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

ID: Q151020

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 2 (SR-2)

SUMMARY

Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2) is a free update to Office 97. Office 97 SR-2 contains a series of recent fixes and is designed to make it easier for you to deploy Office 97. This article contains a list of the articles that discuss the fixes in Office 97 SR-2.

NOTE: The Microsoft Office 97 SR-2 Patch requires that you first install SR-1. For more information about SR-1, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/sr1fact.htm

MORE INFORMATION

For information about obtaining the Office 97 Service Release 2, or for general information about SR-2, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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

For information about Year 2000 issues and SR-2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q233537 OFF97: Year 2000 Related Problems Corrected in Office 97 SR-2

Summary List for Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 2

Microsoft Access

Q178650 ACC97: Dual Processor Computer Hangs When Running Query

Q170028 ACC97: Can't Run SETUP.EXE /y /r on NTFS

Q171855 ACC97: Access Violation with Multiple Queries in Progress

Q175705 ACC: "Out Of Memory" Error After Printing Subform on Windows NT

Q179695 ACC97: "Microsoft Access can't open the Zoom box" Error Message

Q186577 ACC97: Form May Not Refresh with a Short Refresh Interval

Q179695 ACC97: "Microsoft Access can't open the Zoom box" Error Message

Q186470 ACC97: "Overflow" Error When Outputting Report to RTF Format

Q191883 ACC: Data Changes Are Saved to the Incorrect Record

Q191743 ACC97: '2004': Out of Memory Error when Running Query

Q191916 ACC97: No Common Point to Synchronize Replicas after Year 2000

Q192008 ACC97: Erratic Intellimouse Scrolling in Forms and Tables

Microsoft Excel

Q151064 XL97: "Microsoft Excel Cannot Access..." Opening File from Web

Q180159 XL: Dates Inserted by Recorded Macro May Be in Wrong Century

Q182999 XL97: Chart Data Labels Linked to Formulas Are Not Updated

Q186452 XL97: Some Formulas Not Refreshed with Data Table in Workbook

Q186685 XL97: Custom Function Is Not Updated with Intersection Operator

Q184260 XL97: Formula Is Not Recalculated After Paste Special Operation

Q186386 XL97: Defined Name Formula Is Not Updated After Sort

Q186394 XL97: Formulas Not Refreshed After Data Consolidation

Q186395 XL97: Formulas with Range-Style Cell Reference Are Not Updated

Q186370 XL97: ROW or COLUMN Formula Is Not Updated After Cut and Paste

Q187698 Query97: MSQuery Uses 1900 Date When Two Digits Are Used for Year

Q172322 XL97: Run-Time Error 40009 When You Run DAO Macro

Q10111 XL97: Characters Lost Saving to Excel 5.0/95 File Format

Q144508 XL: Using Calculate Method May Not Calculate Certain Formulas

Q154134 XL97: Functions in Filled Formulas May Not Be Recalculated

Q168650 XL97: "Not Enough Memory" Error Adding Chart to Workbook

Q174043 XL97: Destructor for ActiveX Control Is Not Called on Exit

Q174218 XL97: Word Object Displayed Differently in Excel 97

Q174219 XL97: WordArt Object Displayed Differently in Excel 97

Q175050 XL97: Recalculating Displays Values from Another Workbook

Q175356 XL97: Microsoft Graph Object Displayed Differently in Excel 97

Q179028 XL97: Excel Object Is Not Closed After Running Macro

Q137427 XL97: Question Marks Appear After Deactivating Worksheet Object

Q171339 XL97: Some Values Not Recalculated When Using Multiple Formulas

Q71315 XL97: Run-time Error Using Location Method to Change Chart

Q150686 XL97: Moving Text Box on Chart Causes Chart to Grow

Q129793 Excel Displays Only First Column in Embedded Worksheet

Q108032 XL97: Page Fault or Violation Clicking Options on the Tools Menu

Q184900 XL97: Errors Activating Embedded Object Containing PivotTable

Q185017 XL97: "File not Found" Error Activating Excel Object

Q176242 XL97 : IPF occurs in Application event on BeforeClose

Q176252 XL97: Application Error Updating OLE Link

Q176251 XL97: WorkBookBeforeClose Event Fires Unexpectedly

Q136761 XL97: Memory Errors Appear When You Calculate a Custom Function

Q173121 XL97: Data Returned from Only One Table Using Query Wizard

Q173521 XL97: Microsoft Query 97 Does Not Support User and System DSNs

Q173522 XL97: Query Wizard Creates Improper Alias in SQL Syntax

Q158895 XL97: Invalid Page Fault After Closing Last Open Workbook

Microsoft PowerPoint

Q191599 PPT97: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format

