History of Microsoft Office

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This is a history of the various versions of Microsoft Office, consisting of a bundle of several different applications which changed over time. This table only includes final releases and not pre-release or beta software. It also does not list the history of the constituent standalone applications which were released much earlier starting with Word in 1983, Excel in 1985, and PowerPoint in 1987.

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Office versions

Summary

Release dateTitleComponentsNotes
October 1, 1990 [1] The Microsoft Office for WindowsWord 1.1, Excel 2.0, PowerPoint 2.0 [2]
March 4, 1991 [3] Office 1.5Word 1.1, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.0
July 8, 1991 [4] Office 1.6Word 1.1, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.0, Mail 2.1Last version for Windows 3.0.
Early 1992Office 2.5Word 2.0a, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 2.0e, Mail 2.1Mail 2.1: licence only, no software.
August 30, 1992 Office 3.0 Word 2.0c, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail 3.0
January 17, 1994Office 4.0Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail 3.1
June 2, 1994Office 4.3Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, Mail 3.2, Access 2.0
July 3, 1994Office for NT 4.2Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, Office Manager
August 24, 1995 Office 95 (7.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Schedule+, Binder, Access, Bookshelf
  • 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).
  • First fully 32-bit version.
November 19, 1996 Office 97 (8.0)Word 97, Word 98, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher 97, Publisher 98, Outlook 97, Outlook 98, BookShelf Basics, Small Business Financial Manager 97, Small Business Financial Manager 98, Automap Street Plus, Direct Mail Manager, Expedia Streets 98
  • First version to receive extended support.
  • 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 for Windows NT 3.51.
June 20, 1997Office 97 Powered by Word 98 (8.5)
  • 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.
June 7, 1999 Office 2000 (9.0)Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Small Business Tools, FrontPage, PhotoDraw
  • First version to receive 5 years of extended support.
  • Second version to receive extended support.
  • Final 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.
  • Last version for Windows 95.
May 31, 2001 Office XP (10.0)Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Publisher, Small Business Tools
  • Second version to receive 5 years of extended support.
  • Third version to receive extended support.
  • Improved support for working in user accounts without administrative privileges.
  • Last version for Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98 and Windows ME.
  • Final version to support 9x-based operating systems.
  • Also known as Office 2002. [5]
August 19, 2003 Office 2003 (11.0)Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, OneNote, InfoPath
  • Third version to receive 5 years of extended support.
  • Fourth version to receive extended support.
  • First version to only support NT-based operating systems.
  • Final version to use the legacy interface.
  • OneNote is introduced in this version.
  • Final version to have Arial and Times New Roman as the default fonts across all applications.
  • Last version for Windows 2000. [6]
January 30, 2007 Office 2007 (12.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Groove, OneNote, InfoPath, Communicator, Visio Viewer, OCT
  • Fourth version to receive 5 years of extended support.
  • Fifth version to receive extended support.
  • First version to use the Ribbon interface with tabbed menus.
  • First version to have Calibri as the default font across all applications. [7]
June 15, 2010 [8] Office 2010 (14.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, Visio Viewer, OCT, Lync
January 29, 2013 Office 2013 (15.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Lync, Skype for Business, Visio Viewer
  • Sixth version to receive 5 years of extended support.
  • Seventh version to receive extended support.
  • Lync is replaced with Skype for Business after an update. [11]
September 22, 2015 Office 2016 (16.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Skype for Business, Visio Viewer
September 24, 2018 Office 2019 (16.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Skype for Business, Visio Viewer
  • Final version to receive extended support. [13]
  • Second perpetual release of Office 16 unlocking certain features previously limited to Office 365 customers.
  • OneNote was removed from the suite, and a redesigned UWP version of the app is bundled with all Windows releases instead. [14] However, the x86 version of OneNote was added back to the suite in March 2020, as it went back into active development. [15]
October 5, 2021 Office 2021 (16.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Skype for Business, Visio Viewer
  • First version to receive 3 years of extended support. [16]
  • Final version to have Calibri as the default font across all applications.
October 1, 2024 Office 2024

(16.0)

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Access, Skype for Business, Visio Viewer

