roessli@sc2a.unige.ch (David Roessli) (08/21/89)
I don't know if any of you Microsoft people read this, but here's a question for you anyhow: - How can one install WORD 5.0 to work properly with a VGA screen adapter (STB) and a LOGITECH mouse (on a serial port) ? I just can seem to manage it. I tend to get all sorts of garbage (ASCii >127) displayed when entering/exiting menus, of selecting colors, displays etc .. It seems to be a mouse driver problem. Only the mouse installed on my PC is linked a serial port (it isn't a bus version one ..), so the MS MOUSE.SYS belonging to the Word 5.0 package won't recognize it. Has another mouse driver been issued since ? If anyone as solved this problem, please let me know. (there's no fun in a mouseless word ..) Thank's -= David PS-to-who-i-think: don't answer "WordPerfect is the answer", okay ? ;-) ================= Sensor scan 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 . * . . . . 1 stardate 3615.4 (AUG211989) 2 . . . E . . 2 name David C. Roessli "Cruiser[9]" 3 . . . * . 3 shield Dpt. Anthropologie University of Geneva 4 . K . . . . 4 location 12, Gustave-Revilliod CH-1227 Switzerland 5 . . . # . . 5 e-mail code roessli@sc2a.unige.ch roessli@cgeuge52.bitnet 6 . * . . . @ 6 phone factor (41 22) 436.930 1 2 3 4 5 6 Command: "Beam me up Scotty, there's no interesting files down here .."
brown@astroatc.UUCP (Vidiot) (08/23/89)
In article <119@sc2a.unige.ch> roessli@sc2a.unige.ch (David Roessli) writes:
<I don't know if any of you Microsoft people read this, but here's a question
<for you anyhow:
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< - How can one install WORD 5.0 to work properly with a VGA screen
< adapter (STB) and a LOGITECH mouse (on a serial port) ?
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<I just can seem to manage it. I tend to get all sorts of garbage (ASCii >127)
<displayed when entering/exiting menus, of selecting colors, displays etc .. It
<seems to be a mouse driver problem. Only the mouse installed on my PC is linked
<a serial port (it isn't a bus version one ..), so the MS MOUSE.SYS belonging
<to the Word 5.0 package won't recognize it.
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<Has another mouse driver been issued since ? If anyone as solved this problem,
<please let me know. (there's no fun in a mouseless word ..)
You need the latest version of the Logitech mouse driver AND you need to
set the mouse to MM mode (Microsoft Mouse). You cannot use the mouse
driver that comes with Word, as it will only talk with Microsoft mice
on the bus or serial port.
I don't what version Logitech mouse driver you have, but try it. By
calling it up, it will automatically set the rodent to mm mode. Be sure
and get rid of the Microsoft driver, by rebooting the system.
It may be possible that mouse dirver you have needs to be replaced with
a new driver from Logitech. If the above doesn't work, give them a call.
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ARPA/INTERNET: brown%astroatc.UUCP@spool.cs.wisc.edudavidr@hplsla.HP.COM (David M. Reed) (08/25/89)
This is actually a problem with MSWord 5.0, in my opinion. The changed something in the program that requires changes to all mouse drivers. If you use the MicroSoft mouse, then you get an upgraded mouse driver included with MSWord. Otherwise you have to contact the manufacturer of your mouse and get a new driver. We are still waiting for ones for our Logitech and Mouse Systems mice. We just got one for our HP mice. (An article in InfoWorld about a month ago had an acknowledgement from MicroSoft that the new MSWord 5.0 would not work with most mice until the new drivers were available, and even would not work with a number of EGA and VGA drivers.)
nekinsel@ndsuvax.UUCP (Peter Kinsella) (08/25/89)
I've been experiencing the same problem with Word 5.0 (garbage on the screen while in VGA graphics mode) using a Zenith VGA-549 and the serial Logitech mouse. I am using the driver sent to me by Zenith made especially for this configuration, and would be interested in a solution. Digitally, Pete Kinsella nekinsel@ndsuvax.UUCP
nmeth@prlhp1.prl.philips.co.uk (nmeth) (08/29/89)
I received a fixed version of the Logitech Mouse Driver, version 4.T1, from Logitech this morning. It appears to work fine with MS-Word V5.0. I got it by phoning Logitech Tech Support. In the UK their phone number is 0925 56506 (don't believe the number in their manual, it took me 2 hours and a couple of international phone calls to track them down, having tried their three previous numbers!). Nigel.