OFF2000: Different Version Number Reported In MSInfo and Help About

• Microsoft Office 2000

SYMPTOMS

In any Office program, the version number displayed in About Microsoft <program> may be different than the version number displayed for that program in either Microsoft System Information (MSInfo), or from a Microsoft Visual Basic macro.

For example, Microsoft Excel displays version number 2720 in About Microsoft Excel on the Help menu, and version number 2719 in MSInfo or from a Visual Basic macro.

RESOLUTION

The correct version number is the number displayed in MSInfo or from a Visual Basic macro.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The following table lists the version displayed in Help About and in MSInfo.

Product	Help About	MSInfo
Outlook	2711	2711
Access	2720	2719
Excel	2720	2719
FrontPage	2717	2717
Word	2720	2717
Power Point	2716	2716

Additional query words: OFF2000

Keywords :
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug