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This article includes the following topics:
- Improved Security
- Improved Handling of Macintosh File Attachments
- Improved Handling of Attachments
- Improved Nickname List
- Setup Issues
- Printing Issues
- Holiday Issues
- Calendar and Scheduling Issues
- CC:Mail Issues
- Importing Issues
- Miscellaneous Error Messages
- Miscellaneous Improvements and Fixes - Word as E-Mail
Editor - Detection of TAPI Devices - Fields Offset by One Character - VBScript
32 KB Limit - Spelling Checker Does Not Check Subject - Improvements in MAILTO
URL Handling - Forms Fix Utility - Delegate Permissions Show as Custom - Update
Programs
- Readme Items
- ValuPack Components
Improved Security
This version of Outlook improves security by preventing
potentially malicious attachments and VBScript code from running without your
knowledge. For a summary of specific security enhancements, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
166023 OL97: Outlook 8.02 Security Improvements
Improved Handling of Macintosh File Attachments
This release improves how Outlook handles Macintosh file
attachments. Improvements in this release include fixes for the following
issues:
- If you send an attached file from Microsoft Exchange for
the Macintosh to Outlook, the attached file icon may change to the generic
Windows icon (white page with Windows flag). Some Macintosh icons lose their
properties when opened in Outlook.
- If you use Outlook to forward a message to an Exchange for
the Macintosh client and the message contains a Macintosh binary file
attachment, the attached file loses its resource fork and is
unusable.
- If you drag a Macintosh file attachment from one Outlook
message to another or into another Outlook, Messaging Application Programming
Interface, (MAPI) folder, the attached file becomes unusable.
- You may not be able to open a message file attachment
previously saved by Outlook.
For additional information about fixed issues with Macintosh
attachments, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
165115 OL97: Outlook Problems Handling Macintosh File Attachments
Improved Handling of Attachments
Outlook now handles downloading file attachments more
efficiently. If an attachment did not have an icon property, earlier versions
of Outlook attempted to download the entire attachment on opening the item,
looking for an icon bitmap. Now Outlook simply displays a plain icon, and the
attachment is not downloaded until you double-click to open the attachment.
If you try to save a message that contains an attachment
that you copied or dragged from another message, you may receive the following
error message:
Operation failed.
This issue
is now fixed. For additional information, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168623 OL97 ErrMsg: Operation Failed Saving Message with Attachment
When forwarding mail that contains several attachments from
a PC Mail postoffice, the recipient may not be able to see all of the
attachments. The recipient may see a space where the attachment should appear.
Dragging what appears to be a space at the end of the message to another
message may cause one of the missing attachments to appear. Adding text to the
end of the message may also make the missing attachments appear. This problem
is fixed in Outlook 8.02.
Improved Nickname List
This version of Outlook enhances the nickname cache so the cache
is less likely to cause name resolution problems and you have more control over
the cache. For additional information, please see the following articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168641 OL97: Unable to Resolve Nicknames
169259 OL97: New Nickname Features in Outlook 8.02
Setup Issues
The first time you run Setup, "Allow comma as address separator"
is turned off. If "Allow comma as address separator" is turned off, and the
Microsoft Exchange Server Service is not in the profile, Setup turns on "Allow
comma as address separator." In all other cases, Setup does not change this
setting.
When installing standalone Outlook 97 with Regional Settings
of English (British) or English (Australian), you do not get an option to
choose paper format or proofing dictionary. For additional information, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168627 OL97: No Setup Options for Paper Size or Proofing Dictionary
Printing Issues
For information about printing issues fixed in this release,
please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
166645 OL97: Printed Shared Calendar Uses Wrong Name in Header/Footer
168642 OL97: Unable to Print a Shared Schedule+ Calendar from Outlook
168622 OL97: Date Prints in Empty User Defined Date/Time Field
Holiday Issues
For information about Outlook holiday list issues fixed in this
release, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168586 OL97: Lunar New Year Is a Chinese, Not a Japanese, Holiday
161587 OL97: How to Customize Outlook Calendar Holidays
NOTE:
161587 documents that Thanksgiving Day is incorrect
in the United States section of the holiday file; it is scheduled for Wednesday
rather than Thursday. Outlook 8.02 shows Thanksgiving on the correct day of the
week.
