Works 95: How to Share Easy Text on a Network

If you have installed Microsoft Works for Windows 95 onto many computers on a network, you may want to set up and use the same Easy Text formats on all installations. Easy Text is not stored in a file that you can copy or share over the network; it is stored in the Windows 95 Registry. The Registry is unique to every user and is located in the user's local Windows directory. The Easy Text modification to the Registry can be replicated on each computer on the network, giving each installation of Works access to the desired Easy Text.

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.


To save Easy Text from one computer:

1. After creating the desired Easy Text, quit Works.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. Type "regedit" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.
4. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
5. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Software.
6. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Microsoft.
7. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Works.
8. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to 4.0.
9. Click the PLUS SIGN (+) next to Word Processor.
10. Click the Easy Text folder.
11. On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.
12. In the File Name box, type a name for the registration file, such as "Easytext" (without the quotation marks).
13. Select a destination for the registration file, and then click Save. NOTE: For a network, you may want to save the file to a shared network drive that all users can access.
14. On the Registry menu, click Exit.

To install saved Easy Text onto another computer:

1. From the computer for which you want to make the Easy Text available, go to the location of the registration file. For example, if the registration file was saved onto a network drive, connect to that drive.
2. Double-click on the registration file. You should see the following message:
   
   
   Information in <path>\<filename> has been successfully entered into the registry.

That computer should now be able to use the Easy Text.

NOTE: When you update the registry with Easy Text in this way, any old entries in the registry for Easy Text are lost.