Microsoft KB Archive/191917

PPT4: PowerPoint Saves Year in Three-Digit Format

PSS ID Number: Q191917 Article last modified on 08-29-1998

WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 == Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == 

= SYMPTOMS =

If you open a PowerPoint for Windows 95 version 7.0 presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 for Windows, the date in the footer on either the slide or the notes page may be incorrectly formatted in a three-digit format similar to this:

01/01/104

This behavior occurs if all of the following are true:

  The system date is set to the year 2000 or greater. -and-   You inserted the date field in your presentation and chose to have them update automatically. -and-   The dates are formatted in any two-digit format (such as 01/01/04). 

NOTE: This symptom also occurs if you use the 16-bit viewer for PowerPoint 7.0 to view a slide show.

= CAUSE =

You have an older version of the Pp7trans.dll file. This file is not year 2000 compliant.

PowerPoint 4.0 cannot directly open files created in later versions of PowerPoint. To open files created in later versions of PowerPoint, you should install the add-on converters. The add-on converter for opening PowerPoint 7.0 files in PowerPoint 4.0 is called Pp7trans.dll.

= RESOLUTION =

To correct this problem, update your copy of Pp7trans.dll by using one of the following methods.

Method 1: If you are running PowerPoint 4.0 on Windows 3.x
Download and install the Ppview16.exe file. You can download this file from the following Microsoft FTP site:

ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/ppview16.exe

NOTE: This program does not run on Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT.

Method 2: If you are running PowerPoint 4.0 on Windows 95/98 or Windows NT
Download the Ppty2kus.exe file. You can download this file from the following Microsoft FTP site:

ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/ppty2kus.exe

After you download the file, follow these steps:

  On the Windows Start menu, point to Programs, and then click Windows Explorer.   Open the folder in which you saved the Ppty2kus.exe file and then double-click it. When the program runs, it prompts you for the folder where the PowerPoint 7.0 files are installed. </li>  Click Browse. </li>  Select the folder in which you installed PowerPoint 4.0 and click OK. </li></ol>

= MORE INFORMATION =

For additional information, please see the following Microsoft World Wide Web site:

www.microsoft.com/ithome/topics/year2k/product/pp4.htm

= Additional query words: ppt4 power point 21st century millenium kbconvert downrev pptview viewer =

Keywords : kbinterop kbconversion kbbuglist Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.0a,4.0c Platform : WINDOWS Hardware : x86 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbfix ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.