History of Microsoft Office
Encyclopedia
| Package Name | Applications and comments | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Office 1 | Word 3, etc. | August 1, 1989 |
| 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 PowerPC PowerPC is a RISC architecture created by the 1991 Apple–IBM–Motorola alliance, known as AIM... , final release for 68K) |
1994 |
| Office 98 Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition is a Mac OS version of Microsoft Office unveiled at Macworld Expo/San Francisco on January 6, 1998. It introduced the Internet Explorer 4.0 browser and Outlook Express, an Internet e-mail client and usenet newsgroup reader... (8.0) |
Word/Excel/PowerPoint 98 | March 15, 1998 |
| Office 2001 Microsoft Office 2001 Microsoft Office 2001, launched in 2000, was the last Office suite for Mac OS, or the Classic operating system; it required Mac OS 8, although version 8.5 or later was recommended.-Applications:... (9.0) |
Word/Excel/PowerPoint and Entourage 2001 (final release for Mac OS 9, latest update 9.0.6) | October 11, 2000 |
| Office v. X Microsoft Office v. X Microsoft Office v. X was released in 2001 for the new Mac OS X platform.Office v.x was followed by Office 2004, while Support for Office v. X ended on January 9, 2007 after the release of the final update, 10.1.9-External links:*... (10.0) |
Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Entourage X (first release for Mac OS X, latest update 10.1.9) | November 19, 2001 |
| Office 2004 Office 2004 for Mac Office 2004 for Mac is a version of Microsoft Office developed for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. The software was originally written for the PowerPC Macs, so Macs with Intel CPUs must run the program under Mac OS X's Rosetta emulation layer.... (11.0) |
Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Entourage 2004 (latest update 11.6.4) | February 12, 2004 |
| Office 2008 Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Mac OS X. It supersedes Office 2004 for Mac and is the Mac OS X equivalent of Office 2007. Office 2008 was developed by Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit and released on January 15, 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 12.3.0) | January 15, 2008 |
| Office 2011 Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is the most recent version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Mac OS X. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and is comparable to Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows.... (14.0) |
Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Outlook 2011 (first release for Intel only, latest update 14.1.2) | October 26, 2010 |
Timeline
| Release date | Title/version | Contents | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 19, 1990 | Office 1.0 | Word 1.1, Excel 2.0, PowerPoint 2.0 | |
| March 4, 1991 | Office 1.5 | Word 1.1, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.0 | |
| July 8, 1991 | Office 1.6 | Word 1.1, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.0, Mail 2.1 | |
| August 30, 1992 | Office 3.0 Microsoft Office 3.0 Microsoft Office 3.0 was the third version of Microsoft Office to be released for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Its main components included Word 2.0c, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0, and Mail, a network messaging client. Previously, these components were distributed separately, and it was... |
CD-ROM version: Word 2.0c, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail | Later rebranded 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 Microsoft Office 95 Microsoft Office for Windows 95 was the version of Microsoft Office designed specifically for Windows 95, succeeding Office 4.3. Previously, Microsoft had released Office 4.2 for Windows NT for several architectures, which included 32-bit Word 6.0 for Windows NT and Excel 5.0 for Windows NT ,... (7.0) |
Word 7 for Windows 95, etc. | Coincided with the Windows 95 Windows 95 Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products... 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 Microsoft Office 97 Microsoft Office 97 was a major milestone release of Microsoft Office, which included hundreds of new features and improvements, introduced "Command Bars", a paradigm in which menus and toolbars were made more similar in capability and visual design featured natural language systems and... (8.0) |
Word 97, etc. | Was published on CD-ROM CD-ROM A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data.... 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 Windows NT 3.51 Windows NT 3.51 is the third release of Microsoft's Windows NT line of operating systems. It was released on 30 May 1995, nine months after Windows NT 3.5. The release provided two notable feature improvements; firstly NT 3.51 was the first of a short-lived outing of Microsoft Windows on the... 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 Microsoft Office 2000 Microsoft Office 2000 is a release of Microsoft Office that succeeded Microsoft Office 97 and was designed as a fully 32-bit and Y2K compliant version to match Windows 2000 features. All the Office 2000 applications have OLE 2 capacity, which allows moving data automatically between various... (9.0) |
