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Microsoft Word is a [[word processor]] and was previously considered the main program in Office. Its proprietary [[DOC (computing)|DOC]] format is considered a ''[[de facto]]'' standard, although Word 2007 can also use a new [[XML]]-based, Microsoft Office-optimized format called .DOCX, which has been standardized by [[Ecma International]] as [[Office Open XML]], and its SP2 update supports [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] and a limited [[OpenDocument|ODF]].<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx | title= Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office | publisher=Microsoft | date= 21 May 2008 | accessdate=30 October 2010}}</ref> Word is also available in some editions of [[Microsoft Works]]. It is available for the Windows and OS X platforms. The first version of Word, released in the autumn of 1983, was for the MS-DOS operating system and had the distinction of introducing the mouse to a broad population. Word 1.0 could be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required. Following the precedents of [[LisaWrite]] and [[MacWrite]], Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer [[WYSIWYG]] features into its package. Word for Mac was released in 1985. Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word is a [[word processor]] and was previously considered the main program in Office. Its proprietary [[DOC (computing)|DOC]] format is considered a ''[[de facto]]'' standard, although Word 2007 can also use a new [[XML]]-based, Microsoft Office-optimized format called .DOCX, which has been standardized by [[Ecma International]] as [[Office Open XML]], and its SP2 update supports [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] and a limited [[OpenDocument|ODF]].<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2008/may08/05-21ExpandedFormatsPR.mspx | title= Microsoft Expands List of Formats Supported in Microsoft Office | publisher=Microsoft | date= 21 May 2008 | accessdate=30 October 2010}}</ref> Word is also available in some editions of [[Microsoft Works]]. It is available for the Windows and OS X platforms. The first version of Word, released in the autumn of 1983, was for the MS-DOS operating system and had the distinction of introducing the mouse to a broad population. Word 1.0 could be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required. Following the precedents of [[LisaWrite]] and [[MacWrite]], Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer [[WYSIWYG]] features into its package. Word for Mac was released in 1985. Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word.


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Microsoft Office
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release19 November 1990; 33 years ago (1990-11-19)
Stable release
Microsoft 365 (Windows)2404 (Build 17531.20152)[1] / May 14, 2024; 31 days ago (2024-05-14)
Microsoft 365 (Mac)16.80 (Build 23121017) / December 12, 2023; 6 months ago (2023-12-12)[2]
One-time purchase (Retail)2021 Version 2311 (Build 17029.20108)[3] / December 12, 2023; 6 months ago (2023-12-12)[4]
One-time purchase (LTSC)2021 Version 2108 (Build 14332.20615) / December 12, 2023; 6 months ago (2023-12-12)[3]
Written inC++[5]
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows
Available in35 languages[6]
TypeOffice suite
LicenseTrialware (Retail, volume licensing, SaaS)
Websiteoffice.microsoft.com
Microsoft Office for Mac
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial release1 August 1989; 34 years ago (1989-08-01)
Stable release
2011 (14.4.5) / 14 October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-14)
Operating systemOS X
TypeOffice suite
LicenseProprietary commercial software (Retail, volume licensing, SaaS)
Websitemicrosoft.com/mac

Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop applications, servers and services for Microsoft Windows and OS X operating systems. It was first announced by Bill Gates of Microsoft on 1 August 1988 at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Over the years, Office applications have grown substantially closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, OLE data integration and Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. Microsoft also positions Office as a development platform for line-of-business software under the Office Business Applications brand.

On 10 July 2012, Softpedia reported that Office is used by over a billion people worldwide.[7]

The current versions are Office 2013 for Windows, released on 11 October 2012;[8] and Office 2011 for OS X, released 26 October 2010.[9] On 24 October 2012, the RTM final code of Office 2013 Professional Plus was released to TechNet and MSDN subscribers for download.[10] On 15 November 2012, the 60-day trial version of Office 2013 Professional Plus was released for download.[11]

A touch optimised version of Microsoft Office is available pre-installed on Windows RT tablets. A mobile version of Office, Office Mobile, is available for free on Windows Phone, iOS (with separate versions for both iPhones and iPads), and Android. A web-based version of Office called Office Online, (formerly Office Web Apps) is also available.[12] Microsoft has stated that it plans to create a version of Office for Android tablets ("and other popular platforms") as well.

