you want to run an earlier version of a registered application in
Microsoft Windows, use any of the following methods.
Method 1: Run the application from the Windows Start menu
On the taskbar, click Start, and then click Programs. To start an Office
application from a previous version of Microsoft Office, click Microsoft
Office and then click the application that you want to start.
Method 2: Add the application to the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar
For additional information about adding a button to the Office Shortcut
Bar, see the "Add a Toolbar Button for a File or Folder to the Office
Shortcut Bar" topic in the Microsoft Office 97 for Windows Help file.
Method 3: Add the application to the MOM toolbar
REFERENCES
For more information about adding a button to the Office Shortcut Bar,
click the Index tab in Microsoft Office Help, type the following text
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add a toolbar
button to the Office Shortcut Bar" topic. (Office version 7.0 - "Add A
Toolbar Button For A File Or Folder To The Office Shortcut Bar").
Additional query words: 8.00 97 OSB ppt95 ppt97
Keywords: KB132982