History of Microsoft Office

This is a history of Microsoft Office and its versions. This table only includes final releases and not pre-release software such as Microsoft Office 2000.

StarOffice and Microsoft Office timeline
  StarOffice
  OpenOffice.org
  Apache OpenOffice
  LibreOffice
  Microsoft Office for Mac OS
  Microsoft Office for Windows

Mac versions

Office for Mac software history
Software Office version
1 2 3 4.2 98 2001 v. X 2004 2008 2011 2016
Word
Excel
PowerPoint
OneNote
Outlook 1
Entourage
Internet Explorer 1
Mail ?

Windows Office version up to New versions

Timeline

Release date Title/version Contents Notes
November 19, 1990[1] Office 1.0 Word 1.1, Excel 2.0, PowerPoint 2.0[2]
March 4, 1991[3] Office 1.5 Word 1.1, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.0
July 8, 1991[4] Office 1.6 Word 1.1, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.0, Mail 2.1
August 30, 1992 Office 3.0 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 24, 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).
November 19, 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, 1997 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, as well as the first version of Office 97 to support Windows 98.
June 7, 1999 Office 2000 (9.0) Word 2000, etc. Last version supported on Windows 95. Office 2000 is also the last version not to include Product Activation and 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.
October 21, 2003 Office 2003 (11.0) Word 2003, etc. First version to introduce Windows XP style icons. Last version to support Windows 2000. Last version to support legacy menus.
January 30, 2007 Office 2007 (12.0) Word 2007, etc. Broadly released alongside Windows Vista. First version to use the new Ribbon user interface with tabbed menus.
June 15, 2010[5] Office 2010 (14.0) Word 2010, etc. This is the first version to ship in 32- and 64-bit. Last version to support Windows XP and Windows Vista. Version 13.0 was skipped because of the fear of the number 13.[6]
Release date to OEMS: October 11, 2012. Actual Release date to public: January 29, 2013. Office 2013 (15.0) Word 2013, etc.
September 22, 2015 Office 2016 (16.0) Word 2016, etc.

Editions

Office 4.x

Standard Professional
Word Word
Excel Excel
PowerPoint PowerPoint
Mail Mail
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 (8.5) ?
- - 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 Small Business Professional Professional with FrontPage * Professional Special Edition Developer
Word Word Word Word Word Word
Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel
Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook
PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint
Access Access Access
FrontPage FrontPage
Publisher 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

OneNote 2003 is 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

Office 2010/2013/2016

Starter* Office Online Home and Student Home and Business Small Business Basics Standard Professional Professional Plus
Word Starter Edition Word Basic Word Word Word Word Word Word
Excel Starter Edition Excel Basic Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel
PowerPoint Viewer PowerPoint Basic PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint
OneNote Basic OneNote OneNote OneNote OneNote OneNote OneNote
Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook
Publisher Publisher Publisher
Access Access
InfoPath ***
Lync / Skype for Business
SharePoint Workspace****
Skydrive Pro*****

Project 2010 and Visio 2010 are available only as a single/individual product. Office Customization Tool (OCT) is available only on volume edition of Standard 2010 and Professional Plus 2010.

Notes:
* Available only in OEM installs (typically in new computers)
** Indicates availability only through volume licensing.
*** Only available in Office 2010/13 suites as it was discontinued after Office 2013.
**** Only available in Office 2010 suites.
***** Only available in Office 2013 suites.

In 'Microsoft Office' folder (in Program files) one may found one or more sub-folders: 'Office11' (this is the internal name for Office 2010).

References[7]

  1. ↑ "The Microsoft Office for Windows Advertisement". InfoWorld. November 19, 1990. p. 50.
  2. ↑ Johnston, Stuart J. (October 1, 1990). "Office for Windows Bundles Popular Microsoft Applications". InfoWorld. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Microsoft ships updated Office for Windows". InfoWorld. March 4, 1991. p. 16.
  4. ↑ "The Microsoft Office for Windows 1.6 Advertisement". InfoWorld. July 8, 1991. pp. 18–19.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft Office 2010 Now Available for Consumers Worldwide". News Center. Microsoft. June 15, 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Microsoft to skip "unlucky" Office 13
  7. ↑ Da Costa, Andre (November 23, 2015). "A Look at 25 years of Microsoft Office (Then and Now)". GroovyPost. http://www.groovypost.com. Retrieved July 22, 2016. External link in |publisher= (help)
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