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This article describes the history of Microsoft Office.

Contents 1 Windows versions 1.1 Timeline 1.2 Editions 1.2.1 Office 4.x 1.2.2 Office 95 1.2.3 Office 97 1.2.4 Office 2000 1.2.5 Office XP 1.2.6 Office 2003 1.2.7 Office 2007 2 Mac versions 3 References

[edit] Windows versions

[edit] Timeline

Release date	Title/version	Contents	Notes
August 30, 1992	Office 3.0	CD-ROM version: Word 2.0c, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail	Repackaged as Office 92
January 17, 1994	Office 4.0	Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0.
June 2, 1994	Office 4.3	Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, Mail 3.2 and in the Pro version, Access 2.0.	This is the last 16-bit version. This is also the last version to support Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.1 and Windows NT 3.5 (Windows NT 3.51 was supported up to and including Office 97).
July 3, 1994	Office for NT 4.2	Word 6.0 and Excel 5.0 (both 32-bit, i386, MIPS, PowerPC, and Alpha), PowerPoint 4.0 (16-bit), "Microsoft Office Manager".
August 30, 1995	Office 95 (7.0)	Word 7 for Windows 95, etc.	Coincided with the Windows 95 operating system release. Works only on Windows 95, NT 3.51 or higher. This is the first Office version to have the same version number (7.0, inherited from Word 6.0) for all major component products (Word, Excel and so on).
December 30, 1996	Office 97 (8.0)	Word 97, etc.	Was published on CD-ROM as well as on a set of 45 3½-inch floppy disks), became Y2K safe with Service Release 2. Last version to support Windows NT 3.51 on i386 and Alpha.
June 20, 1998	Office 97 Powered by Word 98 (8.5)	The only way to get Word 98.	Was released only in Japanese and Korean editions. First version to contain Outlook 98 in all editions and Publisher 98 in the Small Business Edition. And also the first version of Office 97 to support Windows 98.
January 27, 1999	Office 2000 (9.0)	Word 2000, etc.	Last version to support Windows 95. Office 2000 is also the last version which does not include Product Activation and is not covered by Office Genuine Advantage, although on individual installs, the Office Update website still required the presence of original install media for updates to install.
May 31, 2001	Office XP (10.0)	Word 2002, etc.	Last version to support Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0. Improved support for working in restricted accounts under Windows 2000/XP.
November 17, 2003	Office 2003 (11.0)	Word 2003, etc.	First version to introduce Windows XP style icons. Last version to support Windows 2000.
January 30, 2007	Office 2007 (12.0)	Word 2007, etc.	Broadly released alongside Windows Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system.
2010[1]	Office 2010 (14.0)		There will be no Microsoft Office 13 due to superstition.[2]

[edit] Editions

[edit] Office 4.x

Standard	Professional
Word	Word
Excel	Excel
PowerPoint	PowerPoint
Mail	Mail
	Access

[edit] Office 95

Standard	Professional
Word 95 (7.0)	Word 95 (7.0)
Excel 95 (7.0)	Excel 95 (7.0)
PowerPoint 95 (7.0)	PowerPoint 95 (7.0)
Schedule+ 95 (7.0)	Schedule+ 95 (7.0)
	Access 95 (7.0)

[edit] Office 97

Standard	Professional	Small Business	Developer
Word 97 (8.0)	Word 97 (8.0)	Word 97 (8.0)	Word 97 (8.0)
Excel 97 (8.0)	Excel 97 (8.0)	Excel 97 (8.0)	Excel 97 (8.0)
Outlook 97 (8.0)	Outlook 97 (8.0)	Outlook 98 (8.5)	Outlook 9? (?.?)
PowerPoint 97 (8.0)	PowerPoint 97 (8.0)	-	PowerPoint 97 (8.0)
-	Access 97 (8.0)	-	Access 97 (8.0)
Photo Editor 3.0	Photo Editor 3.0	Photo Editor 3.0	?
-	-	Publisher 98	?
-	-	Small Business Financial Manager 98 (3.0)	?
-	-	-	Developer Tools and SDK

[edit] Office 2000

Standard	Small Business *	Professional	Premium	Developer
Word	Word	Word	Word	Word
Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel
Outlook	Outlook	Outlook	Outlook	Outlook
PowerPoint		PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint
	Publisher	Publisher	Publisher	Publisher
		Access	Access	Access
			FrontPage	FrontPage
			PhotoDraw	PhotoDraw
	Small Business Tools			Developer Tools and SDK

