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<h1><a name="top"></a>P4OFC - Utilities</h1>
<p>P4OFC is the
<a href="http://www.perforce.com/perforce/products/plugins-ofc.html">Perforce
Plug-in for Microsoft Office</a> which allows documents created using
Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint to be easily stored and versioned in the
Perforce SCM System. It was written for Perforce by <a href="http://public.perforce.com/guest/robert_cowham/pcp.html"> Robert Cowham</a> of
Vaccaperna Systems Ltd.</p>
<p>This page contains relevant utilities.</p>
<h2><span style="font-weight: 400 !important">TestDirector Conflict</span></h2>
<p>There is a bug in all versions of Word (97, 2000 and XP) which surfaces when
you install P4OFC and you already have the TestDirector macro template
installed. This bug may cause Word to crash pretty seriously such that it won't
restart (it hangs).</p>
<p>If it has crashed then the way to resolve it is to delete (or rename) the
file Normal.dot which is in the Word startup directory. The default locations of
this directory are:</p>
<ul>
<li>on Windows 2000/XP (with Word 2000/XP) this is normally
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<p>"C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP"</p>
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</li>
<li>on Windows 9x/NT (with Word 97) this is normally
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<p>"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup"</p>
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</li>
</ul>
<p>An option to avoid the crash is to install the following template in the Word
Startup directory (as above).</p>
<p><b>This template will reset the Word Menu Bar every time Word exits. This
action resolves the problem and avoids the crash, but any personal
customisations you might have made to the Menu Bar will also be removed.</b></p>
<p>Download the template:
<a href="ftp://public.perforce.com/guest/robert_cowham/perforce/utils/P4OFC/ResetMenuBar.dot">
ResetMenuBar.dot</a></p>
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