Word 2000, etc. | Last version to support Windows 95 Windows 95 Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented graphical user interface-based operating system. It was released on August 24, 1995 by Microsoft, and was a significant progression from the company's previous Windows products... . Office 2000 is also the last version which does not include Product Activation Product activation Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary computer software programs. In one form, product activation refers to a method invented by Ric Richardson and patented by Uniloc where a software application hashes hardware serial numbers and an ID number specific... and is not covered by Office Genuine Advantage Office Genuine Advantage Office Genuine Advantage was a program by Microsoft similar to Windows Genuine Advantage which required users of the Microsoft Office software to validate their copy of Microsoft Office to download non-critical updates and other downloads such as addons, samples etc.This is different from Product... , 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 Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Office XP is a productivity suite written and distributed by Microsoft for their Windows operating system. Released on March 5, 2001, it is the successor to Office 2000 and the predecessor to Office 2003, and was known as Office 10 in the early stages of its development cycle... (10.0) |
Word 2002, etc. | Last version to support Windows 98 Windows 98 Windows 98 is a graphical operating system by Microsoft. It is the second major release in the Windows 9x line of operating systems. It was released to manufacturing on 15 May 1998 and to retail on 25 June 1998. Windows 98 is the successor to Windows 95. Like its predecessor, it is a hybrid... /Me Windows Me Windows Millennium Edition, or Windows Me , is a graphical operating system released on September 14, 2000 by Microsoft, and was the last operating system released in the Windows 9x series. Support for Windows Me ended on July 11, 2006.... /NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 Windows NT 4.0 is a preemptive, graphical and business-oriented operating system designed to work with either uniprocessor or symmetric multi-processor computers. It was the next release of Microsoft's Windows NT line of operating systems and was released to manufacturing on 31 July 1996... . Improved support for working in restricted accounts under Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the... /XP Windows XP Windows XP is an operating system produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops and media centers. First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001, it is the second most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base... . |
| November 17, 2003 | Office 2003 Microsoft Office 2003 Microsoft Office 2003 is a productivity suite written and distributed by Microsoft for their Windows operating system. Released on October 21, 2003, it was the successor to Office XP and the predecessor to Office 2007.- Overview :... (11.0) |
Word 2003, etc. | First version to introduce Windows XP style icons. Last version to support Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the... . |
| January 30, 2007 | Office 2007 Microsoft Office 2007 Microsoft Office 2007 is a Windows version of the Microsoft Office System, Microsoft's productivity suite. Formerly known as Office 12 in the initial stages of its beta cycle, it was released to volume license customers on November 30, 2006 and made available to retail customers on January 30, 2007... (12.0) |
Word 2007, etc. | Broadly released alongside Windows Vista Windows Vista Windows Vista is an operating system released in several variations developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, tablet PCs, and media center PCs... . |
| June 15, 2010 | Office 2010 (14.0) | There will be no Microsoft Office 13 due to superstition Triskaidekaphobia Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number ; it is a superstition and related to a specific fear of Friday the 13th, called paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.The term was first used by Isador Coriat in Abnormal... . This is the first version to ship in 32- and 64-bits. |
Office 4.x
| Standard | Professional |
|---|---|
| Word | Word |
| Excel | Excel |
| PowerPoint | PowerPoint |
| Access |
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) |
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 |
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 |
Office XP (Version 2002)
| 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 |
Office 2003
| Basic* | Student and Teacher Edition | Standard | Small Business | Professional Edition | 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 | InfoPath |
OneNote 2003 was not included in any of the Office 2003 editions. FrontPage 2003, Visio 2003 and Project 2003 were also sold separately.
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.