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| Office Professional 4.xx (Dutch) - 16-Bit Win
| Product Summary |
Product: Office Professional 4.xx
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Category: Compliant*
Operating System: 16-Bit Win |
| Language: Dutch |
Release Date: N/A |
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| Prerequisites: |
Access 2.0 Software Update |
| Product Dependencies: |
Windows 3.1, or Windows NT 3.0 or greater |
| Clock Dependencies: |
System clock |
| Last Updated: |
06 Oct 1999 | |
| Product Details |
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The compliance of Office Professional 4.xx has changed from Compliant# to Compliant* with the release of the Access 2.0 Software Update. See below for details.
Operational Range for Data: System dependent
Release Date: October 1993 û October 1994
What are the issues?
Without the Access 2.0 software update, Office 4.x Professional Edition is compliant# because Access 2.x recognizes 2-digit dates as falling in the 1900s. As a result, users must enter all 4-digits of the year for Access 2 to interpret the date as being in the 2000s. This issue is resolved with the application of the Access 2.0 software update.
Obtain an Access 2.0 Software Update from the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q231408 ACC2: Access 2.0 Two-Digit Date Update Available on MSL
For more information, see the Access 2.0 compliance document.
Microsoft PowerPoint handles 2-digit dates for date field display only. User entry is text only and not considered a date representation. There is no conversion for user entry.
Opening Microsoft PowerPoint 95 or Microsoft PowerPoint 97 files in Microsoft PowerPoint 4 with the use of the import converters PP7TRANS.DLL (16 bit) and PP8TRANS.DLL will result in an incorrect date format. Presentations created in Microsoft PowerPoint 95 or Microsoft PowerPoint 97 after 1999 with 'update automatically' date formats containing 2-digit years will be incorrectly displayed in PowerPoint 4 as a 2-digit year preceded by a "1". To work around this incorrect display, do not use 2-digit year formats when selecting 'update automatically'. Another workaround is to open the presentation in PowerPoint 95 or Microsoft PowerPoint 97 and resave it in the Microsoft PowerPoint 4 file format. For this method to work, you must replace the original PP7TRANS.DLL that shipped with Office 95 and Office 97 with, PP7TRANS.DLL version 7.07.1060 (for the U.S.). This download is available in both the PowerPoint 95 and PowerPoint 97 product guide. There is no fix currently available for the correcting the PowerPoint 4 installation.
The below information refers to the code that is shared between Office 4.x documents. Please see the individual applications for more detailed information on the product.
Description of how the product handles dates:
All dates and times that are displayed or query-able by the user are obtained from the operating system's date and time, stored as fully qualified four-digit year dates and displayed according to user settings in the operating system. Setup has no date sensitivity, except with identifying qualified upgrade products. Since the dates of these products are handled by the operating system and do not change, year 2000 does not affect this behavior.
2-digit shortcut handling:
System display options only within the shared Microsoft Office features. See individual applications.
Common date usage errors:
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Data exchange between Microsoft Office applications should avoid use of plain text data. If it is necessary to use plain text data, it should be saved and manipulated with the full four-digit year.
Text values that contain date data should be checked to ensure that they contain the full four-digit year.
Data entered or imported into Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint, which do not have data typing in the document format, will be treated as simple text. Those applications should not be used to store dates for which calculations are based (except in the instance of document properties). |
Testing Guidelines and Recommendations:
In general, avoid testing in a production environment because we cannot predict side effects with other non-compliant products. Interoperability testing across all Microsoft Office products can be conducted safely.
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Document management features include file open/save bringing up the proper "OK to Replace?" confirmation dialog when attempting to save a file after the date/time has been changed. |
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Create a file created on January 1st, 2000. Perform a search using an Office App for files created after December 30th, 1999 and verify that the file was found. |
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Last modified date of file |
Create a file last modified on January 1st, 2000. Perform a search using an Office App for files last modified after December 30th, 1999 and verify that the file was found. |
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Maintenance Mode |
Complete install is a superset of other options. Should be performed on clean machine and on machine with Office version 4.x installed with all combinations spanning the turn of the century. |
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The product is compliant with recommended customer action. This indicates a prerequisite action is recommended which may include loading a software update or reading a document. |
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The product is compliant with acceptable deviations from Microsoft's standard of compliance. An acceptable deviation does not affect the core functionality, data integrity, stability, or reliability of the product. |
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The product is compliant with pending Year 2000 software updates. Future maintenance actions will be recommended shortly. See Product Guide for further details. |
| Note: Compliance ratings given for each product assume that all recommended actions have been taken. |
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YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURE
ALL COMMUNICATIONS OR CONVEYANCES OF INFORMATION TO YOU CONCERNING MICROSOFT AND THE YEAR 2000, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THIS DOCUMENT OR ANY OTHER PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE INFORMATION REGARDING YEAR 2000 TESTING, ASSESSMENTS, READINESS, TIME TABLES, OBJECTIVES, OR OTHER (COLLECTIVELY THE "MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT"), ARE PROVIDED AS A "YEAR 2000 READINESS DISCLOSURE" (AS DEFINED BY THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT) AND CAN BE FOUND AT MICROSOFT'S YEAR 2000 WEBSITE LOCATED AT http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/ (the "Y2K WEBSITE"). EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IS PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF, THE TERMS OF THE Y2K WEBSITE, AND THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THE PLANNING FOR THE TRANSITION TO THE YEAR 2000. EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AND IS UPDATED REGULARLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE. MICROSOFT THEREFORE RECOMMENDS THAT YOU CHECK THE Y2K WEBSITE REGULARLY FOR ANY CHANGES TO ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT. EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. CONSEQUENTLY, MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. MOREOVER, MICROSOFT DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IN TERMS OF ITS CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY MICROSOFT OR ITS AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY DECREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY DISCLAIMER. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER REGARDING ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS, PUNITIVE OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN EACH MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENT IS FOUND AT THE Y2K WEBSITE AND IS INTENDED TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER INFORMATION LOCATED AT THE Y2K WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MICROSOFT'S YEAR 2000 COMPLIANCE STATEMENT, THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CATEGORIES OF COMPLIANCE INTO WHICH MICROSOFT HAS CLASSIFIED ITS PRODUCTS IN ITS YEAR 2000 PRODUCT GUIDE, AND THE MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 TEST CRITERIA.
ANY MICROSOFT YEAR 2000 STATEMENTS MADE TO YOU IN THE COURSE OF PROVIDING YEAR 2000 RELATED UPDATES, YEAR 2000 DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS, OR REMEDIATION SERVICES (IF ANY) ARE SUBJECT TO THE YEAR 2000 INFORMATION AND READINESS DISCLOSURE ACT (112 STAT. 2386). IN CASE OF A DISPUTE, THIS ACT MAY REDUCE YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF ANY SUCH STATEMENTS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY YOUR CONTRACT OR TARIFF.
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