Sorry Graham, but I found this a bit difficult. Could you help me by
answering the exact questions that I posed in my original post? Thanks.

I've got two problems. If I encourage my edit client (author) to buy Office,
as he has Norton's already installed on his Dell, exactly what steps should
he take to disable the Norton plug-in (he is even less of a computer expert
than I am -- 'the application' doesn't tell either of us *which*
application... New question: exactly what are the likely problems if he does
not?

Second problem: Do I activate the Norton software on my laptop when it keeps
nagging me. How long does it last before I have to activate? How much is it
to do that?

Apart from the Office plug-in, are posters generally happy with Norton's?


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Checking of Word/Office documents can usually be deselected in Norton AV
by turning off its Office Plug-in from the application's options.

With some versions of the Norton product it may be necessary to unregister
the calling DLL by running the following command line from Windows Start
Run

regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton antivirus\officeav.dll"
or
regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\norton systemworks\norton
antivirus\officeav.dll"

Other AV apps eg the popular free ediition of Grisoft's AVG antivirus
software, require similar treatment.
In this instance:

regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG Free\avgoff2k.dll"

Norton AV is an application that you have to pay for. Though limited
trials are often included with PCs. Once that trial has ended you have to
pay for the updates. If you don't want to do that, download Grisoft's free
version of its AVG software, uninstall Norton AV and install AVF Free. The
updates for that are available daily. Make sure that whatever AV software
you have you update it frequently - preferably automatically.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


wrote:
Hi all

I'm going to encourage a client to buy MS Office (prob 2003 from a
box) so that he san see the edits I'm doing in Word from his
manuscript (converted from Works). This will also let him read my
schedules in Excel.
1 He already has Norton loaded on his Dell. I have read much on
here about disabling the Norton Word Plug-in. Assuming that the rest
of Norton is good, exactly how to I do this disabling?

2 Also, on my own laptop was some Norton stuff pre-loaded. The
laptop keeps nagging me that I am vulnerable so click on the Norton,
presumably to activate it. Is any payment involved? If not, how long
does it last? Have posters found Nortons to be OK generally (apart
from the plug-in)? And again, how exactly do I disable the Word
plug-in?
Thanks all.