Microsoft Office 95

Comparison of Office 95 editions
ApplicationStandard EditionProfessional Edition
Word [17] YesYes
Excel [18] YesYes
PowerPoint [19] YesYes
Schedule+ [20] YesYes
Binder [21] YesYes
Access [22] NoYes
Bookshelf [23] NoOn CD-ROM version only

Microsoft Office 97

Comparison of Microsoft Office 97 editions
Office programsStandard EditionProfessional EditionSmall Business EditionSmall Business Edition 2.0 [24] Developer
Edition
Word 97YesYesYesYesYes
Excel 97YesYesYesYesYes
Outlook 97YesYesYesYes [a] Yes
PowerPoint 97YesYesNoNoYes
Access 97NoYesNoNoYes
Bookshelf Basics NoYesNoNoYes
Developer Tools and SDKNoNoNoNoYes
Publisher 97NoNoYesNoNo
Small Business Financial Manager 97NoNoYesNoNo
Automap Streets Plus 1997NoNoYesNoNo
Publisher 98NoNoNoYesNo
Small Business Financial Manager 98NoNoNoYesNo
Direct Mail ManagerNoNoNoYesNo
Expedia Streets 98NoNoNoYesNo

Microsoft Office 2000

Comparison of Microsoft Office 2000 editions
Office programsStandardSmall BusinessProfessionalPremiumDeveloper
Word 2000 YesYesYesYesYes
Excel 2000 YesYesYesYesYes
Outlook 2000 YesYesYesYesYes
Publisher 2000 NoYesYesYesYes
Small Business ToolsNoYesYesYesYes
Access 2000 NoNoYesYesYes
PowerPoint 2000 YesNoYesYesYes
FrontPage 2000 NoNoNoYesYes
PhotoDraw 2000 NoNoNoYesYes
Developer Tools and SDK [25] NoNoNoNoYes
Visio 2000 NoNoNoNoNo
Project 2000 NoNoNoNoNo
MapPoint 2000 NoNoNoNoNo
Vizact 2000 NoNoNoNoNo

Microsoft Office 2000 Personal was an additional SKU, solely designed for the Japanese market, that included Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook 2000. [26] This compilation would later become widespread as Microsoft Office 2003 Basic.

Microsoft Office XP

Comparison of Microsoft Office XP editions
FeaturesStandard for
Students and Teachers		StandardProfessionalSmall BusinessProfessional
with Publisher		Developer
Licensing schemeAcademicRetailRetail and volumeOEMOEMRetail, MSDN
Word 2002 YesYesYesYesYesYes
Excel 2002 YesYesYesYesYesYes
Outlook 2002 YesYesYesYesYesYes
PowerPoint 2002 YesYesYesNoYesYes
Access 2002 NoNoYesNoYesYes
FrontPage 2002 NoNoNoNoNoYes
Developer toolsNoNoNoNoNoYes
Publisher 2002 NoNoNoYesYesNo
Small Business Tools 2002NoNoNoYesNoNo
Visio 2002 NoNoNoNoNoNo
Project 2002 NoNoNoNoNoNo

Microsoft Office 2003

Comparison of Microsoft Office 2003 editions
ApplicationOffice
Basic		Student and
Teacher Edition		StandardSmall BusinessProfessional Edition
WordYesYesYesYesYes
ExcelYesYesYesYesYes
PowerPointNoYesYesYesYes
OutlookYesYesYesYes
with Business Contact Manager [27] 		Yes
with Business Contact Manager [27]
PublisherNoNoNoYesYes
AccessNoNoNoNoYes
InfoPathNoNoNoNoYes
OneNoteNoNoNoNoNo
FrontPageNoNoNoNoNo
VisioNoNoNoNoNo
ProjectNoNoNoNoNo

