Help on Accessing a Microsoft Word Document

Netscape users-version 2.0 or 3.0

Saving File for Viewing Later If the computer you are using does not have Microsoft Word or if you would like to keep a copy of the document for later use, you may want to save the file. To save the document:

• To save the Microsoft Word file, from the web page, click on the link for that document. The Unknown File Type dialog box will appear.
• From the Unknown File Type dialog box, Click Save File
• The Save As dialog box will appear. Select the appropriate directory and in the File Name field enter a filename.
• Click OK
• The Saving Location dialog box will appear and the file will be downloaded to your computer

Configuring an External Viewer By configuring an external viewer, Microsoft Word will automatically open and load the document when you click on the link for the document from the web page. You will only need to set up Microsoft Word as an external viewer once; Netscape will remember you have done this in the future.

• Click on the Microsoft Word document link from the web page and the Unknown File Type dialog box will appear.
  To cofigure Microsoft Word to open the file, from the Unkown File Type dialog box, click Pick App
• The Configure External Viewer dialog box will appear. Click Browse
• The Select an appropriate viewer dialog box will appear. You need to specify which directory you have Microsoft Word installed in. When you have found the correct directory, from the File Name scroll box, select WINWORD.EXE
• Click OK
• From the Configure External Viewer dialog box, Click OK
• The Viewing Location progress indicator will appear showing that downloading has begun. Microsoft Word will open the document as soon as Netscape has finshed downloading.

Comments: web@uwec.edu Updated: February 26, 1997