OFF97: Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 Enterprise Update

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1)

SUMMARY

There are two versions of Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1): an SR-1 Patch and an SR-1 Enterprise Update. This article contains a list of updates that are included in the SR-1 Enterprise Update version and not in the SR-1 Patch.

NOTE: The SR-1 Enterprise Update is no longer available on the Microsoft Web site. It has been replaced by the SR-2 Replacement CD which includes all the SR-1 fixes and enhancements. For more information about this second release of Office 97, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q151020 OFF97: List of Fixed Problems in Office 97 for Windows, SR-2

Q151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

Q192874 OFF97: An Overview of Microsoft Office 97 SR-2

Determining Which Version of SR-1 You Have

Q171749 OFF97: How to Determine If SR-1 Is Installed

Getting a List of the Problems That Are Corrected in the SR-1 Patch

Q172995 OFF97: List of Fixed Problems in Office 97 for Windows, SR-1

MORE INFORMATION

Fixes That Are Specific to Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update

• When you install Microsoft Office 97, you may receive error messages about the Bdrintl.dll file. This problem is corrected in Microsoft Office 97 SR-1.
  
  For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q162295 OFF97: Err Msg: "Bdrintl.dll Was Unable to Register Itself"
  
  Q162936 OFF97 Setup: Banyan Vines Patch Available




• In Microsoft Office 97, the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar is not installed when you perform a Typical installation. In Microsoft Office 97 SR-1, the Office Shortcut Bar is installed when you perform a Typical installation.



• The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes updated Help (.hlp) and text (.txt) files. These files are not included in the patch version.

Microsoft Word 97 SR-1

• The Avery Wizard is updated for improved integration and stability with Microsoft Word 97 SR-1.



• The Support Template, Macros8.dot, does not return an error message when you run the SuperDocStatistics macro.

Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1

• A new Microsoft Excel 97 Viewer designed for use in Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Microsoft Windows NT is included.

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 SR-1

• A new Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Viewer that is designed for use in Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Microsoft Windows NT is included.



• A filter that allows Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 to directly open Microsoft PowerPoint 97 presentation files is included.

Microsoft Access 97 SR-1

• A new Microsoft Access 97 Snapshot Viewer for Windows 95/98 and Windows NT allows any user to view and print data contained in a Microsoft Access 97 Snapshot.
  



• The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes a Service Pack for the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition. This Service Pack should be installed if you use the following:
  
  
  • Computers running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 and the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition
    
    -and-
  
  
  
  • Computers on which the ODBC Driver Manager 3.0 is installed

Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1

• Support for new features in Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 is included.



• When you switch between the Microsoft Exchange client and Microsoft Outlook when you use forms, performance is improved.



• The Daylight Savings Time option works correctly when you update appointments in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1.



• Lotus cc:Mail messages that use Greek characters do not display extraneous characters when you import them into Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1.



• The Delegate With Permissions option is displayed correctly in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1. Instead of "Custom", the option is displayed as "Delegate".



• The security features in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1 include a Send Security Keys option.



• Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1 can inherit Microsoft Schedule+ permissions.



• The forms size limitation has expanded. The limit is no longer 32 kilobytes (K).



• Thanksgiving and the Lunar New Year are correctly identified as holidays.

REFERENCES

For additional information about how to obtain Microsoft Office SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1

Additional query words: OFF97 sr1 XL97 WD97 AC97 PP97 OL97

Keywords          : offhelp offosb offsetup offwinsetup offadmin offupgrade offlocal offrfs 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo 

Last Reviewed: May 25, 1999