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
  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 Last version to support Windows 3.0.
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 means that it is also the last version to support Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.1 (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". Also Included in Classic Mac OS Versions.
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 Second Edition.
June 7, 1999 Office 2000 (9.0) Word 2000, etc. First Version to Support Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and last version to support 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 have 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. 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. Last Version to support Windows Vista.
September 22, 2015 Office 2016 (16.0) Word 2016, etc.

Editions

Office 3.0

Standard Edition Professional Edition
? ?
Word Word
Excel Excel
PowerPoint PowerPoint
Mail Mail
Access

Mainstream Support Ended on December 31,1997

Extended Support Ended on December 24,2002

Office 4.x

Standard Edition (Floppy) Professional Edition (Floppy) Standard Edition (CD-Rom) Professional Edition (CD-Rom)
Volume-Licensing Retail Home and Family Use,Academic Professional Use
Word Word Word Word
Excel Excel Excel Excel
PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint
Mail Mail Mail Mail
- - Schedule+ Schedule+

-

Access - Access

Mainstream Support ended on March 12,1999

Extended Support ended on December 31,2007

Office 95

Standard Edition (Floppy) Professional Edition (Floppy) Standard Edition (CD-Rom) Professional Edition (CD-Rom) Small Business Pack
Volume-Licensing Retail Home and Family Use,Academic Professional Use Temporary Packs Only
Word 95 (7.0) Word 95 (7.0) Word 95 (7.0) Word 95 (7.0)

Word 95 (7.0)

Excel 95 (7.0) Excel 95 (7.0) Excel 95 (7.0) Excel 95 (7.0) Excel 95 (7.0)
PowerPoint 95 (7.0) PowerPoint 95 (7.0) PowerPoint 95 (7.0) PowerPoint 95 (7.0) -
Schedule+ 95 (7.0) Schedule+ 95 (7.0) Schedule+ 95 (7.0) Schedule+ 95 (7.0) Schedule+ 95 (7.0)
- - Binder 95 (7.0) Binder 95 (7.0) Microsoft Money (4.0)
- Access 95 (7.0) - Access 95 (7.0) -
- - Flight Simulator for Windows 95 Flight Simulator for Windows 95 Small Business Tools

Mainstream Support ended on December 31,2000

Extended Support ended on December 27,2005

Office 97

Standard Edition Professional Edition Small Business Edition (v1.0) Small Business Edition (v2.0) Developer Edition
Volume-Licensing,Academic Home and Family Use,Professional Use Retail Retail Developer,MSDN
Word 97 (8.0) Word 97 (8.0) Word 97 (8.0) Word 98 (8.5) Word 97 (8.0)
Excel 97 (8.0) Excel 97 (8.0) Excel 97 (8.0) Excel 98 (8.5) Excel 97 (8.0)
Outlook 97 (8.0) Outlook 97 (8.0) Outlook 97 (8.0) Outlook 98 (8.5) Outlook 97 (8.0)
PowerPoint 97 (8.0) PowerPoint 97 (8.0) - - PowerPoint 97 (8.0)
Binder 97 (8.0) Binder 97 (8.0) - - Binder 97 (8.0)
- Access 97 (8.0) - - Access 97 (8.0)
- - -

-

Schedule+ 97 (8.0)
Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Editor 3.0 Photo Editor 3.0
- - Publisher 97 (8.0) Publisher 98 (8.5) -
- - Small Business Financial Manager 97 (2.0) Small Business Financial Manager 98 (3.0) -
- - Automap Streets Plus 1997 (5.0) Expedia Streets 98 (6.0) -
- - Small Business Tools (1.0) Small Business Tools (2.0) Developer Tools and SDK