Components

Word

Main article: Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a word processor and was previously considered the main program in Office. Its proprietary DOC format is considered a de facto standard, although Word 2007 can also use a new XML-based, Microsoft Office-optimized format called .DOCX, which has been standardized by Ecma International as Office Open XML, and its SP2 update supports PDF and a limited ODF.[13] Word is also available in some editions of Microsoft Works. It is available for the Windows and OS X platforms. The first version of Word, released in the autumn of 1983, was for the MS-DOS operating system and had the distinction of introducing the mouse to a broad population. Word 1.0 could be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required. Following the precedents of LisaWrite and MacWrite, Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer WYSIWYG features into its package. Word for Mac was released in 1985. Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word.

Excel

Main article: Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3, and eventually outsold it. It is available for the Windows and OS X platforms. Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac OS in 1985, and the first Windows version (numbered 2.05 to line up with the Mac and bundled with a standalone Windows run-time environment) in November 1987. It provided more functionality than the previous version.

PowerPoint

Main article: Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program for Windows and OS X. It is used to create slideshows, composed of text, graphics, and other objects, which can be displayed on-screen and shown by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides.

Access

Main article: Microsoft Access

Microsoft Access is a database management system for Windows that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. Microsoft Access stores data in its own format based on the Access Jet Database Engine. It can also import or link directly to data stored in other applications and databases.[14]

Outlook

Main articles: Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Entourage

Microsoft Outlook (not to be confused with Outlook Express) is a personal information manager. The replacement for Windows Messaging, Microsoft Mail, and Schedule+ starting in Office 97, it includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager and address book.

On the Mac OS, Microsoft offered several versions of Outlook in the late 1990s, but only for use with Microsoft Exchange Server. In Office 2001, it introduced an alternative application with a slightly different feature set called Microsoft Entourage. It reintroduced Outlook in Office 2011, replacing Entourage.[15]

OneNote

Main article: Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is a freeware notetaking program. It gathers notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. OneNote was initially introduced as a standalone app that was not included in any of Microsoft Office 2003 editions. However, OneNote eventually became a core component of Microsoft Office; with the release of Microsoft Office 2013, OneNote was included in all Microsoft Office offerings before eventually becoming completely free of charge. OneNote is available as a web application on Office Online, a Windows desktop app, a mobile app for Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and Symbian, and a Metro-style app for Windows 8 or later.

Other desktop applications

Other desktop applications included in Microsoft Office suite include:

Server applications

Web services

Common features

Most versions of Microsoft Office (including Office 97 and later) use their own widget set and do not exactly match the native operating system. This is most apparent in Microsoft Office XP and 2003, where the standard menus were replaced with a colored flat looking, shadowed menu style. The user interface of a particular version of Microsoft Office often heavily influences a subsequent version of Microsoft Windows. For example, the toolbar, colored buttons and the gray-colored '3D' look of Office 4.3 were added to Windows 95, and the ribbon, introduced in Office 2007, has been incorporated into several programs bundled with Windows 7 and later.

Users of Microsoft Office may access external data via connection-specifications saved in "Office Data Connection" (.odc) files.[17]

Both Windows and Office use service Packs to update software. Office had non-cumulative service releases, which were discontinued after Office 2000 Service Release 1.

Past versions of Office often contained Easter eggs. For example, Excel 97 contained a reasonably functional flight-simulator. Office XP and later do not have any Easter eggs, in compliance with Trustworthy Computing guidelines.

File formats and metadata

Microsoft Office prior to Office 2007 used proprietary file formats based on the OLE Compound File Binary Format.[18] This forced users who share data to adopt the same software platform.[19] In 2008, Microsoft made the entire documentation for the binary Office formats freely available for download and granted any possible patents rights for use or implementations of those binary format for free under the Open Specification Promise.[20] Previously, Microsoft had supplied such documentation freely but only on request.

Starting with Office 2007, the default file format has been a version of Office Open XML, though different than the one standardized and published by Ecma International and by ISO/IEC. Microsoft has granted patent rights to the formats technology under the Open Specification Promise[21] and has made available free downloadable converters for previous versions of Microsoft Office including Office 2003, Office XP, Office 2000[22] and Office 2004 for OS X. Third-party implementations of Office Open XML exist on the Windows platform (LibreOffice, all platforms), OS X platform (iWork '08, LibreOffice) and Linux (LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org 3.0). In addition, Office 2010 and Service Pack 2 for Office 2007 supports the OpenDocument Format (ODF) for opening and saving documents.

