Microsoft KB Archive/255508

= XCLN: Readme.txt File for Outlook for Macintosh Exchange Server Edition Version 8.2.1 =

Article ID: 255508

Article Last Modified on 10/28/2006

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 * Microsoft Outlook 8.2 Exchange Server Edition for Macintosh

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SUMMARY
This article contains a copy of the information in the Readme.txt file that accompanies Microsoft Outlook for Macintosh, Exchange Server Edition, version 8.2.1 on the Microsoft anonymous FTP site on the Internet.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft Outlook 8.2.1 for Macintosh - Release Information August 1999

© 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft and Outlook are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States of America and other countries. Apple, Macintosh, and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. StuffIt Expander is a trademark of Aladdin Systems, Inc.

Your rights to use this software are governed by the terms, conditions, and restrictions of either the Server License for Microsoft Server Products or the Client Access License for Microsoft Server Products, as appropriate.

- Downloading and Installing Microsoft Outlook 8.2.1 for Macintosh - If you have version 8.1 or earlier of Outlook on your computer, if you have a 68K-based Macintosh, or if you have no version of Outlook installed:

1. Download the file "Mac-Outlook-8.2.1.hqx" or the file "Mac-Outlook-8.2.1.bin". (If you don't know which file to choose, download the file  "Mac-Outlook-8.2.1.hqx".)

2. Use a utility to decode and unstuff the downloaded file as  necessary. You might need to download Aladdin StuffIt Expander version 5.0 or later to decompress this file. This free download can be found at http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/index.html.

3. Open the folder "Microsoft Outlook 8.2.1" that was created on the desktop.

4. Double-click "Microsoft Outlook Setup" to begin the installation.

If you have version 8.2 installed and you have a PowerPC-based Macintosh, you can just download the 8.2 to 8.2.1 updater:

1. Download the file "Outlook-8.2.1-Updater-PPC.bin".

2. Use a utility to decode and unstuff the downloaded file as  necessary. You might need to download Aladdin StuffIt Expander version 5.0 or later to decompress this file. This free download can be found at http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/index.html.

3. Double-click "Microsoft Outlook 8.2.1 Update" to begin the update. This program will search for an installed version of Outlook 8.2 on your computer to update. The only file that will be changed is  the file "Microsoft Outlook" or "Microsoft Outlook(E-mail only)", depending on the version of Outlook 8.2 you installed.

4. After the updater is finished, the version of Outlook on your computer will be 8.2.1. No reboot is necessary.

- System Requirements - Minimum: Apple Macintosh with a 68030 or faster processor, System 7.5.5 or later and at least 16 megabytes (MB) of RAM.

Recommended: Apple Power Macintosh with Mac OS 8.0 or later and at least 16 MB of RAM. In addition, Outlook will run faster if virtual memory is enabled and set to a minimum of 1 MB above the installed physical memory.

- Issues Fixed in Version 8.2.1 - The following issues were fixed in version 8.2.1:

the desktop. Instead, the following error message appeared: "The  drag and drop operation could not be completed. An error occurred   while writing to the disk. The disk might be full or   write-protected.”
 * Messages with a blank subject could not be dragged from Outlook to

would not send the first time. Instead, the “Send” toolbar button remained in the depressed state.
 * On a computer without security enabled, messages occasionally

closing the message, a message always appeared asking you if you would like to keep the large amount of text on the clipboard.
 * When copying or cutting text that contained an URL and then

mail message multiple times caused Outlook to freeze.
 * Holding down the CTRL key while double-clicking a hyperlink in a

of a hyperlink in a message, even if that hyperlink was not directly clicked on.
 * Sometimes Outlook launched the web browser to display the target

displayed incorrectly using the Japanese version of Outlook.
 * Japanese characters received over the Internet were sometimes

Access client to Outlook 8.2 displayed only the first attachment.
 * Messages with multiple attachments forwarded from an Outlook Web

if the Web Services information was correctly entered.
 * Web Forms were not being rendered in Outlook Web Access, even

(https://) web server.
 * Outlook was unable to use Web Services with an SSL-secured

into an Exchange folder sometimes caused a Type 2 error.
 * On a 68K-based Macintosh, dragging attachments from a message

- For More Information - For more information about Microsoft Outlook 8.2.1 for Macintosh, including information about new features, read the Release Notes from your Microsoft Outlook 8.2.1 installation folder.

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