Mainstream Support ended on February 28,2002

Extended Support ended on February 26,2007

Office 2000

Personal Edition*** Standard Edition Small Business Edition Professional Edition Premium Edition Developer Edition
Japanese SKU Volume-Licensing,Academic Retail Professional Use Home and Family Use Developer,MSDN
Word 2000 (9.0) Word 2000 (9.0) Word 2000 (9.0) Word 2000 (9.0) Word 2000 (9.0) Word 2000 (9.0)
Excel 2000 (9.0) Excel 2000 (9.0) Excel 2000 (9.0) Excel 2000 (9.0) Excel 2000 (9.0) Excel 2000 (9.0)
Outlook 2000 (9.0) Outlook 2000 (9.0) Outlook 2000 (9.0) Outlook 2000 (9.0) Outlook 2000 (9.0) Outlook 2000 (9.0)
- PowerPoint 2000 (9.0) - PowerPoint 2000 (9.0) PowerPoint 2000 (9.0) PowerPoint 2000 (9.0)
- - Publisher 2000 (9.0) Publisher 2000 (9.0) Publisher 2000 (9.0) Publisher 2000 (9.0)
- - - Access 2000 (9.0) Access 2000 (9.0) Access 2000 (9.0)
- - - - FrontPage 2000 (9.0) FrontPage 2000 (9.0)
- - - - PhotoDraw 2000 (9.0) PhotoDraw 2000 (9.0)
- - - - - Binder 2000 (9.0)
- Photo Editor 5.0 Photo Editor 5.0 Photo Editor 5.0 Photo Editor 5.0 Photo Editor 5.0
Office Customization Tool (Japanese) - Small Business Tools - - Developer Tools and SDK

Mainstream Support Ended on June 30,2004

Extended Support ended on July 12,2009

Office XP (Version 2002)

Personal Edition*** Small Business Edition Student and Teacher Edition Standard Edition Standard Edition (OEM)* Plus! Editon Professional Edition Professional Edition (OEM)* Professional Special Edition Developer Edition
Japanese SKU Retail Academic Volume-Licensing OEM-Licensed Home and Family Use Professional Use OEM-Licensed LTSB Enterprise Business Developer, MSDN
Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0) Word 2002 (10.0)
Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0) Excel 2002 (10.0)
Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0) Outlook 2002 (10.0)
- - PowerPoint 2002 (10.0) PowerPoint 2002 (10.0) PowerPoint 2002 (10.0) PowerPoint 2002 (10.0) PowerPoint 2002 (10.0) PowerPoint 2002 (10.0) PowerPoint 2002 (10.0) PowerPoint 2002 (10.0)
- - - - Access 2002 (10.0) Access 2002 (10.0) Access 2002 (10.0) Access 2002 (10.0) Access 2002 (10.0) Access 2002 (10.0)
- - - - - - - FrontPage 2002 (10.0) FrontPage 2002 (10.0) FrontPage 2002 (10.0)
- Publisher 2002 (10.0) - - - Publisher 2002 (10.0) Publisher 2002 (10.0) Publisher 2002 (10.0) Publisher 2002 (10.0) Publisher 2002 (10.0)
- - - - - Photo Editor 6.5 - - - -
- - - - - - - - - MapPoint Deluxe 2002 (10.0)
Office Customization Tool (Japanese) Small Business Tools Learning Resource Kit - - Microsoft Office Entertainment and Tools Pack - - SharePoint Team Services 2002 Developer Tools and SDK

