Article ID: 191599
Article Last Modified on 4/21/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q191599
SYMPTOMS
When you save your presentation in PowerPoint 4.0 format, PowerPoint saves the year portion of the date incorrectly using a three-digit format like 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.
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- You inserted date fields in your presentation and chose to have them update automatically.
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- The dates are formatted in any two-digit format (such as, 01/01/04).
CAUSE
The Pp7trans.dll file that PowerPoint uses to translate files to PowerPoint 4.0 format is not year 2000 compliant.
RESOLUTION
Method 1
To work around this behavior, use a date format that formats the year as four digits, such as "Saturday, January 1, 2000."
Method 2
To correct this problem, obtain Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Service Release 2 (SR-2).
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: off97 8.0 ppt ppt8 ppt7 powerpnt powerpnt8 powerpnt7 powerpoint 2000+ years 2M y2k y2000 compliance follow standard
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