Microsoft Office 2007

Comparison of Microsoft Office 2007 editions [28] [29]
Programs and FeaturesBasicHome and StudentStandardSmall BusinessProfessionalProfessional PlusUltimateEnterprise
Licensing schemeOEMOEM and retailRetail and volumeOEM, retail, and volumeOEM and retailVolumeRetailVolume
Word YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Excel YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
PowerPoint Viewer onlyYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
OneNote NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Outlook YesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes
Publisher NoNoNoYesYesYesYesYes
Access NoNoNoNoYesYesYesYes
Groove NoNoNoNoNoNoYesYes
InfoPath NoNoNoNoNoYesYesYes
Communicator NoNoNoNoNoYesNoYes
Project NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
SharePoint Designer NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Visio Viewer onlyViewer onlyViewer onlyViewer onlyViewer onlyViewer onlyViewer onlyViewer only
Office Customization Tool (OCT)1NoNoVolume licensing only [30] Volume licensing only [30] NoYes [30] NoYes [30]
1 Office Customization Tool is used to customize the installation of Office 2007 by creating a Windows Installer patch file (.MSP) and replacing the Custom Installation Wizard and Custom Deployment Wizard included in earlier versions of the Office Resource Kit that created a Windows Installer Transform (.MST). [30]

Microsoft Office 2010

Comparison of Microsoft Office 2010 editions [31] [32] [33] [34]
Suites [35] [36] [37] As an individual productStarterOffice OnlinePersonal1Home and Student2Home and Business3StandardProfessional3
Professional Academic4
University		Professional Plus5
Licensing schemeVariesOEMFreeRetail and OEMRetailRetailRetail and VolumeAcademic and RetailRetail and Volume
Word Yes Starter edition BasicYesYesYesYesYesYes
Excel Yes Starter edition BasicYesYesYesYesYesYes
PowerPoint YesViewer (Separate)BasicViewer (Separate)YesYesYesYesYes
OneNote YesNoBasicNoYesYesYesYesYes
Outlook YesNoNoYesNoYesYesYesYes
Publisher YesNoNoNoNoNoYesYesYes
Access YesNoNoNoNoNoNoYesYes
InfoPath YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYes
SharePoint Workspace YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYes
SharePoint Designer YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Project YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Visio YesViewer (Separate)NoViewerViewerViewerViewer (Separate)ViewerViewer
Lync YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoVolume channel only
Office Customization Tool (OCT)6NoNoNoNoNoNoVolume channel onlyNoVolume channel only
Remarks
1 Office 2010 Personal was made available for distribution only in Japan. [36]
2 The retail version of Office 2010 Home and Student can be installed on up to three machines in a single household for non-commercial use only. The Product Key Card version only allows a single installation on a single machine. [38]
3 The retail versions of Office 2010 Home and Business and Office 2010 Professional can be installed on two devices including a primary machine, and a portable device such as a laptop, for use by a single user. The Product Key Card version only allows a single installation on a single machine. [38]
4 On February 1, 2012, Office 2010 University replaced the previous Office 2010 Professional Academic edition in an effort to curtail fraudulent product use. [39]
5 Office 2010 Professional Plus is only available for Volume License customers. [40] The retail version is offered through MSDN or TechNet. [41]
6 The Office Customization Tool is used to customize the installation of Office by creating a Windows Installer Patch (.MSP) file, and replaces the Custom Installation Wizard and Custom Deployment Wizard included in 2003 and earlier versions of the Office Resource Kit. It is only available in Volume License editions. [42]

Microsoft Office 2013

Comparison of Office 2013 suites
 As an
individual
product		Traditional editions [43] [44] [45] Office 365 subscriptions [43] [46]
Office RTHome & StudentHome & BusinessStandardProfessionalProfessional PlusPersonal [47] HomeUniversity [48] Small Business PremiumProPlusEnterprise
AvailabilityVaries Windows RT Retail, OEM Retail, OEM Volume licensing Retail, OEM Volume licensing Software plus services Software plus services Software plus services Software plus services Software plus services Software plus services
Maximum users1111As licensed1As licensed1all users in one household [49] 11025 [50] Unlimited
Devices per user1111As licensed1As licensed1 computer and 1 mobile5 shared among all users [49] 2 computers and 2 mobiles55 [50] 5
Commercial use allowed?YesSeparate2NoYesYesYesYesNoNo [51] NoYesYesYes
Word YesYes1YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Excel YesYes1YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
PowerPoint YesYes1YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
OneNote Yes3Yes1YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Outlook YesYes1NoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Publisher YesNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Access YesNoNoNoNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
InfoPath NoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNo4YesYes
Lync Yes3NoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoYesYesYes
SharePoint Designer YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Project
Has multiple editions		YesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Visio
Has multiple editions		YesNoViewerViewerViewerViewerViewerViewerViewerViewerViewerViewerViewer
Remarks
1 The Windows RT versions do not include all of the functionality provided by other versions of Office.
2 Commercial use of Office RT is allowed through volume licensing or business subscriptions to Office 365. [52]
3 Windows Store versions are also available.
4 InfoPath was initially part of Office 365 Small Business Premium. [53] [54] However, it no longer is. [55]