Mainstream Support ended on July 11,2006

Extended Support ended on July 12,2011

Office 2003

Personal Edition*** Basic Edition* Student and Teacher Edition Standard Edition Small Business Edition Professional Edition Professional Edition with InfoPath**** Enterprise Edition**
Japanese SKU OEM-Licensed Academic Volume-Licensing Retail Professional Use Church Software LTSB Enterprise Business
Word 2003 (11.0) Word 2003 (11.0) Word 2003 (11.0) Word 2003 (11.0) Word 2003 (11.0) Word 2003 (11.0) Word 2003 (11.0) Word 2003 (11.0)
Excel 2003 (11.0) Excel 2003 (11.0) Excel 2003 (11.0) Excel 2003 (11.0) Excel 2003 (11.0) Excel 2003 (11.0) Excel 2003 (11.0) Excel 2003 (11.0)
Outlook 2003 (11.0) Outlook 2003 (11.0) Outlook 2003 (11.0) Outlook 2003 (11.0) Outlook 2003 (11.0) with Business Contact Manager (1.0) Outlook 2003 (11.0) with Business Contact Manager (1.0) Outlook 2003 (11.0) Outlook 2003 (11.0) with Business Contact Manager (1.0)
- PowerPoint Viewer 2003 (1.0) PowerPoint 2003 (11.0) PowerPoint 2003 (11.0) PowerPoint 2003 (11.0) PowerPoint 2003 (11.0) PowerPoint 2003 (11.0) PowerPoint 2003 (11.0)
- - - - Publisher 2003 (11.0) Publisher 2003 (11.0) Publisher 2003 (11.0) Publisher 2003 (11.0)
- - - - - Access 2003 (11.0) Access 2003 (11.0) Access 2003 (11.0)
- - - - - - InfoPath 2003 (11.0) InfoPath 2003 (11.0)
- - OneNote 2003 (11.0) - - - - OneNote 2003 (11.0)

OneNote 2003 is Incled in Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition and Enterprise Edition. FrontPage 2003, Visio 2003 and Project 2003 were also sold separately.

Mainstream Support ended on April 14,2009

Extended Support ended on April 8,2014

Office 2007

Personal Edition*** Basic Edition* Home and Student Edition Standard Edition Small Business Edition Professional Edition Professional Plus Edition Enterprise Edition Ultimate Edition
Japanese SKU OEM-Licensed Academic Volume-Licensing Retail Professional Use (Core) Professional Use (Expert) LTSB Enterprise Business Home and Family Use
Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0) Word 2007 (12.0)
Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0) Excel 2007 (12.0)
- PowerPoint Viewer 2007 (2.0) PowerPoint 2007 (12.0) PowerPoint 2007 (12.0) PowerPoint 2007 (12.0) PowerPoint 2007 (12.0) PowerPoint 2007 (12.0) PowerPoint 2007 (12.0) PowerPoint 2007 (12.0)
Outlook 2007 (12.0) Outlook 2007 (12.0) - Outlook 2007 (12.0) Outlook 2007 (12.0) + Business Contact Manager (2.0) Outlook 2007 (12.0) + Business Contact Manager (2.0) Outlook 2007 (12.0) Outlook 2007 (12.0) Outlook 2007 (12.0) + Business Contact Manager (2.0)
- - - - Accounting Express 2007 (12.0) Accounting Express 2007 (12.0) - - Accounting Express 2007 (12.0)
- - - - Publisher 2007 (12.0) Publisher 2007 (12.0) Publisher 2007 (12.0) Publisher 2007 (12.0) Publisher 2007 (12.0)
- - - - - Access 2007 (12.0) Access 2007 (12.0) Access 2007 (12.0) Access 2007 (12.0)
- - - - - - InfoPath 2007 (12.0) InfoPath 2007 (12.0) InfoPath 2007 (12.0)
- - - - - - - Groove 2007 (12.0) Groove 2007 (12.0)
- - OneNote 2007 (12.0) - - - - OneNote 2007 (12.0) OneNote 2007 (12.0)
- - - - - - Communicator 2007 (12.0) Communicator 2007 (12.0) Communicator 2007 (12.0)
- - - - - ? 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