Microsoft provides the ability to remove metadata from Office documents. This was in response to highly publicized incidents where sensitive data about a document was leaked via its metadata.[23] Metadata removal was first available in 2004, when Microsoft released a tool called Remove Hidden Data Add-in for Office 2003/XP for this purpose.[24] It was directly integrated into Office 2007 in a feature called the Document Inspector.

Extensibility

A major feature of the Office suite is the ability for users and third party companies to write add-ins (plug-ins) that extend the capabilities of an application by adding custom commands and specialized features. One of the new features is the Office Store.[25] Plugins and other tools can be downloaded by users.[26] Developers can make money by selling their applications in the Office Store. The revenue is divided between the developer and Microsoft where developer gets 80% of the money.[27] Developers are able to share applications with all Office users (who Microsoft says number at 1 billion).[27] One such example of Office app is a heat map for Excel. The app travels with the document, and it's up to the developer what the recipient will see when they open it. They'll either have the option to download the app from the Office Store for free, start a free trial or be directed to payment.[27] With Office's cloud abilities, IT department can create a set of apps for their business employees.[28] When employees go to the Office Store, they'll see their company's apps under My Organization. The apps that employees have personally downloaded will appear under My Apps.[27] Developers can use web technologies like HTML5, XML, CSS3, JavaScript, and APIs for building the apps.[29] An application for Office is a webpage that is hosted inside an Office client application. User can use apps to amplify the functionality of a document, email message, meeting request, or appointment. Apps can run in multiple environments and by multiple clients, including rich Office desktop clients, Office Web Apps, mobile browsers, and also on-premises and in the cloud.[29] The type of add-ins supported differ by Office versions:

Password protection

Main article: Microsoft Office password protection

Versions available

Compatibility

Microsoft supports Office for the Windows and OS X platforms, as well as mobile versions for Windows Phone, Android and iOS platforms. Beginning with Mac Office 4.2, the OS X and Windows versions of Office share the same file format, and are interoperable. Visual Basic for Applications support was dropped in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac,[33] then reintroduced in Office for Mac 2011.[9]

Microsoft tried in the mid-1990s to port Office to RISC processors such as NEC/MIPS and IBM/PowerPC, but they met problems such as memory access being hampered by data structure alignment requirements. Microsoft Word 97 and Excel 97 however did ship for the DEC Alpha platform. Difficulties in porting Office may have been a factor in discontinuing Windows NT on non-Intel platforms.[34]

Stuart Cohen, CEO of Open Source Development Labs, conjectured in 2006 that Microsoft would eventually release a Linux port of Office,[35] but no release was ever published. Other operating systems were only supported by Microsoft Office Mobile, which supports the more popular features of Microsoft Office, and is available for Windows Mobile, iOS and Android.

Operating system Latest version Support end date
Mainstream Extended
Windows
(Client versions) 		7, 8, 8.1 2013 Current stable version: 10 April 2018 Current stable version: 11 April 2023
Windows RT 2013 RT ? ?
XP SP3, Vista SP2 2010 Older version, yet still maintained: 13 October 2015 Older version, yet still maintained: 13 October 2020
XP SP2, Vista 2007 Old version, no longer maintained: 10 April 2012 Older version, yet still maintained: 11 April 2017
2000 SP4, XP 2003 Old version, no longer maintained: 14 April 2009 Old version, no longer maintained: 8 April 2014
NT 4, 98, ME, 2000 SP2 XP Old version, no longer maintained: 11 July 2006[36] Old version, no longer maintained: 12 July 2011[36]
95 SP2, 2000 2000 Old version, no longer maintained: 30 June 2004 Old version, no longer maintained: 14 July 2009
NT 3.51, 95 97 Old version, no longer maintained: 31 August 2001 Old version, no longer maintained: 28 February 2002
3.1 4 ? ?
iOS iOS 7 (iPad) Office for iPad Based on Office 365 subscription
OS X 10.9 – 10.10 2011
with OneNote and Outlook 15 		Current stable version: 12 January 2016[37]
excluding version 15		 —[37]
10.6 – 10.8 2011 Older version, yet still maintained: 12 January 2016[37] —[37]
10.5 (Leopard, Intel)
10.4 – 10.5 (PPC) 2008 Old version, no longer maintained: 9 April 2013[38] —[38]
10.2 – 10.3 2004 Old version, no longer maintained: 10 January 2012[39] —[39]
10.1 v. X Old version, no longer maintained: 9 January 2007[40] —[40]
Mac OS 8.1 – 9.2.2 (PPC) 2001 Old version, no longer maintained: 31 December 2005[41] —[41]
7.5 – 8.0 (PPC) 98 Old version, no longer maintained: 30 June 2003[42] —[42]
7.0 – 8.1 (68K) 4.2.1 Old version, no longer maintained: 31 December 1996 —