Microsoft Office 2016

As with previous versions, Office 2016 is made available in several distinct editions aimed towards different markets. All traditional editions of Microsoft Office 2016 contain Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote and are licensed for use on one computer. [56] [57] The installation of retail channels of Office 2016 is Click-To-Run (C2R), however volume licensing channels Office 2016 are using traditional Microsoft Installer (MSI).

Five traditional editions of Office 2016 were released for Windows:

Home & StudentHome & BusinessStandardProfessionalProfessional Plus
Core ApplicationsYesYesYesYesYes
Outlook NoYesYesYesYes
Publisher NoNoYesYesYes
Access NoNoNoYesYes
Skype for Business NoNoNoNoYes

For a comparison chart for the new version of Office, Microsoft 365, click here.

Three traditional editions of Office 2016 were released for Mac:

Mac versions

Release dateTitleContentsNotes
June 19, 1989 [59] [60] The Microsoft OfficeWord 4.0, Excel 2.2, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 1.37
May 21, 1991Office 1.5Word 4.0, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 3.0
January 28, 1992Office 2Word 5.0, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 3.0
June, 1992Office 2.5Word 5.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 3.0
February, 1993Office 3Word 5.1, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail 3.1
August 2, 1994Office 4.2Word 6, Excel 5, PowerPoint 4, Mail 3.2.
1994Office 4.2.1Word 6, Excel 5, PowerPoint 4, etc.first release designed for the PPC, final release for 68K
March 25, 1998 Office 98 (8.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint 98
October 11, 2000 Office 2001 (9.0Word, Excel, Entourage and PowerPoint 2001final release for Mac OS 9, latest update 9.0.6. [61]
November 19, 2001 Office v. X (10.0)Word, Excel, Entourage and PowerPoint Xfirst release for Mac OS X, latest update 10.1.9 [62]
May 11, 2004 Office 2004 (11.0)Entourage, PowerPoint, Word, Excel 2004latest update 11.6.6 [63]
January 15, 2008 Office 2008 (12.0)Entourage, Word, PowerPoint, Excel 2008the first release that runs natively on both PPC and Intel without the use of the Rosetta emulation layer, latest update 12.3.0. [64] Does NOT support VBA macros.
October 26, 2010 Office 2011 (14.0)Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook 2011first release for Intel only, latest update 14.1.2. [65] Support for VBA re-instated to this version.
July 9, 2015 Office 2016 (16.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook 2016Released on macOS on July 9, 2015, Microsoft added integration with Mac capabilities such as Multi-Touch, Full Screen, and Retina optimization with a focus on cloud-connected capability. [66]
June 12, 2018 Office 2019 (16.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook 2019
October 5, 2021 Office 2021 (16.0)Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook 2021
October 1, 2024Office 2024

(16.0)

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook 2024Released on October 1, 2024, this new version offers a range of updated features and applications designed to enhance productivity and collaboration on macOS. With a cohesive new look across all Office applications, this new version is sure to catch your eye.

Office 98

VersionRelease date
SR-1December 12, 1998
SR-1.5March 11, 1999
SR-1.9June 14, 1999
SR-2February 17, 2000
SR-2.5September 14, 2000
SR-3June 15, 2001
SR-4May 17, 2002
SR-5November 29, 2002

Notes

  1. ↑ Can be upgraded to Outlook 98 via coupon or download

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