Alan,
It's generally accepted that Word 6 and before will not work on an OS after
OS 8.6, although one participant in the newsgroup has done it by
transferring an installed version of Word 6 holus-bolus across from one hard
disc to another.
A Microsoft Knowledge Base article deals with this problem: see
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q288/7/69.asp
If you do a Google search on this newsgroup
(
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search?q=group:*mac.office.word)
for [exact phrase] "Word 6" you'll find the previous discussions of this
issue. They'll give you more info.
A conclusion of many of us is that Word 6 was not a good rendition of Word
-- it was a port of the Windows version on to the Mac that resulted in
widespread adverse reaction, and was subsequently fairly spectacularly fixed
up with Word 98.
Since the distant days of Word 6, operating systems have come a *long* way,
including OS 9. Word 6 does not react well to their operation, and vice
versa. Your best option would be to buy a second-hand licensed version of
Word 98 via e-Bay and install it instead.
-- Clive Huggan
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for you to back up (to a medium other than your hard drive) your Normal
template and all your Word settings?
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I'm attempting to load Word 6 into my G-3/OS 9.1. I get a message saying;
"Setup was unable to locate a valid Setup Table File (STF) and cannot
proceed without one."
The program is on floppies, but I also tried a friend's CD version with the
same results. Also tried with the old Word (which quit working) both still
installed and uninstalled--still no luck.
Would appreciate any help or suggestions.
Thanks.
alan.