Q145435 PPT97: European Currency Symbol Doesn't Print with PCL Printer

Q145522 PPT97: European Currency Symbol Doesn't Print w/PostScript

Q145960 PPT97: Imported EPS Graphics Have Poor Print, Display Quality

Q163834 PPT97: European Currency Symbol Doesn't Print After Cut/Paste

Q144375 PPT97: "Unable to Save File" Error Opening PPT 4 Formatted File

Q144532 PPT97: Saving PowerPoint Files on Banyan Vines Is Very Slow

Q144992 PPT97: Dimensions of Custom Slide Not Correct

Q145146 PPT97: Unable to Loop Through Playlist with PowerPoint Viewer 97

Q182546 PPT: PowerPoint Translates Year 2000 Dates Incorrectly

Q186870 PPT97: Red X Appears After Using PowerPoint Add-in or Macro

Q186871 PPT97: Other Notes Pages Change After Editing Notes Page

Q186878 PPT97: Error Opening File Containing Macintosh EPS Image

Q172005 Removing PowerPoint Viewer Removes TypeLib Registry Key

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook 98 released after SR-2. If you have Outlook 98, please see the following article before you install SR-2:

Q191952 OL98: How to Install Office 97 SR-2 Without Removing Outlook 98

The fixes that are included in Microsoft Outlook SR-2 are listed in a separate summary article. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q177412 Summary of Changes in Outlook Version 8.04

NOTE: The version of Outlook that is included in Office SR-2 is version 8.04. Outlook SR-2 also includes all the changes in Microsoft Outlook version 8.03. In addition, each of the following problems is corrected in Outlook 8.04:

MS Mail extensions no longer cause a page fault when you use the Address Book in Outlook.

The Time Zone dialog box uses Microsoft Windows NT permissions.

A new Changed By field is available for items.

Deleted resources are removed from the Location field for meeting items.

Advanced Find recognizes invalid dates in a search.

Improved performance for imported Schedule+ calendar data.

Improved error message in Schedule+ import caused by network traffic.

Use Schedule+ as Primary Calendar option opens Schedule+ meeting request in a full window.

September/October appointments display correct times for all European time zones.

Correct time zone is applied to all appointments during Schedule+ import.

Improved temporary file handling during Schedule+ import.

Registered custom appointment form no longer triggers macro warning.

Improved user interface for right-click operations in custom forms.

Posting Outlook items to Outlook from Visual Basic is more efficient.

Printing events are passed to client extensions.

Accelerator keys for the Copy and Paste commands are passed to client extensions.

Consistent passing of the Copy command to client extensions.

Drag events are passed to client extensions.

cc:Mail message import allows for messages larger than 20 kilobytes.

Outlook Address Book can display names by "last name, first name".

One additional syntax for Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) addresses is supported.

Rules Wizard supports quiet mode installation.

Tab stop settings are retained on a per-message basis.

New registry key is available to turn off message information bar updates.

Improved internal handling of 8.3 file names for attachments.

Telephony API (TAPI) command for suspended dialing is recognized.

"Par Personne Responsable" view fix for French Outlook is included.

Double-byte character field name improvement for Japanese Outlook is included.

Q181351 OL97: Year 2000 Compliance for Outlook 97

Microsoft Office

Q108729 OFF97: Color Shift Occurs When Printing in Windows 98

Q10022 OFF97: EPS File Is Not Printed or Is Printed Incorrectly in NT

Q188080 OFF97: Installing IE 3.02a and Ie302y2k.exe Included in SR-2

Q144930 OFF97: Size of TIFF Picture Is Incorrect When Inserted

Q151068 OFF97: Lines Drawn Incorrectly on Imported Graphics

Q166096 OFF97: Some Features Not Functional When System Policies Enabled

Q186261 OFF97: Two-Digit Years in Properties Dialog in 20th Century

Q186369 OFF97: Large Increase in Document File Size After Inserting JPEG

Q150491 WD97: Screen Flickers Constantly After Pasting Excel Chart

Q182073 WD97: Picture Becomes Red "X" When Mac Word 98 File Saved in 97

Q151047 PPT97: Excel Chart Does Not Refresh Properly After Update

Microsoft Word

Q153194 WD97: Extended Characters Are Corrupt After Editing MacWord Document

Q146506 WD97: Save As Command Fails to Release Document (Can't Open Original File in a Program Other Than Word)

