XL97: Overview and History of Excel Patches

ID: Q232652

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article lists and describes the service releases and patches for Microsoft Excel 97.

For more information about the version history of Microsoft Excel, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q66913 XL: Version History of Microsoft Excel for Windows


MORE INFORMATION

To determine what version of Microsoft Excel you are running, use any of the following methods, and then locate the version number in the "Versions of Excel 97" table later in this article.

Method 1: Use the "About Microsoft Excel" Command

Click About Microsoft Excel on the Help menu in Microsoft Excel. Note the version number listed in the dialog box.

Method 2: Identify the Excel.exe File

To determine the version number from your Excel.exe file:
  1. Use Microsoft Windows Explorer to locate the Excel.exe file.

    The default location for this file is the following folder:
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office
    NOTE: If you are running Microsoft Excel 97 from a network server, Excel.exe is located on the network server.


  2. Right-click the Excel.exe file. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.


  3. On the Version tab, note the File version property.


Method 3: Use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

You can also determine which version of Microsoft Excel you have installed by checking the value returned by Application.Build or Application.Version in a Visual Basic for Applications macro.

Versions of Excel 97



 Excel           Help              File     Application.Build/   Patches/SRs
 version         menu (About)      version  Application.Version  Included
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Excel 97        Excel 97          8.0      3515 / 8.0           n/a

 Excel 97 SR-1   Excel 97 SR-1     8.0a     4307 / 8.0a          n/a

 Excel 97 SR-1   Excel 97 SR-1     8.0b     4307 / 8.0a          SR-1
 and Xl8p1.exe                                                      

 Excel 97 SR-1   Excel 97 SR-1     8.0c     4307 / 8.0a          SR-1, 
 and Xl8p2.exe                                                   Xl8p1.exe

 Excel 97 SR-1   Excel 97 SR-1     8.0d     4308 / 8.0d          SR-1,
 and Xl8p3.exe                                                   Xl8p1.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p2.exe

 Excel 97 SR-2   Excel 97 SR-2     8.0e     5618 / 8.0e          SR-1,
                                                                 Xl8p1.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p2.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p3.exe

 Excel 97 SR-2   Excel 97 SR-2(f)  8.0f     5619 / 8.0f          All fixes 
 and Xl8p4.exe                                                   in SR-2

 Excel 97 SR-2   Excel 97 SR-2(g)  8.0g     5620 / 8.0g          All fixes
 and Xl8p5.exe                                                   in SR-2, 
                                                                 Xl8p4.exe

 Excel 97 SR-2   Excel 97 SR-2(h)  8.0h     6416 / 8.0h          All fixes
 and Xl8p6.exe                                                   in SR-2, 
                                                                 Xl8p4.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p5.exe 

 Excel 97 SR-2   Excel 97 SR-2(i)  8.0i     6916 / 8.0i          All fixes
 and Xl8p7.exe                                                   in SR-2, 
                                                                 Xl8p4.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p5.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p6.exe 

 Excel 97 SR-2   Excel 97 SR-2(j)  8.0j     7205 / 8.0j          All fixes
 and Xl8p8.exe                                                   in SR-2, 
                                                                 Xl8p4.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p5.exe,
                                                                 Xl8p6.exe
                                                                 Xl8p7.exe

Excel 97 SR-1 (8.0a)

Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1, includes a number of updates for each program in Microsoft Excel 97.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1

Excel 97 SR-1 (8.0b)

Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1 with Excel 97 Auto Recalculation Patch. Replaced with Xl8p2.exe (8.0c).

Excel 97 SR-1 (8.0c)

Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1 with the updated Excel 97 Auto Recalculation Patch. Replaced with Xl8p3.exe (8.0d).

Excel 97 SR-1 (8.0d)

Microsoft Excel 97 Auto-Recalculation Patch for use with Microsoft Excel 97 SR-1. In Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1), worksheet values may not be recalculated correctly when certain conditions are true.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q174868 XL97: How to Obtain the Excel 97 Auto Recalculation Patch

Excel 97 SR-2 (8.0e)

Microsoft Excel 97 SR-2, a collection of fixes for Microsoft Excel 97.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q192874 OFF97: An Overview of Microsoft Office 97 SR-2

Excel 97 SR-2 (8.0f)

The "Excel 97 SR-2 CALL Function Patch," designed to update Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2). Microsoft has released a patch for Microsoft Excel 97 that fixes a vulnerability that could allow certain types of executables to be run without a warning to the user.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q196791 XL97: Patch Available for Excel CALL Vulnerability

Excel 97 SR-2 (8.0g)

The "Excel 97 Range Object Patch." Corrects a problem running a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, when you implicitly set the value of a Range object.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q221568 XL97: Implicitly Setting Value of Range Object Crashes Excel

Excel 97 SR-2 (8.0h)

The "Excel Security Patch," designed to update Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2). This patch fixes a vulnerability to its Macro Virus Warning.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q231304 XL97: Patch Available for Excel 97 Virus Warning Vulnerabilities

Excel 97 SR-2 (8.0i)

The "Excel 97 SYLK File Security Update," designed to update Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2). This update fixes a vulnerability to its Macro Virus Warning in SYLK files and with Lotus 1-2-3 macros.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q242209 XL97: How to Obtain and Install the Excel 97 SYLK File Security Update

Excel 97 SR-2 (8.0j)

The "Microsoft Excel 97 Programmatic Text Export Update" is designed to update Microsoft Excel 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2). This update fixes a problem where you programmatically save the contents of your Microsoft Excel worksheet in certain file types and some dates that are stored with a four-digit year are truncated to two-digit years.

For more information, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q247801 XL97: Programmatically Exporting Text File Truncates Dates

Additional query words: XL97

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto


Last Reviewed: January 5, 2000
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