Calendar and Scheduling Issues
If you run Outlook 97 with your Calendar minimized, the monthly
calendar may not display when you open the Calendar window. This problem is
fixed in Outlook 8.02. For additional information, please see the following
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168621 OL97: Calendar Disappears in Second Window
Outlook 8.02 improves handling of recurring meeting
calculations. It corrects a problem that occurs when someone deletes a single
instance of a recurring meeting and then later sends out a change to the
recurring meeting. Earlier versions of Outlook erroneously sent out a
cancellation for the change and the deleted instance.
If two different users of Microsoft Mail and Microsoft
Schedule+, version 1.0, send overlapping meeting requests to an Outlook user,
and the Outlook user accepts the first meeting and declines the second one, the
first meeting is also deleted. In this example, the Outlook user is using the
Outlook Calendar folder, not Schedule+. This problem is fixed in Outlook 8.02.
The Item.Find VBScript command causes Outlook to hang when
trying to find an infinite recurring appointment exception. This problem is
fixed in Outlook 8.02.
If you use Schedule+ as your primary calendar, but also made
entries in your Outlook 97 calendar, people who view your calendar may see your
Outlook calendar entries instead of your Schedule+ calendar entries. This
problem is fixed in Outlook 8.02. For additional information, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
169242 OL97: Viewing Other's Schedule+ Calendar Uses Outlook Calendar
CC:Mail Issues
For information about cc:Mail issues fixed in this release,
please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168119 OL97: Outlook 8.01 Does Not Include CC:Mail Service License
168767 OL97: Garbled Characters in Imported CC:Mail Bulletin Board
Importing Issues
For information about fixed problems with correctly parsing
imported contact fields, please see the following articles in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
166333 OL97: How to Correct Formatting and Parsing of Imported Contacts
164401 OL97: Fields Missing Inserting a Contact into Word
For information about fixed problems using imported fax
numbers, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
164408 OL97: Imported Fax Numbers May Not Work in Outlook
When importing a .cal file from Schedule+ 1.0, you may
receive the following error message:
An error has
occurred in the SCHPLUS.SAM translator while trying to attach a translator.
Unable to logon to Schedule+. Schedule+ may be busy exporting a file
or waiting to synchronize with the host. Or if you have created a new profile,
you may need to run Schedule+ before importing the data.
This
problem is fixed in Outlook 8.02. For additional information about Schedule+
1.0 translator error messages, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
165873 OL97: Sam Translator Error Importing Schedule Plus File
Miscellaneous Error Messages
If you use the Find Items feature in Outlook 97 and you press
ALT+I to change the focus to the Messages In list, Outlook may stop responding.
This problem is fixed in Outlook 8.02. For additional information, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168587 OL97: ALT+I in Find Items Causes Outlook to Stop Responding
When you attempt to open the Outlook 97 Notes, Messaging
Application Programming Interface (MAPI) folder, you may receive an invalid
page fault (IPF) error message or your system may stop responding. This problem
is fixed in Outlook 8.02. For additional information on this topic, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
169167 OL97: Invalid Page Fault Opening Outlook Notes MAPI Folder
When you switch between some Outlook folders (for example,
Deleted Items, Contacts, Calendar, or Tasks), Outlook may cause an IPF in
module MSO97.DLL. This problem occurred with Outlook running on Windows 95 with
beta versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.0. This problem is
fixed in Outlook 8.02.
Miscellaneous Improvements and Fixes
Microsoft Word as Your E-mail Editor:
During Outlook
Setup, you no longer receive a prompt to use Word as your e-mail editor. This
option has been removed from Outlook Setup; however, Outlook still provides the
option to use Word as your e-mail editor.
"Use Word as the E-mail
Editor" is added to the Tools menu. "Use Microsoft Word as the E-mail Editor"
is still located on the E-mail tab in the Options dialog box. If you select the
"Use Microsoft Word as the e-mail editor" check box, and if your computer has
less than 32 megabytes of RAM, you will receive the following alert:
This allows you to take advantage of the features of
Word when you read and write e-mail. To use this 16MB is required, with 32MB
recommended for best performance. Do you want to turn this on?
