Y2K info for Microsoft PowerPoint


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
PowerPoint 97 (7.0)  -   this software is compliant. Dates after 1999 may not be transferred properly when exporting PowerPoint 97 files to other formats. In order to export dates correctly to PowerPoint 4.0 formatted files you must download an updated version of the pp7trans.dll file, which is included with the Office 97 Service Release 2. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for PowerPoint 97 (7.0).
PowerPoint 95 (7.0)  -   this software is compliant. Dates after 1999 may not be transferred properly when exporting Powerpoint 95 files to other formats. In order to export dates correctly to PowerPoint 4.0 formatted files you must download an updated version of the pp7trans.dll file. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for PowerPoint 95 (7.0).
PowerPoint 4.0  -   this software is compliant. Dates after 1999 may not be transferred properly if importing files created in later versions of PowerPoint. For more information consult Microsoft's Y2K disclosure for PowerPoint 4.0.

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