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Word 97 Patch: Leap Year Fix

Brief Description
The Word Leap Year Fix addresses a date field issue that occurs when a document is saved as a Word 6.0/85, Rich Text Format, or Web page. Date fields that display the weekday name may be incorrect if the date falls within a leap year.

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Quick Details
File Name:Wd97lyp.exe
Version:97
Knowledge Base (KB) Articles:KB256904
Date Published:5/2/2000
Language:English
Download Size:3.4 MB
Estimated Download Time: 9 min 56K

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Overview

When you open a document created in Word 97 and then saved as Word 6.0/95 format, Rich Text Format (RTF), or as a Web page (HTML format), weekdays that appear in a date field may not be saved correctly when the weekday falls within a leap year. For example, if you entered "Monday, March 6, 2000," you would see "Sunday, March 6, 2000." The Word Leap Year Fix corrects this problem by replacing three files — Winword.exe, Wwintl32.dll, and Wrd6ex.cnv — with updated versions.


For additional information, please refer to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article (Q256904), Day Name Is Incorrect in a Date and Time Field.


Note   This patch requires that you have installed Office 97 Service Release 2b (SR-2b). For more information about Office 97 SR-2b, please see Office 97 Service Release 2b (SR-2b).

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows NT
  • This download works with the following Office applications:
    • Word 97

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Instructions



To install this download

  1. You may want to print this page to use as a reference when you are offline.
  2. Download the file from this page by clicking the Download link above and following the instructions in the dialog boxes.
  3. Do one of the following:
    For a stand-alone installation of Word 97, double-click the Wd97lyp.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.


Instructions for use:

Once you have installed this patch, use Word 97 as you normally would.

To remove this download:

There is no uninstall utility for this patch.

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