Q142670 WD97: ConvertNumberToText Method Fails

Q187998 WD97: Word Stops Responding (Hangs) When You Click AutoText

Q130149 WD97: "Out of Memory" When Document Saved in Word 95 Format

Q140470 WD97: Saving a Document as HTML Causes Table Formatting Changes

Q140645 WD97: Grammar Checker Runs Continuously (Screen Flickers)

Q141464 WD97: Title Bar of Embedded Word Document Missing Document Name

Q145044 WD97: Document Corrupt After Editing Word 2.0 Document

Q146529 WD97: High Network Traffic When You Check Spelling (Novell)

Q163367 WD97: "Network or File Permission Error" Opening Document

Q164333 WD97: Word Appears to Hang When You Search Large Address Book

Q170032 WD97: Multiple-Heading Numbering Converted to Plain Text

Q173456 WD97: Error with Dutch, French, German, or Spanish Grammar Check

Q173547 WD: Error Msg: "Word Cannot Open the Document"

Q197300 WD97: Save As Word 6.0/95 Loses Attached Template

Q174162 WD97: Windows NT 4.0: "Saving the AutoRecovery File Is Postponed"

Q174304 WD97: ODMA Save As Command Does Not Close the Previous Document

Q174994 WD97: Autoexec Macro Runs Twice When Reference Is Added

Q177052 WD97: Application Error Printing from Shortcut Menu in Explorer

Q177519 WD: Comments Lost When Word 2.x File Converted to Word 97

Q179310 WD97: Error or Unexpected Quit When You Type Complex Sentence

Q179435 WD97: Error: "Cannot Access the File" After File Closed (ODMA)

Q183070 WD: Embedded OLE Objects Are Changed to Pictures After Save As

Q186762 WD97: Advanced Power Management Causes Data Loss

Q186763 WD97: Undesired Characters When You Open HTML Document in Word

Q186845 WD97: Picture Wrapping Changes from No Wrap to Around Wrap

Q186846 WD97: New Information in Help About for New English Thesaurus

Q186847 WD97: Unicode Characters Converted Incorrectly

Q189439 WD: Document Fails to Open "Cannot Open The Existing <Square>"

Q161238 WD97: EPS Images Are Printed Full Size Rather Than Cropped

Q179883 WD97: Error Saving Document in Word 6.0/95 Format

Q192706 WD97: Year 2000 Date Parsing Improvements in SR-2

Word 97 Import Converter for Word 6.0 or Word 7.0

Q144542 WD: Outline Number Takes on Hidden Attribute of Paragraph

Q146045 WD95: Outline Number Brackets Gone in Imported Word 97 Document

Q160931 WD: "Error! Style Not Defined" When Printing File

Q170030 WD95: ListNum Fields Missing from Imported Word 97 Document

Q170037 WD95: Character Spacing Converted Incorrectly

Q170041 WD95: Multiple Numbered Lists Change to One Single Numbered List

Q170901 WD95: Section Field Number Format Converted to Roman Numeral

Q173198 WD95: Indentation Changed in Imported Word 97 File

Q173290 WD95: ALL CAPS in Word 97 Document Change to Mixed Case

Q174122 WD95: Outline Numbering Incorrect in Imported Word 97 Document

Q174997 WD95: Extra Tab Inserted in Multilevel Numbered Paragraphs

Q175540 WD: Text Lost Opening Document Containing Unicode Characters

Q181241 WD95: Text Box Fills/Lines Wrong in Imported Word 97 Document

Q181242 WD95: Text Boxes Disappear When You Open Word 97 Document

Q183071 WD: Z-Order of Drawing Objects Is Lost During Conversion

Q186899 WD95: Callout Boxes and Arrows Missing or Incorrect

Q186900 WD95: Error Message Opening a Document with Hyperlinks

Q186901 WD: Object Not Updated If 97 Document Opened in Earlier Version

Q186902 WD95: Positive Sloped Lines Change to Negative Sloped Lines

Additional query words: OFF97 sr2 fixlist97sr2


Keywords          : webcontent 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: July 28, 1999