Y2K info for Microsoft Word


There are several different versions of this software. To determine which version you are using:
  1. start the application
  2. click on the help menu
  3. select the "About..." option
Word 97 (8.0)  -   this software is compliant - provided you have the Office 97 Service Release 2 patch installed on your system. The only minor issue occurs when sorting tables by entries which have date values in them. To avoid problems, four-digit dates should always be used. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for Word 97 (8.0).
Word 95 (7.xx)  -   this software is compliant with minor issues because it interprets all two-digit years as being in the 20th century (in the range 1901-2000). This problem may be avoided by consistently using four-digit years. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for Word 95 (7.xx).
Word 6.xx  -   this software is compliant with minor issues because it interprets all two-digit years as being in the 20th century. This problem may be avoided by consistently using four-digit years. Also, the Find File Advanced Search will not recognize years outside of this range, even if they are entered as four-digit years. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for Word 6.xx.
Word 5.5  -   this software is compliant with minor issues because it interprets all two-digit years as being in the 20th century. This problem may be avoided by consistently using four-digit years. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for Word 5.5.
Word 5.0  -   this software is non-compliant because of a severe file corruption problem when files are saved and re-opened after 1999. Microsoft recommends upgrading to a higher version. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for Word 5.0.

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