To install Word Viewer 97, download Wd97vw32.exe and place it in an empty folder on your hard disk. Wd97vw32.exe is a compressed, self-extracting file. After you download Wd97vw32.exe, run it to install Word Viewer.

To install Microsoft Word Viewer 97, you must have the file Wd97vw32.exe on your LAN or local hard drive. Close all other applications and ensure that you are not running any utilities or virus protection programs. In Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 or the Windows NT 3.51 File Manager, double-click the Word Viewer icon. This will run an unpack utility that extracts the Word Viewer 97 distribution files and starts the Word Viewer 97 Setup program. Follow these instructions to successfully complete the installation.

1. Word Viewer 97 Setup will prompt you for a folder in which to install. The default folder location for Word Viewer 97 is \Program Files\Wordview (C:\WordView on Windows NT 3.51).

2. After choosing the folder location for Word Viewer, click Install to install Word Viewer.

3. If Word Viewer Setup detects Word for Windows (version 6.0 or later) on your system, it will prompt you to determine which application should open Word documents by default. For example, the default application is used to open files with .doc file extensions when you double-click them in Windows 95/Windows NT 4.0 or in the Windows NT 3.51 File Manager.

Important

Choosing "Open with Word" means that Word will be used by default to open Word files. Choosing "Open with Viewer" means that Word Viewer will be used by default to open Word files. If you select this option, you will not be able to use Word as your e-mail editor or edit Word document objects. However, you will be able to view Word document objects.

To restore Word as the default Word document handler, you will have to uninstall Word Viewer as described below and then start Word so that it can restore its Registry information.