List of fixed problems in Office 97 for Windows, SR-2 (151020)

MORE INFORMATION

For information about obtaining the Office 97 Service Release 2, or for general information about SR-2, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

151261 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-2

192874 OFF97: An Overview of Microsoft Office 97 SR-2

For information about Year 2000 issues and SR-2, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

233537 OFF97: Year 2000 Related Problems Corrected in Office 97 SR-2

NOTE: If you have difficulty installing SR-2, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

194581 OFF97: Error Message: SR-2 Patch Cannot Be Applied to Your Computer

Summary List for Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, SR-2

Microsoft Access

178650 ACC97: Dual Processor Computer Hangs When Running Query

170028 ACC97: Can't Run SETUP.EXE /y /r on NTFS

171855 ACC97: Access Violation with Multiple Queries in Progress

175705 ACC: "Out Of Memory" Error After Printing Subform on Windows NT

179695 ACC97: "Microsoft Access can't open the Zoom box" Error Message

186577 ACC97: Form May Not Refresh with a Short Refresh Interval

186470 ACC97: "Overflow" Error When Outputting Report to RTF Format

191883 ACC: Data Changes Are Saved to the Incorrect Record

191743 ACC97: '2004': Out of Memory Error when Running Query

191916 ACC97: No Common Point to Synchronize Replicas after Year 2000

192008 ACC97: Erratic Intellimouse Scrolling in Forms and Tables

172733 Updated Version of Microsoft Jet 3.5 Available on MSL

Microsoft Excel

151064 XL97: "Microsoft Excel Cannot Access..." Opening File from Web

180159 XL: Dates Inserted by Recorded Macro May Be in Wrong Century

182999 XL97: Chart Data Labels Linked to Formulas Are Not Updated

186452 XL97: Some Formulas Not Refreshed with Data Table in Workbook

186685 XL97: Custom Function Is Not Updated with Intersection Operator

184260 XL97: Formula Is Not Recalculated After Paste Special Operation

186386 XL97: Defined Name Formula Is Not Updated After Sort

186394 XL97: Formulas Not Refreshed After Data Consolidation

186395 XL97: Formulas with Range-Style Cell Reference Are Not Updated

186370 XL97: ROW or COLUMN Formula Is Not Updated After Cut and Paste

187698 Query97: MSQuery Uses 1900 Date When Two Digits Are Used for Year

172322 XL97: Run-Time Error 40009 When You Run DAO Macro

10111 XL97: Characters Lost Saving to Excel 5.0/95 File Format

144508 XL: Using Calculate Method May Not Calculate Certain Formulas

154134 XL97: Functions in Filled Formulas May Not Be Recalculated

168650 XL97: "Not Enough Memory" Error When You Add Chart to Workbook

174043 XL97: Destructor for ActiveX Control Is Not Called on Exit

174218 XL97: Word Object Displayed Differently in Excel 97

174219 XL97: WordArt Object Displayed Differently in Excel 97

175050 XL97: Recalculating Displays Values from Another Workbook

175356 XL97: Microsoft Graph Object Displayed Differently in Excel 97

179028 XL97: Excel Object Is Not Closed After Running Macro

137427 XL97: Question Marks Appear After Deactivating Worksheet Object

171339 XL97: Some Values Not Recalculated When Using Multiple Formulas

71315 XL97: Run-time Error Using Location Method to Change Chart

150686 XL97: Moving Text Box on Chart Causes Chart to Grow

129793 Excel Displays Only First Column in Embedded Worksheet

108032 XL97: Page Fault or Violation Clicking Options on the Tools Menu

184900 XL97: Errors Activating Embedded Object Containing PivotTable

185017 XL97: "File Not Found" Error Activating Excel Object

176242 XL97 : IPF occurs in Application event on BeforeClose

176252 XL97: Application Error Updating OLE Link

176251 XL97: WorkBookBeforeClose Event Fires Unexpectedly

136761 XL97: Memory Errors Appear When You Calculate a Custom Function

173121 XL97: Data Returned from Only One Table Using Query Wizard

173521 XL97: Microsoft Query 97 Does Not Support User and System DSNs

173522 XL97: Query Wizard Creates Improper Alias in SQL Syntax

158895 XL97: Invalid Page Fault After Closing Last Open Workbook

Microsoft PowerPoint

191599 PPT97: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format

145435 PPT97: European Currency Symbol Doesn't Print with PCL Printer

145522 PPT97: European Currency Symbol Doesn't Print w/PostScript

145960 PPT97: Imported EPS Graphics Have Poor Print, Display Quality

163834 PPT97: European Currency Symbol Doesn't Print After Cut/Paste

144375 PPT97: "Unable to Save File" Error Opening PPT 4 Formatted File

144532 PPT97: Saving PowerPoint Files on Banyan Vines Is Very Slow

144992 PPT97: Dimensions of Custom Slide Not Correct

186870 PPT97: Red X Appears After Using PowerPoint Add-in or Macro

186871 PPT97: Other Notes Pages Change After Editing Notes Page

186878 PPT97: Error Opening File Containing Macintosh EPS Image

Microsoft Outlook

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

191952 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:

177412 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.

