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Microsoft Outlook 97 version 8.02
Outlook 97 is no longer a supported Microsoft product. See Office Family Products Support Lifecycle FAQ.

Outlook 97 version 8.02 was part of Office 97 Service Release 1 and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Service Pack 1. If you bought a new copy of Office 97 and the box had an "Optimized for MMX" logo, you got the  SR-1 version, including Outlook 8.02.

We recommend, however, that, if you want to upgrade Outlook 97, you update not to 8.02 but to Outlook 97 version 8.04, which is probably the final version of Outlook 97 and the only Year 2000-compatible version. Features and fixes in version 8.02 are listed here for the record.

New Features | Fixes | More Information

New Features

 New features and improvements in Outlook 8.02 include:
  • Improved security
  • Improved handling of attachments
  • Improved nickname list, with the ability to control the size of the cache and remove individual nickname entries
  • Several setup improvements
  • Several printing bug fixes
  • Several holiday issue fixes (including the correct day for U.S. Thanksgiving)
  • Several calendar and scheduling fixes
  • Correct parsing and resolution of imported data
  • Improvements in mailto: URL handling to include multiple recipients and subjects
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    Some features and fixes are included only in the Enterprise Update, not the downloadable patch, according to the MSKB article Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 Enterprise Update:

  • Support for new features in Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 is included.
  • The Daylight Savings Time option works correctly when you update appointments in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1.
  • Lotus cc:Mail messages that use Greek characters do not display extraneous characters when you import them into Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1.
  • The Delegate With Permissions option is displayed correctly in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1. Instead of "Custom," the option is displayed as "Delegate."
  • The security features in Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1 include a Send Security Keys option.
  • Microsoft Outlook 97 SR-1 can inherit Microsoft Schedule+ permissions.
  • The forms size limitation has expanded. The limit is no longer 32 kilobytes (K).
  • Thanksgiving and the Lunar New Year are correctly identified as holidays.
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    Related fixes in other Office 97 components include:

  • New version of the Fax Wizard template for Word 97 (see Can't Fax When Recipient Name Is Blank)
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    For information on fixes for other Office components in Office 97 Service Release 1, see Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 Patch and Microsoft Office 97 Service Release 1 Enterprise Update.
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    Fixes

    		 Below is a list of Outlook 8.02 fixes from the readme.txt file for Microsoft Exchange Server 5.0 Service Pack 1. Those marked (EU) are only in the Enterprise Update, according to the information I've been able to gather:
  • Q168586: OL97: Lunar New Year Is a Chinese, Not a Japanese, Holiday (EU)
  • Q168587: OL97: ALT+I in Find Items Causes Outlook to Stop Responding
  • Q168619: OL97: ErrMsg: Condition is Not Valid Using Timex Wizard
  • Q168621: OL97: Calendar Disappears in Second Window
  • Q168622: OL97: Date Prints in Empty User Defined Date/Time Field
  • Q168623: OL97: ErrMsg: Operation Failed Saving Message with Attachment
  • Q168625: OL97: Items Deleted From a Shared Mailbox Go to Wrong Folder
  • Q168626: OL97: Southern Hemisphere Time Zone Appointments Off One Hour
  • Q168641: OL97: Unable to Resolve Nicknames
  • Q168642: OL97: Unable to Print a Shared Schedule+ Calendar from Outlook
  • Q160250: OL97: Printout of Item Contains Header But no Body Text
  • Q161587: OL97: How to Customize Outlook Calendar Holidays
  • Q163750: OL97: Outlook Running With Eudora Pro 3.0 May Cause Errors
  • Q164247: OL97: Outlook Does Not Correctly Show All TAPI Devices
  • Q164401: OL97: Using Contacts with Insert Address in Word
  • Q164408: OL97: Imported Fax Numbers May Not Work in Outlook
  • Q165115: OL97: Outlook Problems Handling Macintosh File Attachments
  • Q165412: OL97: Some Outlook Fields Are Offset by One Character
  • Q165873: OL97: Sam Translator Error Importing Schedule Plus File
  • Q166022: OL97: Summary of Changes in Outlook Version 8.02
  • Q166023: OL97: 8.02 Security Improvements
  • Q166262: OL97: Visual Basic Script Editor Has 32 KB Limit
  • Q166645: OL97: Printed Shared Calendar Uses Wrong Name in Header/Footer
  • Q168119: OL97: Outlook 8.01 Does Not Include CC:Mail Service License
  • Q168767: OL97: Garbled Characters in Imported CC:Mail Bulletin Board (EU)
  • Q168832: OL97: Spelling Checker Does Not Check Words in the Subject Line
  • Q169060: OL97: Error Occurred While Checking Spelling
  • Q169076: OL97: Mailto Function Includes Only E-mail Address
  • Q169167: OL97: Invalid Page Fault Opening Outlook Notes MAPI Folder
  • Q169241: OL97: Error in Page Setup Using Acrobat PDFWriter
  • Q169242: OL97: Viewing Other's Schedule+ Calendar Uses Outlook Calendar
  • Q169259: OL97: New Nickname Features in Outlook 8.02
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    According to Outlook 8.02 Distribution Information, the Exchange AutoUpgrade feature is included only in the SP-1 update, not in any version of SR-1.
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    More Information
  • Outlook 97 version 8.04
  • Other Outlook versions
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    Updated Feb 25 2009
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