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MICROSOFT WORD 6.0/MICROSOFT EXCEL 5.0

According to Microsoft, this product is compliant with acceptable deviations from Microsoft's standard of compliance. An acceptable deviation does not affect the core functionality, data integrity, stability, or reliability of the product.

Recommendation: In general, all 2 digit dates for year are assumed by the program to be in the 20^th century. Use 4 digits for the year in all aspects of the program. In addition, change the short date format of your operating system (see article regarding the Windows operating system earlier in this newsletter) and the short date format in your program, if applicable, to be a 4 digit year (ex: change from mm/dd/yy to mm/dd/yyyy).

According to Microsoft, this product is compliant with acceptable deviations from Microsoft's standard of compliance. An acceptable deviation does not affect the core functionality, data integrity, stability, or reliability of the product.

Recommendation: Use 4 digits for the year in all aspects of the program. In addition, change the short date format of your operating system (see article regarding the Windows operating system earlier in this newsletter) and the short date format in your program, if applicable, to be a 4 digit year (ex: change from mm/dd/yy to mm/dd/yyyy).

According to Microsoft, these products are compliant with acceptable deviations from Microsoft's standard of compliance. An acceptable deviation does not affect the core functionality, data integrity, stability, or reliability of the product.

Recommendation: Refer to the article titled "How to Update from Microsoft" for the URL for each DOS version. The web site will give product details regarding Y2K issues.

The main website for WordPerfect is www.corel.com. From here, you can click on several links, including the year2000 link.

The year 2000 product guide website is as follows:

http://venus.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/GUIDGX-{6af1bb30-03dc-11d3-b229-00a0c908db38}

WORDPERFECT 6.1 FOR WIN 3.X

According to Corel, WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows 3.1x is "compliant with minor issues". Those issues include the use of date assumptions in the Document Summary feature and in Tables. If you enter a two-digit year in a Corel WordPerfect 6.1 Document Summary, the following century assumptions are made:

• a 00 year entry defaults to the year set in the operating system; i.e. if the operating system year is 2002, a 00 year entry defaults to 2002.
• a 01 – 69 year entry defaults to the twenty-first century; i.e. 2001 – 2069.
• a 70 – 99 year entry defaults to the twentieth century; i.e. 1970 – 1999

If you enter a two-digit year in a date-formatted cell of a Corel WordPerfect 6.1 Table, the year always defaults to the twentieth century; i.e. 00 = 1900.

To ensure the dates you enter are unambiguous, we recommend changing the Short Date Format in Windows 3.1x to include the century, and always entering dates with four-digits for the year.

According to Corel, WordPerfect 7.0 for Windows 3.1x is "compliant with minor issues". Those issues include the use of date assumptions in the Document Summary feature and in Tables. If you enter a two­digit year in a Corel WordPerfect 7 Document Summary, the following century assumptions are made:

• a 00 year entry defaults to the year set in the operating system; i.e., if the operating system year is 2002, a 00 year entry defaults to 2002
• a 01 – 69 year entry defaults to the twenty­first century; i.e., 2001 – 2069
• a 70 – 99 year entry defaults to the twentieth century; i.e., 1970 – 1999

The date assumptions used in Corel WordPerfect 7 tables differ according to the table feature used. To ensure the dates you enter are unambiguous, we recommend changing the Short Date Format in Windows 3.1 to include the century, and always entering dates with four­digits for the year.

According to Corel, WordPerfect 7.0 for Windows 9.x is "compliant with minor issues". Those issues include the use of date assumptions in the Document Summary feature and in Tables. If you enter a two-digit year in a Corel WordPerfect 7 Document Summary, the following century assumptions are made:

• a 00 year entry defaults to the year set in the operating system; i.e. if the operating system year is 2002, a 00 year entry defaults to 2002.
• a 01 - 69 year entry defaults to the twenty-first century; i.e. 2001 - 2069.
• a 70 - 99 year entry defaults to the twentieth century; i.e. 1970 - 1999.

The date assumptions used in Core WordPerfect 7 tables differ according to the table feature used. To ensure the dates you enter are unambiguous, we recommend changing the Short date style in Windows 95 to include the century, and always entering dates with four-digits for the year.

According to Corel, WordPerfect 8.0 for Windows 9.x is "compliant".