History of Microsoft Office

History of Microsoft Office:
The Microsoft Office for Windows 1.0 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.
The Microsoft Office for Windows 1.5 updated the suite with Microsoft Excel 3.0.
The Microsoft Office for Windows 1.6 added Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 2.1 to
the bundle.
The Microsoft Office for Windows 3.0, released in August 1992, contained Word 2.0,
Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0 and Mail 3.0. It was the first version of Office to be also
released on CD-ROM. In 199.
The Microsoft Office Professional was released, which included additionally Microsoft
Access 1.1.
Microsoft Office 4.0 was released in 1994 containing Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint
4.0, Mail, and Access. Word was called Word 6.0 at this point despite the fact the
previous version number was 2.0. The purpose was to use common version numbering
with its main competitor, WordPerfect.
Microsoft Office 4.3 was released as the last 16-bit version, and 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.
Microsoft Office 95 was released in 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 Access 7.0.
Microsoft Office 97 (Office 8.0), a major milestone release which included hundreds of
new features and improvements, 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 (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 VBA6) 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 (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. Smart tag is a technology
introduced with Office XP. Some smart tags operate based on user activity, such as
helping with typing errors. 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, and the first version to require Product
Activation as an anti-piracy measure.
Microsoft Office 2003 (Office 11.0) was released in 2003. It features 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. 2003 is the last Office version to
support Windows 2000.
Microsoft Office 2007 (Office 12.0) was released in 2007. It includes Groove, a
collaborative software application. Office 2007 contains a number of new features, the
most notable of which is the entirely new graphical user interface called the Fluent User
Interface (initially referred to as the Ribbon UI), replacing the menus and toolbars that
have been the cornerstone of Office since its inception with a tabbed toolbar, known as
the Ribbon. Microsoft revealed the "Ribbon" UI used on new Office versions on March
9, 2006 at CeBIT, Germany. Office 2007 requires Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or
3, Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 or higher, or Windows Vista.
Microsoft Office 2010 (Office 14.0) was finalized on April 16, 2010, and was made
available to consumers on June 15, 2010. Office 2010 has been given the version
number 14.0, despite the fact that its immediate predecessor, Microsoft Office 2007,
was designated by the version number 12.0. The skipping of version number 13.0 was
due to superstition relating to the number thirteen. The Technical Preview 1 (Version:
14.0.4006.1010) was leaked on May 15, 2009. On July 13 Microsoft officially
announced Office 2010 at the WPC 09. July 13 was also the date on which a new
Technical Preview leaked Version 14.0.4302.1000. On November 18, 2009, Microsoft
announced (at PDC 2009) and released the Office 2010 public beta.

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