Licensing

Microsoft Office is licensed through retail, volume licensing and software as a service channels. Volume licensing includes OEM licenses for bundling Microsoft Office with personal computers and Microsoft Software Assurance. The software as a service channel is called Microsoft Office 365 which was started on 28 June 2011.

In addition to supporting retail sales and site-wide installations, Microsoft offers a "Home Use Program" (HUP) permitting employees of a participating organization access to home-use Microsoft Office products.[43]

Post-secondary students may obtain the University edition of Microsoft Office 365 subscription. (Despite the name, college students are also eligible.) It is limited to one user and two devices, plus the subscription price is valid for four years instead of just one. Apart from this, the University edition is identical in features to the Home Premium version. This marks the first time Microsoft does not offer physical or permanent software at academic pricing, in contrast to the University versions of Office 2010 and Office 2011. In addition, students eligible for DreamSpark program may receive select standalone Microsoft Office apps free of charge.

Support

On 15 October 2002, Microsoft announced their Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy.[44] Versions earlier than Office 2003 are no longer supported. For current and future versions of Office mainstream support will end five years after release, or two years after the next release, whichever time is later, and extended support will end five years after that.

Office Mobile

Main article: Microsoft Office Mobile

Office Mobile includes the scaled-down and touch-optimised versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Other Office applications such as OneNote, Lync and Outlook are available as standalone apps.[45] Office Mobile enables users to save and access documents on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business, and SharePoint. Additionally, the Windows Phone version also allows users to save files locally on the device. According to Microsoft, Office Mobile for iPhone and Android are "very similar" to each other, whereas the Windows Phone version provides a "richer, more integrated experience".[46]

Office Mobile for iPhone was released on 14 June 2013 in the United States.[47] Support for 135 markets and 27 languages was rolled out over a few days.[48] It requires iOS 7 or later.[49] Although the app also works on iPad devices, excluding the first generation, it is designed for a small screen.[47] Office Mobile was released for Android phones on 31 July 2013 in the United States. Support for 117 markets and 33 languages was added gradually over several weeks.[46] It is supported on Android 4.0 and later.[50] Office Mobile for both iPhone and Android, available for free from the App Store and Google Play Store respectively, initially required a qualifying Office 365 subscription to activate, but in March 2014, with the release of Office for iPad, the apps were updated making them fully free for home use, although a subscription is still required for business use.[51]

Office for iPad

Microsoft offers Word for iPad, Excel for iPad and PowerPoint for iPad as individual applications distributed through Apple's App Store. The apps, downloaded for free, can be used to view Office documents. A qualifying Office 365 subscription is required for editing.

Office for iPad was launched on March 27, 2014 by Microsoft's newly appointed CEO Satya Nadella, in his first public appearance.[52][53][54]

Office for iPad was released to a mainly positive reception, with the PC World describing it as a "beautiful hybrid of form and function, competing with and even outdoing Apple's iWorks suite."

When Office Mobile was released for iPhone in June 2013, Microsoft stated that it could also work on iPads in an enlarged "iPhone mode", but advised iPad users to try Office Online instead. This suggestion, however, was dismissed by tech blogs that maintained that a web app could never replace the functionalities of a native application.

