Disable Reading Mode in Word 2013 for PS&E

Disable Reading Mode in Word 2013 for PS&E The PS&E program has not been tested for use in Office 2013. Here is a work around if you are using this version: PS&E will generate errors on open if Reading View and the protected mode is selected. . To disable the Reading View. Go to File – Options.

– Then select General. Uncheck “Open E-Mail attachments and other un-editable files in reading view”

Click Ok And your done!

Creating the PS&E_Office2013.bat file

Open Notepad

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Copy text below rem Updated bat file for Windows 7, XP, and Vista running Office 2007,2010,2013 rem WSDOT 3 17 2014 echo on SET PSEWork=C:\pse\ SET PSESaveTo=C:\pse\ SET PSERegion=C:\pse\ goto CkWindowsVersion :CkWindowsVersion echo off ver | find "XP" > nul if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto WindowsXP if not exist %SystemRoot%\system32\systeminfo.exe goto warnthenexit systeminfo | find "OS Name" > %TEMP%\osname.txt FOR /F "usebackq delims=: tokens=2" %%i IN (%TEMP%\osname.txt) DO set vers=%%i echo %vers% | find "Windows 7" > nul if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto Windows7 echo %vers% | find "Windows Vista" > nul if %ERRORLEVEL% == 0 goto Windows7 goto warnthenexit :warnthenexit echo on cls echo. echo. echo. echo echo echo. echo. echo. pause

Only Windows XP or Windows Vista or Windows 7 will work with this software.

goto end :WindowsXP copy "C:\pse\template2007\pse.docm" "%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\templates" if exist "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\winword.exe" goto XPandOffice2007 if exist "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\winword.exe" goto XPandOffice2010 goto endmessage :XPandOffice2007 start winword.exe /l"%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\templates\pse.docm" goto end

:XPandOffice2010 start winword.exe /l"%userprofile%\application data\microsoft\templates\pse.docm" goto end :Windows7 rem Copy the PSE template to the user profile. copy "C:\pse\template2007\pse.docm" %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates" rem Check for Windows Vista or Windows 7 64bit version and Microsoft Office 2007 32 bit version. if exist "c:\program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\winword.exe" goto Office2007B rem Check for Windows Vista or Windows 7 64bit version and Microsoft Office 2010 32 bit version. if exist "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\winword.exe" goto Office2010B rem Check for Microsoft Office 2007 32bit version with Windows Vista or Windows 7 32bit version. if exist "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\winword.exe" goto Office2007A rem Check for Microsoft Office 2010 32bit version with Windows Vista or Windows 7 32bit version. if exist "c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\winword.exe" goto Office2010A rem Check for Microsoft Office 2013 32bit version with Windows Vista or Windows 7 32bit version. if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\winword.exe" goto Office2013A rem Check for Microsoft Office 2013 64bit version with Windows Vista or Windows 7 32bit version. if exist "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\winword.exe" goto Office2013A :Office2007A start winword.exe /l"%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\pse.docm" goto end :Office2010A start winword.exe /l"%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\pse.docm" goto end :Office2007B start winword.exe /l"%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\pse.docm" goto end :Office2010B start winword.exe /l"%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\pse.docm" goto end :Office2013A start winword.exe /l"%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\pse.docm" goto end :endmessage echo off cls Echo. Echo. Echo ...................................................................................... ECHO Echo Microsoft Office 2007, Office 2010 or Office 2013is not installed or can not be found. Echo ...................................................................................... Echo Please Contact Technical Support Echo ...................................................................................... ECHO ECHO ............................Press any key to discontinue!............................. Echo. Echo. Set /p o=Press any key! if not %o%==1 goto end goto end :end

Paste into a blank Notepad document . Click File Then Save As. Enter the name PS&E_Offife2013.bat. Make sure “Save as type” is ”All Files” then save to desktop.