Customizable Alerts

The Customizable Alerts folder contains the Errormsg.xls workbook, which includes information needed to work effectively with custom error messages. This workbook consists of several worksheets with lists of error messages for Microsoft Office 2003 applications.

There are worksheets for Microsoft Office Access 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003, and Microsoft Office Word 2003 error messages, and another worksheet for error messages shared between two or more Office applications. Each worksheet contains two columns of information:

• Error Message Text: Provides the exact text that appears to users in each error message.

• Error ID: Provides the required error number used to identify an error message.

Install Customizable Alerts

The Customizable Alerts folder is automatically installed on your computer when you install the Office Resource Kit. To locate the folder, click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Office, point to Microsoft Office Tools, point to Microsoft Office Resource Kit, and then click Customizable Alerts. The computer will display a folder containing the workbook.

The Customizable Alerts folder can also be downloaded from the Toolbox on the Office 2003 Resource Kit Web site.