Discontinued applications and features

See also: Category:Discontinued Microsoft software

Discontinued server applications

Discontinued web services

  • Office Live
    • Office Live Small Business – Web hosting services and online collaboration tools for small businesses
    • Office Live Workspace – Online storage and collaboration service for documents, superseded by Office Online
  • Office Live Meeting – Web conferencing service

Version history

Main article: History of Microsoft Office

Windows versions

Microsoft Office 4.0, inside Windows 3.1

Microsoft Office for Windows

Microsoft Office for Windows[58] started in October 1990 as a bundle of three applications designed for Microsoft Windows 3.0: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1, Microsoft Excel for Windows 2.0, and Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 2.0.[59]

Microsoft Office for Windows 1.5 updated the suite with Microsoft Excel 3.0.[60]

Version 1.6[61] added Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 2.1 to the bundle.[62]

Microsoft Office 3.0

Microsoft Office 3.0,[63] also called Microsoft Office 92, was released on 30 August 1992 and[64] contained Word 2.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0 and Mail 3.0. It was the first version of Office also released on CD-ROM.[65] In 1993, The Microsoft Office Professional[66] was released, which added Microsoft Access 1.1.[67]

Microsoft Office 4.x

Microsoft Office 4.0 was released containing Word 6.0, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0 and Mail in 1993.[68] Word's version number jumped from 2.0 to 6.0 so that it would have the same version number as the MS-DOS and Macintosh versions (Excel and PowerPoint were already numbered the same as the Macintosh versions).

Microsoft Office 4.2 for Windows NT was released in 1994 for i386, Alpha,[69] MIPS and PowerPC [70] architectures, containing Word 6.0 and Excel 5.0 (both 32-bit,[71] PowerPoint 4.0 (16-bit), and Microsoft Office Manager 4.2 (the precursor to the Office Shortcut Bar)).

Microsoft Office 4.2 (Standard Edition) and 4.3 (Professional Edition) were released as the last 16-bit version and so the last to support Windows 3.x, containing Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0. Office 4.2 is the Standard Edition, 4.3 the Professional Edition, which also includes Access 2.0.

Microsoft Office 95

File:Office logo (Pre-2003).png
Microsoft Office logo, introduced in Office 95 and used in Office 97, 2000 and XP

Microsoft Office 95 was released on 24 August 1995. Again, the version numbers were altered to create parity across the suite—every program was called version 7.0 meaning all but Word missed out versions. It was designed as a fully 32-bit version to match Windows 95. Office 95 was available in two versions, Office 95 Standard and Office 95 Professional. The standard version consisted of Word 7.0, Excel 7.0, PowerPoint 7.0, and Schedule+ 7.0. The professional edition contained all of the items in the standard version plus Microsoft Access 7.0. If the professional version was purchased in CD-ROM form, it also included Bookshelf.[citation needed]

Microsoft Office 97

Microsoft Office 97 (Office 8.0), included hundreds of new features and improvements, and introduced command bars, a paradigm in which menus and toolbars were made more similar in capability and visual design. Office 97 also featured Natural Language Systems and grammar checking. Office 97 was the first version of Office to include the Office Assistant.

Microsoft Office 2000

Microsoft Office 2000 (Office 9.0) introduced adaptive menus, where little-used options were hidden from the user. It also introduced a new security feature, built around digital signatures, to diminish the threat of macro viruses. Office 2000 automatically trusts macros (written in VBA 6) that were digitally signed from authors who have been previously designated as trusted. Office 2000 is the last version to support Windows 95.

Microsoft Office XP

File:Microsoft Office XP logo.svg
Microsoft Office XP logo

Microsoft Office XP (Office 10.0 or Office 2002) was released in conjunction with Windows XP, and was a major upgrade with numerous enhancements and changes over Office 2000. Office XP introduced the Safe Mode feature, which allows applications such as Outlook to boot when it might otherwise fail. Safe Mode enables Office to detect and either repair or bypass the source of the problem, such as a corrupted registry or a faulty add-in. Smart tag is a technology introduced with Office XP. Some smart tags operate based on user activity, such as helping with typing errors. These smart tags are supplied with the products, and are not programmable. For developers, though, there is the ability to create custom smart tags. In Office XP, custom smart tags could work only in Word and Excel. Microsoft Office XP includes integrated voice command and text dictation capabilities, as well as handwriting recognition. Office XP is the last version to support Windows 98, ME and NT 4.0. It was the first version to require Product Activation as an anti-piracy measure, which attracted widespread controversy.[72]

Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 logo

Microsoft Office 2003 (Office 11.0) was released in 2003. It featured a new logo. Two new applications made their debut in Office 2003: Microsoft InfoPath and OneNote. It is the first version to use Windows XP-style icons. Outlook 2003 provides improved functionality in many areas, including Kerberos authentication, RPC over HTTP, Cached Exchange Mode, and an improved junk mail filter. 2003 is the last Office version to support Windows 2000.

Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Office 2007 (Office 12.0) was released in 2007. Office 2007's new features include a new graphical user interface called the Fluent User Interface,[73] replacing the menus and toolbars that have been the cornerstone of Office since its inception with a tabbed toolbar, known as the Ribbon; new XML-based file formats called Office Open XML; and the inclusion of Groove, a collaborative software application.[74] It is the last version to support Windows XP and Server 2003 x64 versions due to a lack of Windows Imaging Component for those OSs, which is needed by Office 2010.

Microsoft Office 2010

File:Microsoft Office 2010 logo and wordmark.svg
Microsoft Office 2010 logo

Microsoft Office 2010 (Office 14.0, because 13.0 was skipped[75]) was finalized on 15 April 2010, and was made available to consumers on 15 June 2010.[76][77] The main features of Office 2010 include the backstage file menu, new collaboration tools, a customizable ribbon, protected view and a navigation panel. This is the first version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit variants. Microsoft Office 2010 also features a new logo, which is similar to the 2007 logo, except in gold, and with a modification in shape.[78] Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 was released on 28 June 2011.[79]

Microsoft Office 2013

Microsoft Office 2013 logo

Microsoft Office 2013 (Office 15.0) was made available to consumers on 16 July 2012 as a Customer Preview version. A Milestone 2 build of Microsoft Office 2013 Build 15.0.2703.1000 (version 15) leaked during May 2011. It sports a revamped application interface; the interface is based on Metro, the interface of Windows Phone and Windows 8. Microsoft Outlook has received the most pronounced changes so far; for example, the Metro interface provides a new visualization for scheduled tasks. PowerPoint will include more templates and transition effects, and OneNote will include a new splash screen.[80] On 16 May 2011, new images of Office 15 were revealed, showing Excel with a tool for filtering data in a timeline, the ability to convert Roman numerals to Arabic numerals, and the integration of advanced trigonometric functions. In Word, the capability of inserting video and audio online as well as the broadcasting of documents on the Web were implemented.[81] Microsoft has promised support for Office Open XML Strict starting with version 15, a format Microsoft has submitted to the ISO for interoperability with other office suites, and to aid adoption in the public sector.[82] This version can read and write ODF 1.2.[83]

As of 30 January 2012, Microsoft has released a technical preview of Office 15 Build 15.0.3612.1010. A public preview of Office 15 was released on 16 July 2012.[84]

On 24 October 2012, the RTM final code of Office 2013 Professional Plus has been released to TechNet and MSDN subscribers for download.[10]

On 15 November 2012, the 60 days trial version of Office 2013 Professional Plus has been released to everyone for download.[11]

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Mac versions

Microsoft Office 98 for Mac Box

Prior to packaging its various office-type Mac OS software applications into Office, Microsoft released Mac versions of Word 1.0 in 1984, the first year of the Macintosh computer; Excel 1.0 in 1985; and PowerPoint 1.0 in 1987.[85] Microsoft does not include its Access database application in Office for Mac.

Microsoft has noted that some features are added to Office for Mac before they appear in Windows versions, such as Office for Mac 2001's Office Project Gallery and PowerPoint Movie feature, which allows users to save presentations as QuickTime movies.[86][87] However, Microsoft Office for Mac has been long criticized for its lack of support of Unicode and right-to-left languages, notably Arabic, Hebrew and Persian.[88][89]

Early Office for Mac releases (1989–1994)

Microsoft Office for Mac was introduced for Mac OS in 1989, before Office was released for Windows.[90] It included Word 4.0, Excel 2.2, PowerPoint 2.01, and Mail 1.37.[91] It was originally a limited-time promotion but later became a regular product. With the release of Office on CD-ROM later that year, Microsoft became the first major Mac publisher to put its applications on CD-ROM.[92]

