Practical Aspects of Office Compatible 97 Testing

Microsoft Office Compatible 97 testing is conducted by Veritest, Inc., which charges $600 for this service. Microsoft does not receive any portion of this fee, and testing is conducted independently and objectively in accordance with the guidelines presented here. Veritest can be reached at:

Office Compatible Logo Administrator
VeriTest, Inc.
3420 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 2030
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310-450-0062 (voice)
310-399-1760 (fax)

Testing Products Before They Are Shipped: Note that a product does not need to be finished before it can be submitted for testing. On the contrary, a product can be tested (and generally should be tested) as soon as its Office Compatible 97 features are complete and reasonably bug free. This lets vendors complete testing early (and in parallel with other product development activities), so Office Compatible testing should never become a constraint on their release date.