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Outlook

General Tips

When using custom forms, enter your dates in 'date fields' rather than 'text fields'. Otherwise you may have calculation errors.

Outlook 2000 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Outlook 98 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Outlook 97 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
Outlook 8.XX - 16-Bit Windows (English)

Outlook 2000 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: No action necessary.

Date handling: When two-digit shortcuts are entered on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 operating systems, shortcuts between 00 and 29 are interpreted to be between 2000 and 2029 and shortcuts between 30 and 99 are interpreted to be between 1930 and 1999.

On the Windows 98 operating system, Outlook respects the year range setting specified by the user on the Date tab in Regional Settings. Outlook interprets two-digit year entries as a year in the specified range.

Birthdays and Anniversaries use a window that includes 95 years back and 5 years forward from the current date. The Inbox Assistant and Out of Office Assistant's Advanced rule settings use the range of 1980-2079; and the Import/Export Wizard operates through the year 2035.

For more information: See the Outlook 2000 Product Guide document.

Outlook 98 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Install the Office 97 Service Release 2. To request the update on CD-ROM call 888-673-8925 toll free.

When available install the update for importing and exporting two-digit dates from the Knowledge Base article, "Year 2000 Dates Are Imported and Exported Incorrectly."

Date handling: When two-digit shortcuts are entered, Outlook uses a window that includes 30 years back and 70 years forward from the current date. Birthdays and Anniversaries use a window that includes 95 years back and 5 years forward from the current date.

For more information: See the Outlook 98 Product Guide.

Outlook 97 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Install the Office 97 Service Release 2. To request the update on CD-ROM call 888-673-8925 toll free.

When available install the update for importing and exporting two-digit dates from the Knowledge Base article, "Year 2000 Dates Are Imported and Exported Incorrectly."

Date handling: When two-digit shortcuts are entered, Outlook uses a window that includes 30 years back and 70 years forward from the current date. Birthdays and Anniversaries use a window that includes 95 years back and 5 years forward from the current date.

For more information: See the Outlook 97 Product Guide document.

Outlook 8.XX - 16-Bit Windows

Recommendation: No action necessary.

Date handling: When two-digit shortcuts are entered, 80-99 and 00-35 are interpreted to be between 1980 and 2035.

Only two-digit years can be entered in the Advance Find and Filter Items dialog boxes in Outlook's messaging feature. These dates are also used by the Inbox Assistant and the Out Of Office Assistant.

For more information: See the Outlook 8.XX Product Guide document.

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