OFF7: Error Inputting "00" as Year in Custom Document Property

• Microsoft Office for Windows 95, version 7.0
• Microsoft Project for Windows 95, version 4.1

SYMPTOMS

In the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article, the following error message may appear when you click Properties on the File menu and add or modify a custom property in the Properties dialog box:

The value entered does not match the specified type. The value will be stored as text.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur if both of the following conditions are true for the custom property you are adding or modifying:

• On the Custom tab of the Properties dialog box, you click Date in the Type list.


-and-


• You type the date into the Value field with a "00" year, such as 01/01/00.

RESOLUTION

Download and install the most recent version of the Office 95 Year 2000 Update.

For additional information about downloading the Office 95 Year 2000 Update and a list of the history of changes for the update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q217027 OFF95: How to Download and Install the Year 2000 Update

MORE INFORMATION

After installing the Office 95 Year 2000 Update, "00" is interpreted as 2000.

REFERENCES

For more information about how Microsoft products are affected by year 2000 (Y2K) issues, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/year2000/

Additional query words: Off95 kb2000 y2k

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:4.1; Win95:7.0
Platform : Win95 WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb