Installation and Options
The only issue known with Word set as your email editor, and using Outlock as your mail monitor, is that some commands will give an error if run without there being an open document. These commands can only act on a document so this is of little consequence in practise.
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In some versions of Microsoft Outlook you can set Microsoft Word as the email editor. This article explains which versions support this and whether the WordStar commands provided by the WordStar Command Emulator can be used.
Outlook Express
The WordStar Command Emulator won't work with Outlook Express because Word can't be set as the editor in this version of Outlook.
Outlook 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and XP
If you set Word to be the email editor in Outlook the WordStar Command Emulator's WordStar commands will be available in Outlook. However, Outlook overrides the WordStar commands ^D and ^F (Outlook Delete and Forward).
It has been reported that using an additional add-in at the same time restores these two commands. The additional add-in will generate '>' characters at the start of each line, and is very simple.
How this helps is not known, but 'E-mail quoted.dot' can be downloaded from: http://www.slipstick.com/addins/gallery/olqmail.htm.
Outlook 2007, and 2010
Word cannot be set as the editor in these later versions of Outlook, which uses a cut-down version of Word as the editor. This cut-down version of Word doesn't accept VBA macros, which is how the WordStar Command Emulator is programmed. This means that the WordStar commands will not be available in these versions of Outlook. The work-around is to use Word to write your emails, and then copy the text and then paste it into Outlook.
Preparation
Unzip the downloaded wordstar.zip file into a new folder. Read all of the text (*.txt) files to familiarise yourself with the program, and then temporarily copy the WordStar.dot (or WStar14.dot) file to your Windows desktop, and from there, simply copy the file into your Word STARTUP folder.
The next time you start Word it will use the WordStar Command Emulator.
Installation in Word 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016
To install the WordStar Command Emulator:
- In Word Click the large round Office button at the top left of the windows (Word 2007) or the File tab (Word 2010 and 2013), then click Options.
- In Word Options, click Advanced.
- Scroll to the General section (near the bottom of the page), then click the File Locations button.
- In the File Locations window, under File types, click Startup, and then click Modify to display the folder path in Windows Explorer. You should see a path ending Word > STARTUP.
- Follow the steps in Option 1 or Option 2 to complete the installation.
Installation method options
- You can copy your wordstar.dot file into the Modify Location window
- You can note down the path to the folder (right click the expanded path and then click Copy), and then open the folder using Windows Explorer, and then copy the wordstar.dot file into it.
Option 1
- Use Windows Explorer to locate where you saved your wordstar.dot file, unless you''ve saved a copy on your Windows desktop.
- Click on the wordstar.dot file, and while keeping the left mouse button held down, drag it over the large white area in the Modify Location window, and then release the mouse button.
The wordstar.dot file should be moved from your Windows desktop into the Word STARTUP folder, although you probably won't see it there, this is normal. - In the Modify Location window, click Cancel, and then in the File Location windows click Close, and then in the Word Options window, click Cancel again.
Option 2
- In the Modify Location window,
For Windows 7 and 10
- Click the folder icon at the left end of the Address bar to expand the full path (by default a clickable "breadcrumb" path is shown for the last few folders in the path - the actual number of folders displayed depends on the width of the window) The expanded path should be similar to C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP.
- Either write down this path, or right click on it and it and select Copy.
For all other Windows versions
- Click the arrow at the right-hand end of the Look in box. The box should be showing STARTUP.
- Note down all of the folders from C up to and including the folder named STARTUP.
- In the Modify Location window, click Cancel, and then in the File Location windows click Close, and then in the Word Options window, click Cancel again.
- Use Windows Explorer to locate where you saved your wordstar.dot file.
- Right-click on the wordstar.dot file, and select Copy from the pop-up menu.
- Using Windows Explorer, browse to the STARTUP folder you noted above (If you copied the path you can paste it into the Windows Explorer Address bar to save the typing).
- In the STARTUP folder, right-click in the large white area, and then select Paste from the pop-up menu.
- Close Windows Explorer.
Preparation
Unzip the downloaded wordstar.zip file into a new folder. Read all of the text (*.txt) files to familiarise yourself with the program, and then temporarily copy the WordStar.dot (or WStar14.dot) file to your Windows desktop, and from there, simply copy the file into your Word STARTUP folder.
The next time you start Word it will use the WordStar Command Emulator.
Note that once the WordStar Command Emulator is in use the Tools menu is called Utilities to match the menu name used in WordStar 7.0d.
How to find the Word STARTUP folder
- In Word click Tools, then click Options.
- In Word Options select the File Locations tab.Under File locations click Startup, and then click Modify to display the full path in a folder selector window.
Installation options
- You can copy your wordstar.dot file into the Modify Location window
- You can note down the path to the folder, and then open the folder using Windows Explorer, and then copy the wordstar.dot file into it.
Option 1
- Use Windows Explorer to locate where you saved your wordstar.dot file, unless you''ve saved a copy on your Windows desktop.
- Click on the wordstar.dot file, and while keeping the left mouse button held down, drag it over the large white area in the Modify Location window, and then release the mouse button.
The wordstar.dot file should be moved from your Windows desktop into the Word STARTUP folder, although you probably won''t see it there. - In the Modify Location window, click Close, and then in the Word Options window, click Close again.
Option 2
- In the Modify Location window, click the arror at the right-hand end of the Look in box. The box should be showing STARTUP.
- Note down all of the folders from C up to and including the folder named STARTUP.
- In the Modify Location window, click Close, and then in the Word Options window, click Close again.
- Use Windows Explorer to locate where you saved your wordstar.dot file.
- Roght-click on the wordstar.dot file, and select Copy from the pop-up menu.
- Using Windows Explorer, browse to the STARTUP folder you noted above.
- In the STARTUP folder, right-click in the large white area, and then select Paste from the pop-up menu.
- Close Windows Explorer.
Typical STARTUP folder locations
For Word and Office 97 and Windows 95, 98, and Me:
For Office 2000, 2003, and XP and Windows 95, 98, and Me:
For Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, and Windows 7
To uninstal the WordStar Command Emulator you need to delete the wordstar.dot or (WStar14.dot) file from your Word STARTUP folder. The next time you start Word the WordStar Command Emulator won''t be loaded. You can also temporarily turn off the WordStar Command Emulator.
Un-installation from Word 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016
To un-install the WordStar Command Emulator:
- In Word Click the large round Office button at the top left of the windows (Word 2007) or the File tab (Word 2010 and 2013), then click Options.
- In Word Options, click Advanced.
- Scroll to the General section (near the bottom of the page), then click the File Locations button.
- In the File Locations window, under File types, click Startup, and then click Modify to display the full path in a folder selector window.
For Windows 7 and 10
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Click the folder icon at the left end of the Address bar to expand the full path (by default a clickable "breadcrumb" path is shown for the last few folders in the path - the actual number of folders displayed depends on the width of the window).
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Either write down this path, or use your mouse to select it all, and then right-click on it and select Copy.
For all other Windows versions
- Click the arrow at the right-hand end of the Look in box. The box should be showing STARTUP.
- Note down all of the folders from C up to and including the folder named STARTUP.
- Using Windows Explorer, browse to the STARTUP folder you noted above (If you copied the path you can paste it into the Windows Explorer Address bar to save the typing).
- In the STARTUP folder, right-click on the wordstar.dot file, and then select Delete from the pop-up menu.
- Close Windows Explorer.
Note: This will not remove your user details from the Windows Registry (username and serial number)
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