Mainstream Support ended on October 9,2012

Extended support ends on October 10,2017

Office 2010

Starter Edition* Office 365 Basic Small Business Premium Editon Personal Edition*** Home and Student Edition Home and Business Edition Standard Edition Professional Edition Professional Academic Edition Professional Plus Edition As an Individual Product
Word Starter Edition 2010 (?.?) Word Online 2010 (1.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0) Word 2010 (14.0)
Excel Starter Edition 2010 (?.?) Excel Online 2010 (1.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0) Excel 2010 (14.0)
PowerPoint Viewer 2010 (?.?) PowerPoint Online 2010 (1.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) PowerPoint Viewer 2010 (3.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0) PowerPoint 2010 (14.0)
- OneNote Online 2010 (1.0) - - OneNote 2010 (14.0) OneNote 2010 (14.0) OneNote 2010 (14.0) OneNote 2010 (14.0) OneNote 2010 (14.0) OneNote 2010 (14.0) OneNote 2010 (14.0)
- - Outlook 2010 (14.0) Outlook 2010 (14.0) - Outlook 2010 (14.0) Outlook 2010 (14.0) Outlook 2010 (14.0) Outlook 2010 (14.0) Outlook 2010 (14.0) Outlook 2010 (14.0) + Business Contact Manager (3.0)
- - Publisher 2010 (14.0) - - - Publisher 2010 (14.0) Publisher 2010 (14.0) Publisher 2010 (14.0) Publisher 2010 (14.0) Publisher 2010 (14.0)
- - - - - - - Access 2010 (14.0) Access 2010 (14.0) Access 2010 (14.0) Access 2010 (14.0)
- - - - - - - - - InfoPath 2010 (14.0) InfoPath 2010 (14.0)
- - Visio Viewer 2010 (1.0) Visio Viewer 2010 (1.0) Visio Viewer 2010 (1.0) Visio Viewer 2010 (1.0) Visio Viewer 2010 (1.0) Visio Viewer 2010 (1.0) Visio Viewer 2010 (1.0) Visio Viewer 2010 (14.0) Visio 2010 (14.0)
- - - - - - - - - - Project 2010 (14.0)
- - - - - - - - SharePoint Workspace 2010 (14.0) SharePoint Workspace 2010 (14.0) SharePoint Workspace 2010 (14.0)
- - - - - - - - - - Lync 2010 (14.0)

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.

Mainstream Support ended on October 13,2015

Extended Support ends on October 13,2020

Office 2013

As an Individual Product Office RT (Basic) Home and Student Home and Business Standard Professional Professional Plus Office 365 Enterprise Office 365 Home Premium Office 365 Personal Office 365 ProPlus Office 365 Small Business Premium Office 365 University
Word Word (Basic Edition) Word Word Word Word Word Word Online Word Online Word Online Word Online Word Online Word Online
Excel Excel (Basic Edition) Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel Excel Online Excel Online Excel Online Excel Online Excel Online Excel Online
PowerPoint PowerPoint (Basic Edition) PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint PowerPoint Online PowerPoint Online PowerPoint Online PowerPoint Online PowerPoint Online PowerPoint Online
OneNote OneNote (Basic Edition) OneNote OneNote OneNote OneNote OneNote OneNote Online OneNote Online OneNote Online OneNote Online OneNote Online OneNote Online
Outlook + Business Contact Manager Outlook (Basic Edition) - Outlook Outlook Outlook Outlook + Business Contact Manager Outlook Online Outlook Online Outlook Online Outlook Online Outlook Online Outlook Online
Publisher - - - Publisher Publisher Publisher Publisher Online Publisher Online Publisher Online Publisher Online Publisher Online Publisher Online
Access - - - - Access Access Access Online Access Online Access Online Access Online Access Online Access Online
- - - - - - InfoPath InfoPath Online - - InfoPath Online - -
Lync - - - - - Lync Lync Online - - Lync Online Lync Online -
SharePoint Designer - - - - - - - - - - - -
Project - - - - - - - - - - - -
Visio - Visio Viewer Visio Viewer Visio Viewer Visio Viewer Visio Viewer Visio Viewer Online Visio Viewer Online Visio Viewer Online Visio Viewer Online Visio Viewer Online Visio Viewer Online

Notes:
* Available only in OEM installs (typically in new computers)
** Indicates availabile only through volume licensing.
*** "Additional SKU".
**** This office 2003 edition was available only in Christian Churches in The Philippines,Also Includes EasyWorship 2009,Only available in Windows xp Home Edition,not available in Windows xp Professsional.


In 'Microsoft Office' folder (in Program files) one may found one or more sub-folders: 'Office14' (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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