About Office 97 Service Release 1

Now available for download to Microsoft Office Online members, Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1) is an update for Office 97 that enables users of the different versions of Office to share files. The Office 97 SR-1 Patch combines Office 97 product updates into a single download. Of particular interest to Office 97 users is this download's inclusion of the Microsoft Word 6.0/95 Binary Converter for Word 97, which enables Word 97 users to save files in the Word 6.0/95 native file format. Office 97 SR-1 also provides enhanced support for POP3 and SMTP Internet e-mail in the Outlook® 97 messaging and collaboration client, for Intel's MMX technology, and for various new viewers, converters, enhancements, and updates.

Office SR-1 Information:

Outlook

If you have both Outlook and Microsoft Exchange e-mail clients installed on your computer, the U.S. English Office 97 SR-1 Patch will not install the E-mail Forms Fix Utility properly. If you use both the Microsoft Outlook 97 and Microsoft Exchange e-mail clients on the same computer, and need to switch between them, you may want to download and install the E-mail Forms Fix Utility after installing the SR-1 Patch. You should consider installing this utility even if you've installed Outlook, but only use the Exchange client. However, you don't need the E-mail Forms Fix Utility if you've upgraded permanently to Outlook (and do not need to switch back to the Exchange client), or if you've installed SR-1 from the CD. For more information, see the Knowledge Base article OL97: Form Extension Not Registered After Installation of Office 97 SR-1 (Q254140) .

Excel 97

Microsoft Excel 97 Auto Recalculation Issue: We have discovered an issue in Excel 97 which under specific circumstances causes certain cells within a worksheet to not automatically recalculate. If you have experienced this problem, download the Excel 97 Auto Recalculation Patch . To use this patch, you must first install the U.S. or the International English Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 Patch.

Access

For Access Developers: A new version of the ODBC 3.0 Driver Manager provides enhanced security features for sites requiring heightened controls when using ODBC. The ODESP2 provides an update to the ODE Setup Wizard to work with this latest version of the ODBC Driver Manager.

How to Identify Which English Version of Office 97 You Have

If you purchased Office 97 in the U.S. or Canada, you are running the U.S. English version. If you purchased English Office 97 outside of the U.S. or Canada, you are running the International English version. If you're uncertain whether you need the U.S. or International English Patch, download the International English Patch, which is designed to work on U.S. English and International English versions of Office 97.