The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update compact disc includes
Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer 97, a PowerPoint viewer which directly
supports PowerPoint 97 features. PowerPoint Viewer 97 is not included
in the Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 patch.
2.
The Microsoft Office 97 SR-1 Enterprise Update compact disc includes a
graphics import filter for FlashPix and Microsoft Picture-It files. This
graphics import filter is not included with the Microsoft Office 97 SR-1
patch.
3.
In PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1, you can choose to automatically
convert Graph 97 objects to Graph 5.0 objects when you save a
presentation in an earlier format. If you then open the presentation on
a computer running PowerPoint 4.0 or 7.0, you can edit the graphs in
that presentation using Graph 5.0. You can access this option from File
Save As dialog, by changing the dropdown for Save As Type to one of the
the following types:
Powerpoint 95 with Graph 5.0 (*.ppt)
Powerpoint 4 with Graph 5.0 (*.ppt)
4.
The Pack and Go Wizard in PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1, can pack
presentations as PowerPoint 97 presentations instead of PowerPoint 7.0
and 97 dual-format presentations. As a result, fewer disks are required
to pack a presentation.
5.
If the central processing unit (CPU) of your computer supports the
MultiMedia Extensions (MMX) instruction set, PowerPoint 97 Service
Release 1 can display inserted JPEG images more quickly.
PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1 saves drawn arcs with arrowheads
correctly when you save a presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0 format.
For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
166318 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/166318/EN-US/) PPT97: Arrow Heads Flipped Saving in PowerPoint 3.0, 4.0 Format
2.
In PowerPoint 97, you can accidentally delete all the speaker's notes
from all the notes pages except the one you are editing. This problem
was corrected in PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1. For more information,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163455 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163455/EN-US/) PPT97: Editing Text on One Notes Page Deletes Notes on Others
3.
PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1 can successfully use the Pack and Go
Wizard when run from a computer that is running Windows NT 4.0 with the
NTFS file system. For more information, please see the following article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
168329 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/168329/EN-US/) PPT97: Pack and Go Creates 0 KB File on Windows NT With NTFS
4.
There are some circumstances that can cause an imported graphic to
appear as a red X in PowerPoint 97. PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1
eliminates a number of those circumstances. For more information, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
167886 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167886/EN-US/) PPT97: Graphics Displayed as Red X in Presentation
5.
If you save a presentation in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) format,
and then host that page on a server running the UNIX operating system,
the Web page may appear incorrectly when opened in a Web browser. This
problem was corrected in PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1. For more
information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
163463 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163463/EN-US/) PPT97: Slides Displayed Incorrectly from UNIX-based Server
6.
If you insert an Equation Editor object into a PowerPoint slide, and
that equation contains horizontal braces, you may receive an error when
you try to edit that equation. This problem was corrected in PowerPoint
97 Service Release 1.
7.
PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1 registers its file types in Windows
Explorer differently than PowerPoint 97. For more information, please
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
170793 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/170793/EN-US/) PPT: Error Editing PowerPoint File Type in Windows Explorer
8.
When you run a slide show that contains a hyperlink to another
presentation, the slide show may stop after the linked presentation
ends. This problem was corrected in PowerPoint 97 Service Release 1.
For more information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
167902 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/167902/EN-US/) PPT97: Slide Show Unexpectedly Ends After Hyperlinking
Bugs fixed in Microsoft Word 97 SR-1 that Affect PowerPoint
1.
When you copy (or insert) a table from Word 97 into a PowerPoint slide,
Excel Worksheet, or WordPad document, some of the table borders may not
appear on screen, although they do print. This problem was corrected in
Word 97 Service Release 1. For more information, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
159608 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/159608/EN-US/): PPT97: Microsoft Word Table Borders May Disappear
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