Detection of TAPI Devices:
If your computer has
multiple Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI) devices installed,
Outlook 97 may not properly list each device. For example, Outlook may indicate
that an ISDN modem is capable of voice communications but cannot handle data,
or that your fax/modem is not present. This problem is fixed in Outlook 8.02.
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
164247 OL97: Outlook Does Not Correctly Show All TAPI Devices
Fields Offset by One Character:
After upgrading
to Outlook 8.01, some fields appear to be offset by one character. For example,
this anomaly appears in the Contacts "File As" field and the Appointment
"Location" field. This problem does not affect program operations, such as
sorting, grouping, and so on, and it is fixed in Outlook 8.02. For additional
information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
165412 OL97: Some Outlook Fields Are Offset by One Character
VBScript 32 KB Limit:
When you type a large
number of lines of code into the Visual Basic Script Editor in Outlook 97, you
eventually cannot type any more characters; the Editor does not accept the
keystrokes. This problem is fixed in Outlook 8.02. For additional information,
please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
166262 OL97: Visual Basic Script Editor Has 32 KB Limit
166001 OL97: Outlook VBScript Editor Patch Available on MSL
Spelling Checker Does Not Check Subject:
The
spelling checker in Outlook 97 does not check the spelling of words in the
Subject line of an e-mail message. This issue is fixed in Outlook 8.02. For
additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
168832 OL97: Spelling Checker Does Not Check Words in the Subject
Line
Improvements in MAILTO URL Handling:
If you click
a mailto Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in the body of an e-mail message in
Outlook 97, a new, untitled e-mail message starts. The new message is
automatically addressed to the recipient indicated in the mailto, but none of
the other fields in the message header are completed. Outlook 8.02 now supports
the following additional mailto fields:
mailto:someone@microsoft.com
mailto: someone@microsoft.com?subject=Subject of Message
mailto: someone@microsoft.com?subject=Subject of Message&cc=others@
microsoft.com
mailto: someone@microsoft.com;someone1@microsoft.com?subject=Subject of
Message
For additional information, please see the following article in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
169076 OL97: MAILTO: URL Handling Includes E-mail Address Only
Forms Fix Utility:
The Forms Fix utility
(previously distributed separately) is included as part of Outlook 8.02. This
utility is for users of Outlook 97 and the Microsoft Exchange Client who need
to switch between the two e-mail clients. This utility substantially improves
e-mail client performance for users who install Outlook, but continue to use
the Microsoft Exchange client for e-mail. It produces improved performance by
automatically switching to the correct forms registration, based on your
current e-mail client.
For additional information, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
143477 OL97: E-mail Forms Fix Utility
Delegate Permissions Show as Custom:
Using
Outlook 8.01, if you set up a delegate on a Microsoft Exchange Server and
assign any permissions except "none," the permissions show up as "custom." This
problem is unique to delegate permissions on a Microsoft Exchange Server
mailbox. This problem is fixed in Outlook 8.02.
Update Programs:
The Microsoft Exchange SP1
distribution uses the files update.exe and adminupd.exe to update the existing
Outlook 8.01 program to 8.02. Adminupd.exe is used to update an Outlook 8.01
Client Install Point.
Readme Items
Important information documented in the following Microsoft
Knowledge Base articles has been added to the Outlook 8.02 Readme file:
169060 OL97: Error Occurred While Checking Spelling
163750 OL97: Outlook Running With Eudora Pro 3.0 May Cause Error
The Outlook.stf and Outlook.inf files both require WordPad
as their editor because they exceed the Notepad 64-KB file size limit.
ValuPack Components
The following components are included in the ValuPack folder:
- Schedule+ Driver to read Outlook Calendars
- Rules Wizard
- Updated version of the CC:Mail Transport
- Updated Outlook Converters
NOTE: The Internet Mail Enhancement Patch is not included in the
Exchange SP1 release.