Article ID: 248710
Article Last Modified on 8/27/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q248710
SUMMARY
This article lists and describes the service releases and patches for Microsoft Office 97.
MORE INFORMATION
To determine which version of each Microsoft Office program (application) you are running, use any of the following methods, and then locate the version number in the "Versions of <Application> 97" table later in this article. The program (application) names for Office 97 are Excel.exe, Winword.exe, Powerpnt.exe, Outlook.exe, and Msaccess.exe.
Method 1: Use the "About Microsoft <Application>" Command
Click About Microsoft <Application> on the Help menu in Microsoft <Application> (where <Application> is the name of the Microsoft Office program (application) that you are running). Note the version number listed in the dialog box.
Method 2: Identify the <Application>.exe File
To determine the version number from your <Application>.exe file, do the following:
- Use Microsoft Windows Explorer to locate the <Application>.exe file.
The default location for this file is the following folder:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office
- Right-click the <Application>.exe file. On the shortcut menu that appears, click Properties.
- On the Version tab, note the File version property.
Method 3: Use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
In Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, you can also determine which version of Microsoft <Application> you have installed by checking the value returned by Application.Build or Application.Version in a Visual Basic for Applications macro.
NOTE: Outlook 97 does not have Visual Basic for Applications but does use Visual Basic Scripting. In the Visual Basic Scripting environment, a form that includes the following code
Sub Item_Open msgbox item.outlookinternalversion End Sub
returns the internal version when the form is opened.
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-2 Excel 97 SR-2(k) 8.0k 7410 / 8.0k All fixes and Xl8p9.exe in SR-2, Xl8p4.exe Xl8p5.exe Xl8p6.exe Xl8p7.exe Xl8p8.exe
For additional information about each individual Excel 97 update, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
232652 XL97: Overview and History of Excel Patches
Versions of Word 97
Word Help File Application.Build/ Patches/SRs version menu (About) version Application.Version Included -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word 97 Word 97 8.0 3514 / 8.0 n/a Word 97 SR-1 Word 97 SR-1 8.0 4412 / 8.0a n/a Word 97 SR-2 Word 97 SR-2 8.0b 5622 / 8.0b n/a Word 97 SR-2 Word 97 SR-2 8.0b 7522 / 8.0b n/a and Wd97lyp.exe Wd97mcrs.exe Word 97 SR-2 8.0b 8909 /8.0b n/a
Versions of PowerPoint 97
PowerPoint Help File Application.Build/ Patches/SRs version menu (About) version Application.Version Included -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PowerPoint 97 PowerPoint 97 8.0 3516 / 8.00 n/a PowerPoint 97 SR-1 PowerPoint 97 SR-1 8.0 4208 / 8.00 n/a PowerPoint 97 SR-2 PowerPoint 97 SR-2 8.0b 5507 / 8.0b SR-1
Versions of Access 97
Access Help File Patches/SRs version menu (About) version Included -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access 97 Access 97 8.0.3512 n/a Access 97 SR-1 Access 97 SR-1 8.0.4122 n/a Access 97 SR-2 Access 97 SR-2 8.0.5903 SR-1
NOTE: Access does not have an Application.Build or Application.Version property. If you need to use a macro, you can use "SysCmd(acSysCmdAccessVer)", but this only returns the major version information. The major version returned is always 8.0 in Access 97, Access 97 SR-1, and Access 97 SR-2.
The following are versions of the MSJet35.dll file that are included with Office/Access 97 and the Jet Updates.
MSJet35.dll File included with version ----------------------------------------- Access 97 3.50.3428.0 Access 97 SR-1 3.50.3907.5 Jet35Upd.exe (1st rel) 3.51.0623.4 Jet35Upd.exe (2nd rel) 3.51.1826.0 Access 97 SR-2 and 3.51.2026.0 Jet35Upd.exe (3rd rel) Jet35SP2.exe 3.51.2723.0 Jet35SP3.exe (1st rel) 3.51.3203.0 Jet35SP3.exe (2nd rel) 3.51.3328.0
The MSJet35.dll file is included with many programs. For a more complete list, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
For additional information about the Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) release history, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
231943 INFO: Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) Release History
Versions of Outlook 97
Outlook Help File Internal version menu (About) version Version Included -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outlook 97 Outlook 97 8.0 3511 n/a Outlook 97 SR-1 8.02.4212 8.02 4212 n/a Outlook 97 SR-2 8.04.5619 8.04 5619 SR-1
For additional information about versions of Outlook 97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
172623 OL97: Microsoft Outlook Version Information
Release History
Update or Patch Date Released File name ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail Forms Fix Utility for Outlook 97 15-Jul-97 Formfix.exe Internet Mail Enhancement Patch for Outlook 97 18-Jun-98 Outlimep.exe Switch Forms Utility for Outlook 97 18-Jun-98 Switchfm.exe Office 97 Service Release 1 (SR-1) 22-Jul-98 Sr1off97.exe Forms 2.0 Control Security Patch 16-Jan-99 Fm2paste.exe Outlook 97 Import/Export Date Fix 17-May-99 O97dtfix.exe Outlook 97 E-mail Attachment Security Update 12-Jul-99 O97attch.exe Office 97 Service Release 2b (SR-2b) 30-Sep-99 Sr2bof97.exe Office 97 ODBC Driver Vulnerability Security Update 6-Oct-99 Jetcopkg.exe
Download Site and Release Information
Formfix.exe http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/formfix.aspx
Outlimep.exe http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/outlimep.aspx
Switchfm.exe http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/switchfm.aspx
Sr1off97.exe http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/sr1off97detail.aspx
Fm2paste.exe http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3269C4C9-63CB-4B86-A4D9-9F3E2066044D
O97dtfix.exe http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/o97dtfix.aspx
O97attch.exe http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/O97attch.aspx
Sr2bof97.exe http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=BEFD7842-602E-42B0-89D2-6BE39F1167C1
Jetcopkg.exe http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3EFBE71A-00BB-48CE-930A-47FB9827E1E7&displaylang=EN
More Information
For more information, please click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
172475 OFF97: How to Obtain and Install MS Office 97 SR-1
192874 OFF97: An Overview of Microsoft Office 97 SR-2
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