OFF97: Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 Enterprise Update

• Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 1

SUMMARY

There are two versions of Microsoft Office 97 SR-1: an SR-1 Patch and an SR- 1 Enterprise Update. The SR-1 Enterprise Update requires that you completely reinstall Office and is available only on compact disc and disk. This article contains a list of updates that are included in the SR-1 Enterprise Update version and NOT in the SR-1 Patch.

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Microsoft Office 97 SR-1

The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes the following updates for Office 97:

• When you install Microsoft Office 97, you may receive error messages about the Bdrintl.dll file. This problem is corrected in Microsoft Office 97 SR-1.

  For more information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

        ARTICLE-ID: Q162295
        TITLE     : OFF97: Err Msg: "Bdrintl.dll Was Unable to Register
                    Itself"
  
        ARTICLE-ID: Q162936
        TITLE     : OFF97 Setup: Banyan Vines Patch Available
  
  

• In Microsoft Office 97, the Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar is NOT installed when you perform a Typical installation. In Microsoft Office 97 SR-1, the Office Shortcut Bar is installed when you perform a Typical installation.
• The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes updated Help (.hlp) and text (.txt) files. These files are not included in the patch version.

Microsoft Word 97 SR-1

The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes the following updates for Microsoft Word 97:

• The Avery Wizard is updated for improved integration and stability with Microsoft Word 97 SR-1.
• The Support Template, Macros8.dot, does not return an error message when you run the SuperDocStatistics macro.

Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1

The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes the following updates for Microsoft Excel 97:

• A new Microsoft Excel 97 Viewer designed for use in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT is included.

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 SR-1

The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes the following updates for Microsoft PowerPoint 97:

• A new Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Viewer that is designed for use in Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT is included.
• A filter that allows Microsoft PowerPoint 4.0 to directly open Microsoft PowerPoint 97 presentation files is included.

Microsoft Access 97 SR-1

The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes the following updates for Microsoft Access 97:

• A new Microsoft Access 97 Snapshot Viewer for Windows 95 and Windows NT allows any user to view and print data contained in a Microsoft Access 97 Snapshot.
• The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes a Service Pack for the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition. This Service Pack should be installed if you use the following:

      - Computers running Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3
        and the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition
  

        -and-
  

      - Computers on which the ODBC Driver Manager 3.0 is installed
  

Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1

The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update includes the following updates for Outlook 97:

• Support for new features in Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 is included.
• When you switch between the Microsoft Exchange client and Microsoft Outlook when you use forms, performance is improved.
• The Daylight Savings Time option works correctly when you update appointments in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1.
• Lotus cc:Mail messages that use Greek characters do not display extraneous characters when you import them into Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1.
• The Delegate With Permissions option is displayed correctly in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1. Instead of "Custom", the option is displayed as "Delegate".
• The security features in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1 include a Send Security Keys option.
• Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1 can inherit Microsoft Schedule+ permissions.
• The forms size limitation has expanded. The limit is no longer 32 kilobytes (K).
• Thanksgiving and the Lunar New Year are correctly identified as holidays.

   ARTICLE-ID: Q172475
   TITLE     : OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1