Microsoft Office 1.5 for Mac was released in 1991 and included the updated Excel 3.0, the first application to support Apple’s System 7 operating system.[85]

Microsoft Office 3.0 for Mac was released in 1992. It included Word 5.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0 and Mail Client. Excel 4.0 was the first application to support the new AppleScript.[85]

Microsoft Office 4.2 for Mac was released in 1994. (Version 4.0 was skipped to synchronize version numbers with Office for Windows.) Version 4.2 included Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, and Mail 3.2.[93] It was the first Office suite for the Power Macintosh.[85] Its user interface was identical to Office 4.2 for Windows,[94] leading many customers to comment that it wasn't Mac-like enough.[86] The final release for Mac 68K was Office 4.2.1, which updated Word to version 6.0.1, somewhat improving its performance.

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition was unveiled at MacWorld Expo/San Francisco in 1998. It introduced the Internet Explorer 4.0 web browser and Outlook Express, an Internet e-mail client and usenet newsgroup reader.[95] Office 98 was re-engineered by Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit to satisfy customers' desire for software they felt was more Mac-like.[86] It included drag–and-drop installation, self-repairing applications and Quick Thesaurus, before such features were available in Office for Windows. It also was the first version to support QuickTime movies.[86]

Microsoft Office 2001 and v. X

Microsoft Office 2001 was launched in 2000 as the last Office suite for the classic Mac OS. It required a PowerPC processor. This version introduced Entourage, an e-mail client that included information management tools such as a calendar, an address book, task lists and notes.[87]

Microsoft Office v. X box art

Microsoft Office v. X was released in 2001 and was the first version of Microsoft Office for Mac OS X.[96] Support for Office v. X ended on 9 January 2007 after the release of the final update, 10.1.9[97] Office v.X includes Word X, Excel X, PowerPoint X, Entourage X, MSN Messenger for Mac and Windows Media Player 9 for Mac; it was the last version of Office for Mac to include Internet Explorer for Mac.[98]

Office v. X requires:

  • G3, G4, G5, (or Intel under Rosetta) Mac OS X compatible processor or faster
  • Mac OS X version 10.1 - 10.6.8 (newer versions unsupported)
  • 128 MB RAM
  • 196 MB of available hard disk space for a default installation
  • Monitor at 640x480 with 256 colors

Office 2004

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac was released on 11 May 2004.[99] It includes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage and Virtual PC. It was notable for supporting Visual Basic Applications (VBA), a feature omitted in its sequel, Office 2008. For this reason, Microsoft extended support for Office 2004 from 10 September 2009 to 10 January 2012. VBA functionality was reintroduced in Office 2011.

Office 2008

Microsoft Office 2008 Logo

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac was released on 15 January 2008. It was the first Office for Mac suite that was a universal binary, running natively on both Intel and PowerPC-based Macs, and it supported Office Open XML file formats first introduced in Office 2007 for Windows.[85] Five months after it was released, Microsoft said that Office 2008 was "selling faster than any previous version of Office for Mac in the past 19 years" and affirmed "its commitment to future products for the Mac."[100]

Office 2011

Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 was released on 26 October 2010,[9] and features an OS X version of Outlook to replace the Entourage email client. This version of Outlook is intended to make the OS X version of Office work better with Microsoft's Exchange server and with those using Office for Windows.[101] Office 2011 includes a Mac-based Ribbon similar to Office for Windows.

OneNote and Outlook for Mac (2014–present)

Microsoft OneNote for Mac was released on March 17, 2013. It marks the company's first release of the note-taking software on the Mac. It is available as a free download to all users of the Mac App Store in OS X Mavericks.[102]

Microsoft Outlook for Mac debuted on October 31, 2014. It requires a paid Office 365 subscription, meaning that traditional Office 2011 retail or volume licenses cannot activate this version of Outlook. On that day, Microsoft confirmed that it would release the next version of Office for Mac in late 2015.[103]

Despite dropping support for older versions of OS X, these versions of OneNote and Outlook are 32-bit applications like their predecessors. (OS X is a 64-bit operating system.)

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References

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