OFF98: Starting an Office Program Prompts You for the Office 98 CD
Article ID: 183082
Article Last Modified on 11/13/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q183082
SYMPTOMS
When you start a Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition program, the
following alert message may appear:
Please insert the disk:
"Microsoft Office 98"
CAUSE
This problem may occur when you do the following:
- You insert the Microsoft Office 98 compact disc (CD) into your computer.
- You click Eject Disk on the Special menu [Macintosh operating system
(OS) versions 7.5.x, 7.6, or 7.6.1].
-or-
You hold down OPTION and click Eject And Leave Behind on the Special
menu (OS 8.0 or 8.1).
- You start an Office 98 program.
WORKAROUND
To prevent this problem from occurring, eject the Office 98 CD by dragging
the icon for the Office 98 CD to the Trash.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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