History of Microsoft Office
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.
StarOffice and Microsoft Office timeline
Microsoft Office for Mac OS
Microsoft Office for Windows
Office versions
Summary
Release date
Title
Components
Notes
October 1, 1990[1]
The Microsoft Office for Windows
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 for Windows 3.0 .
Early 1992
Office 2.5
Word 2.0a, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 2.0e, Mail 2.1
Mail 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, 1994
Office 4.0
Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail 3.1
June 2, 1994
Office 4.3
Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, Mail 3.2, Access 2.0
July 3, 1994
Office for NT 4.2
Word 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, 1997
Office 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
Microsoft Office 95
Microsoft Office 97
Microsoft Office 2000
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
Features
Standard for Students and Teachers
Standard
Professional
Small Business
Professional with Publisher
Developer
Licensing scheme
Academic
Retail
Retail and volume
OEM
OEM
Retail, MSDN
Word 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Excel 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Outlook 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PowerPoint 2002
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Access 2002
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
FrontPage 2002
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Developer tools
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Publisher 2002
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
No
Small Business Tools 2002
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
Visio 2002
No
No
No
No
No
No
Project 2002
No
No
No
No
No
No
Microsoft Office 2003
Comparison of Microsoft Office 2003 editions
Application
Office Basic
Student and Teacher Edition
Standard
Small Business
Professional Edition
Word
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Excel
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PowerPoint
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Outlook
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yeswith Business Contact Manager [27]
Yeswith Business Contact Manager [27]
Publisher
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Access
No
No
No
No
Yes
InfoPath
No
No
No
No
Yes
OneNote
No
No
No
No
No
FrontPage
No
No
No
No
No
Visio
No
No
No
No
No
Project
No
No
No
No
No
Microsoft Office 2007
Comparison of Microsoft Office 2007 editions
[28] [29]
Programs and Features
Basic
Home and Student
Standard
Small Business
Professional
Professional Plus
Ultimate
Enterprise
Licensing scheme
OEM
OEM and retail
Retail and volume
OEM, retail, and volume
OEM and retail
Volume
Retail
Volume
Word
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Excel
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PowerPoint
Viewer only
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OneNote
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Outlook
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Publisher
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Groove
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
InfoPath
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Communicator
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Project
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
SharePoint Designer
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Visio
Viewer only
Viewer only
Viewer only
Viewer only
Viewer only
Viewer only
Viewer only
Viewer only
Office Customization Tool (OCT)1
No
No
Volume licensing only[30]
Volume licensing only[30]
No
Yes[30]
No
Yes[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 product
Starter
Office Online
Personal1
Home and Student2
Home and Business3
Standard
Professional3 Professional Academic4 University
Professional Plus5
Licensing scheme
Varies
OEM
Free
Retail and OEM
Retail
Retail
Retail and Volume
Academic and Retail
Retail and Volume
Word
Yes
Starter edition
Basic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Excel
Yes
Starter edition
Basic
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
PowerPoint
Yes
Viewer (Separate)
Basic
Viewer (Separate)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
OneNote
Yes
No
Basic
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Outlook
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Publisher
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
InfoPath
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
SharePoint Workspace
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
SharePoint Designer
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Project
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Visio
Yes
Viewer (Separate)
No
Viewer
Viewer
Viewer
Viewer (Separate)
Viewer
Viewer
Lync
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Volume channel only
Office Customization Tool (OCT)6
No
No
No
No
No
No
Volume channel only
No
Volume 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
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 & Student : This retail suite includes the core applications only.[56]
Home & Business : This retail suite includes the core applications and Outlook .[56]
Standard : This suite, only available through volume licensing channels, includes the core applications, as well as Outlook and Publisher .[58]
Professional : This retail suite includes the core applications, as well as Outlook, Publisher and Access .[56]
Professional Plus : This suite available through MSDN retail channels and volume licensing channels, includes the core applications, as well as Outlook, Publisher, Access and Skype for Business .[58] The deployment of this edition has C2R for MSDN retail channels and MSI for volume licensing channels.
Header text
Home & Student
Home & Business
Standard
Professional
Professional Plus
Core Applications
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Outlook
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Publisher
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Access
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Skype for Business
No
No
No
No
Yes
For a comparison chart for the new version of Office, Microsoft 365, click here .
Three traditional editions of Office 2016 were released for Mac:
Home & Student : This retail suite includes the core applications only.[57]
Home & Business : This retail suite includes the core applications and Outlook.[57]
Standard : This suite, only available through volume licensing channels, includes the core applications and Outlook.[58]
Mac versions
Release date
Title
Contents
Notes
June 19, 1989[59] [60]
The Microsoft Office
Word 4.0, Excel 2.2, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 1.37
May 21, 1991
Office 1.5
Word 4.0, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 3.0
January 28, 1992
Office 2
Word 5.0, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 3.0
June, 1992
Office 2.5
Word 5.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 2.01, Mail 3.0
February, 1993
Office 3
Word 5.1, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail 3.1
August 2, 1994
Office 4.2
Word 6, Excel 5, PowerPoint 4, Mail 3.2.
1994
Office 4.2.1
Word 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 (9.0
Word, Excel, Entourage and PowerPoint 2001
final release for Mac OS 9, latest update 9.0.6.[61]
November 19, 2001
Office v. X (10.0)
Word, Excel, Entourage and PowerPoint X
first release for Mac OS X, latest update 10.1.9[62]
May 11, 2004
Office 2004 (11.0)
Entourage, PowerPoint, Word, Excel 2004
latest update 11.6.6[63]
January 15, 2008
Office 2008 (12.0)
Entourage, Word, PowerPoint, Excel 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.[64] Does NOT support VBA macros.
October 26, 2010
Office 2011 (14.0)
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook 2011
first 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 2016
Released 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
Office 98
Version
Release date
SR-1
December 12, 1998
SR-1.5
March 11, 1999
SR-1.9
June 14, 1999
SR-2
February 17, 2000
SR-2.5
September 14, 2000
SR-3
June 15, 2001
SR-4
May 17, 2002
SR-5
November 29, 2002
Notes
^ Can be upgraded to Outlook 98 via coupon or download
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