197237 OL97: Year 2000 Dates Are Imported and Exported Incorrectly

Microsoft Office

108729 OFF97: Color Shift Occurs When Printing in Windows 98

10022 OFF97: EPS File Is Not Printed or Is Printed Incorrectly in NT

188080 OFF97: Installing IE 3.02a and Ie302y2k.exe Included in SR-2

144930 OFF97: Size of TIFF Picture Is Incorrect When Inserted

151068 OFF97: Lines Drawn Incorrectly on Imported Graphics

166096 OFF97: Some Features Not Functional When System Policies Enabled

186261 OFF97: Two-Digit Years in Properties Dialog in 20th Century

186369 OFF97: Large Increase in Document File Size After Inserting JPEG

150491 WD97: Screen Flickers Constantly After Pasting Excel Chart

182073 WD97: Picture Becomes Red "X" When Mac Word 98 File Saved in 97

151047 PPT97: Excel Chart Does Not Refresh Properly After Update

Microsoft Word

153194 WD97: Extended Characters Are Corrupt After Editing MacWord Document

146506 WD97: Save As Command Fails to Release Document (Can't Open Original File in a Program Other Than Word)

142670 WD97: ConvertNumberToText Method Fails

187998 WD97: Word Stops Responding (Hangs) When You Click AutoText

130149 WD97: "Out of Memory" When Document Saved in Word 95 Format

140470 WD97: Saving a Document as HTML Causes Table Formatting Changes

140645 WD97: Grammar Checker Runs Continuously (Screen Flickers)

141464 WD97: Title Bar of Embedded Word Document Missing Document Name

145044 WD97: Document Corrupt After Editing Word 2.0 Document

146529 WD97: High Network Traffic When You Check Spelling (Novell)

163367 WD97: "Network or File Permission Error" Opening Document

164333 WD97: Word Appears to Hang When You Search Large Address Book

170032 WD97: Multiple-Heading Numbering Converted to Plain Text

173456 WD97: Error with Dutch, French, German, or Spanish Grammar Check

173547 WD: Error Msg: "Word Cannot Open the Document"

197300 WD97: Save As Word 6.0/95 Loses Attached Template

174162 WD97: Windows NT 4.0: "Saving the AutoRecovery File Is Postponed"

174304 WD97: ODMA Save As Command Does Not Close the Previous Document

174994 WD97: Autoexec Macro Runs Twice When Reference Is Added

177052 WD97: Application Error Printing from Shortcut Menu in Explorer

177519 WD: Comments Lost When Word 2.x File Converted to Word 97

179310 WD97: Error or Unexpected Quit When You Type Complex Sentence

179435 WD97: Error: "Cannot Access the File" After File Closed (ODMA)

183070 WD: Embedded OLE Objects Are Changed to Pictures After Save As

186762 WD97: Advanced Power Management Causes Data Loss

186763 WD97: Undesired Characters When You Open HTML Document in Word

186845 WD97: Picture Wrapping Changes from No Wrap to Around Wrap

186846 WD97: New Information in Help About for New English Thesaurus

186847 WD97: Unicode Characters Converted Incorrectly

189439 WD: Document Fails to Open "Cannot Open The Existing <Square>"

161238 WD97: EPS Images Are Printed Full Size Rather Than Cropped

179883 WD97: Error Saving Document in Word 6.0/95 Format

192706 WD97: Year 2000 Date Parsing Improvements in SR-2

Word 97 Import Converter for Word 6.0 or Word 7.0

144542 WD: Outline Number Takes on Hidden Attribute of Paragraph

146045 WD95: Outline Number Brackets Gone in Imported Word 97 Document

160931 WD: "Error! Style Not Defined" When Printing File

170030 WD95: ListNum Fields Missing from Imported Word 97 Document

170037 WD95: Character Spacing Converted Incorrectly

170041 WD95: Multiple Numbered Lists Change to One Single Numbered List

170901 WD95: Section Field Number Format Converted to Roman Numeral

173198 WD95: Indentation Changed in Imported Word 97 File

144528 WD95: Imported Word 97 Document: All Cap Letters Change to Mixed

174122 WD95: Outline Numbering Incorrect in Imported Word 97 Document

174997 WD95: Extra Tab Inserted in Multilevel Numbered Paragraphs

175540 WD: Text Lost Opening Document Containing Unicode Characters

181241 WD95: Text Box Fills/Lines Wrong in Imported Word 97 Document

181242 WD95: Text Boxes Disappear When You Open Word 97 Document

183071 WD: Z-Order of Drawing Objects Is Lost During Conversion

186899 WD95: Callout Boxes and Arrows Missing or Incorrect

186900 WD95: Error Message Opening a Document with Hyperlinks

186901 WD: Object Not Updated If 97 Document Opened in Earlier Version

186902 WD95: Positive Sloped Lines Change to Negative Sloped Lines