Bookshelf: Right-click Define Feature Does Not Function
Article ID: 176153
Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Bookshelf 98 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Bookshelf 99 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q176153
SYMPTOMS
When you right-click a word in Microsoft Word for Windows 95 or Microsoft Word 97 and then click Define, Bookshelf may not open to the dictionary article for the selected word.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if some of the Office integration files are not installed properly.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, verify that all of the Office integration files are installed properly. To do this, use the following methods in the order in which they are presented.
Remove and Reinstall Bookshelf
To remove and then reinstall Bookshelf, follow these steps:
- Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control
Panel.
- Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
- Click Microsoft Bookshelf 1998 (Remove ONLY) or Microsoft
Bookshelf 1999 (Remove ONLY), and then click Add/Remove.
- Click OK.
- Insert the Bookshelf 98 or Bookshelf 99 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
If the installation program does not start automatically, follow these
steps:
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type cd-rom:\setup.exe, and then click
OK, where cd-rom is the drive letter for
the CD-ROM drive.
- Click Continue, and then follow the instructions on the screen
to install Bookshelf.
Test if the issue is resolved. If the issue continues to occur, proceed to the next method.
Manually Copy the Bsh32.wll and Msreftl.dll Files to the Hard Disk
To manually copy the Bsh32.wll and Msreftl.dll files to the proper folder on the hard disk, follow these steps:
- Quit Microsoft Word and Bookshelf.
- Insert the Bookshelf 98 or Bookshelf 99 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.
Press and hold down the SHIFT key as you insert the CD-ROM to
prevent the program from starting automatically.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type the appropriate line for your version of
Microsoft Bookshelf, and then click OK
Bookshelf 98
Bookshelf 2000 or Bookshelf 99
where cd-rom is the drive letter for the CD-ROM
drive.
- Right-click the Bsh32.wll file, and then click Copy.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- If you use Word for Windows 95, type the following line in the
Open box, and then click OK
drive:\msoffice\winword\startup
If you use Word 97, type the following line (with the quotation marks)
in the Open box, and then click OK
"drive:\program files\microsoft
office\office\startup"
where drive is the drive letter for the hard disk
on which Microsoft Office is installed.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
- Close the Startup window.
- In the Office window, right-click the Msreftl.dll file,
and then click Copy.
- Close the Office window.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type the following line (with the quotation
marks), and then click OK
"drive:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\Reference Titles"
where drive is the drive letter for the hard disk
on which Windows is installed.
- On the Edit menu, click Paste.
- Close the Reference Titles window.
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