[edit] Office XP

Standard	Professional	Professional with FrontPage *	Professional Special Edition	Developer
Word	Word	Word	Word	Word
Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel
Outlook	Outlook	Outlook	Outlook	Outlook
PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint
	Access	Access	Access	Access
		FrontPage	FrontPage	FrontPage
			Publisher	Developer Tools and SDK
				SharePoint Team Services

[edit] Office 2003

Basic*	Student and Teacher Edition	Standard	Small Business	Professional Edition	Professional Enterprise Edition**
Word	Word	Word	Word	Word	Word
Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel
Outlook	Outlook	Outlook	Outlook with Business Contact Manager	Outlook with Business Contact Manager	Outlook with Business Contact Manager
	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint
			Publisher	Publisher	Publisher
				Access	Access
					InfoPath

OneNote 2003 was not included in any of the Office 2003 editions. FrontPage 2003, Visio 2003 and Project 2003 were also sold separately.

[edit] Office 2007

Home Basic*	Home and Student	Standard	Small Business	Professional	Professional Plus	Enterprise	Ultimate
Word	Word	Word	Word	Word	Word	Word	Word
Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel	Excel
	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint	PowerPoint
Outlook		Outlook	Outlook + Business Contact Manager	Outlook + Business Contact Manager	Outlook	Outlook	Outlook + Business Contact Manager
			Accounting Express	Accounting Express			Accounting Express
			Publisher	Publisher	Publisher	Publisher	Publisher
				Access	Access	Access	Access
					InfoPath	InfoPath	InfoPath
						Groove	Groove
	OneNote					OneNote	OneNote
					Communicator	Communicator	Communicator
					Enterprise Content Manager	Enterprise Content Manager	Enterprise Content Manager
					Electronic Forms	Electronic Forms	Electronic Forms
					Information Rights Management and Policy Capabilities	Information Rights Management and Policy Capabilities	Information Rights Management and Policy Capabilities

Notes:
* Available only in OEM installs (typically in new computers)
** Indicates availability only through volume licensing.

[edit] Mac versions

Package Name	Applications and comments	Release Date
Office 1	Word 3, etc.	1990
Office 2	Word 4, etc.	1992
Office 3	Word 5, Excel 4, PowerPoint 3, etc.	1993
Office 4.2	Word 6, Excel 5, PowerPoint 4, etc.	1994
Office 4.2.1	Word 6, Excel 5, PowerPoint 4, etc. (first release designed for the PPC, final release for 68K)	1994
Office 98 (8.0)	Word/Excel/PowerPoint 98	March 15, 1998
Office 2001 (9.0)	Word/Excel/PowerPoint and Entourage 2001 (final release for Mac OS 9)	October 11, 2000
Office (10.0/X)	Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Entourage X (first release for Mac OS X, latest update 10.1.9)	November 19, 2001
Office 2004 (11.0)	Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Entourage 2004 (latest update 11.4.2)	February 12, 2004
Office 2008 (12.0)	Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Entourage 2008 (the first release that runs natively on both PPC and Intel without the use of the Rosetta emulation layer, latest update 12.1.0)	January 15, 2008

[edit] References

v • d • e Microsoft Office Desktop applications Accounting · Access · Communicator · Entourage · Equation Editor · Excel · Groove · InfoPath · InterConnect · MapPoint · OneNote · Outlook · PowerPoint · Project · Publisher · SharePoint Designer · Visio · Word Server applications Communications · Forms · Groove · PerformancePoint · Project · Project Portfolio · SharePoint (Excel Services · InfoPath Forms Services) Online services Office Live (Small Business · Workspace · Meeting) · Office Online Discontinued Binder · Data Analyzer · FrontPage · Graph · Mail · Office Assistants · PhotoDraw · Photo Editor · Schedule+ · Vizact · Web Components Tools and technologies Clip Organizer · Document Imaging · Document Scanning · Picture Manager · SmartArt · Smart tags · Information Bridge Framework · Office Open XML · Outlook Connector · Visual Basic for Applications · WordArt · XML schema formats Windows versions 95 · 97 · 2000 · XP · 2003 · 2007 · 2010 Mac OS versions 98 · 2001 · X · 2004 · 2008 Related topics History · Microsoft Office Mobile