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PowerPoint

PowerPoint 2000 9.0 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
PowerPoint (Macintosh) 98 (English)
PowerPoint 97 8.0 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
PowerPoint 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Windows (English)
PowerPoint 4.0 - 16-Bit Windows (English)
PowerPoint (Macintosh) 4.0 (English)

PowerPoint 2000 9.0 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: No action necessary.

Date handling: PowerPoint displays two-digit shortcuts in date fields only. Date information entered in PowerPoint is treated as plain text, not as a date representation.

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

PowerPoint (Macintosh) 98

Recommendation: Install PP 8-4 Translator version 8.04.

Work around the date handling issue described below by selecting four-digit date formats and entering four digits for years.

Date handling: PowerPoint displays two-digit shortcuts in date fields only. Date information entered in PowerPoint is treated as plain text, not as a date representation.

For more information: See the PowerPoint (Macintosh) 98 Product Guide document.

PowerPoint 97 8.0 - 32-Bit Windows

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

Date handling: PowerPoint handles two-digit dates for date field display only. Date information entered in PowerPoint is treated as plain text, not as a date representation.

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

PowerPoint 95 7.0 - 32-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Install Office 95 Year 2000 Update. To request the update on CD-ROM call 888-673-8925 toll free.

Date handling: PowerPoint handles two-digit dates for date field display only. Date information entered in PowerPoint is treated as plain text, not as a date representation.

For more information: See the PowerPoint 95 Product Guide document.

PowerPoint 4.0 16-Bit Windows

Recommendation: Work around the date handling issue described below by selecting four-digit date formats and entering four digits for years.

Date handling: PowerPoint handles two-digit dates for date field display only. Date information entered in PowerPoint is treated as plain text, not as a date representation.

Presentations created in PowerPoint 95 or PowerPoint 97 after 1999 with 'update automatically' date formats containing two-digit years are displayed in PowerPoint 4 as a two-digit year preceded by a "1".

For more information: See the PowerPoint 4.0 Product Guide document.

PowerPoint (Macintosh) 4.0

Recommendation: Install PP 8-4 Translator version 8.04.

Work around the date handling issue described below by selecting four-digit date formats and entering four digits for years.

Date handling: PowerPoint handles two-digit dates for date field display only. Date information entered in PowerPoint is treated as plain text, not as a date representation.

Presentations created in PowerPoint 98 after 1999 with 'update automatically' date formats containing two-digit years are displayed in PowerPoint 4 as a two-digit year preceded by a "1".

For more information: See the PowerPoint (Macintosh) 4.0 Product Guide document.

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