# 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.

## Office versions
### Summary

| Release date | Title | Components | Notes |
| October 1, 1990 | The Microsoft Office for Windows | Word 1.1, Excel 2.0, PowerPoint 2.0 | |
| March 4, 1991 | Office 1.5 | Word 1.1, Excel 3.0, PowerPoint 2.0 | |
| July 8, 1991 | 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 | Final 16-bit version. Last version for Windows 3.1x and Windows NT 3.1. |
| July 3, 1994 | Office for NT 4.2 | Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0, Office Manager | Office Manager included. Last version for Windows NT 3.5. |
| 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 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| June 15, 2010 | Office 2010 (14.0) | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, Visio Viewer, OCT, Lync | Fifth version to receive 5 years of extended support. Sixth version to receive extended support. First version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit. Last version for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Version 13.0 was skipped because of the fear of the number 13. |
| 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. |
| September 22, 2015 | Office 2016 (16.0) | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Skype for Business, Visio Viewer | Final version to receive 5 years of extended support. Eighth version to receive extended support. Last version for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. |
| 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. 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. However, the x86 version of OneNote was added back to the suite in March 2020, as it went back into active development. |
| 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. 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 | First version to have Aptos as the default font across all applications. Last version for Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025. Second version to receive 3 years of extended support. Current release. |

### Microsoft Office 95

Comparison of Office 95 editions :
| Application | Standard Edition | Professional Edition |
| Word | Yes | Yes |
| Excel | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint | Yes | Yes |
| Schedule+ | Yes | Yes |
| Binder | Yes | Yes |
| Access | No | Yes |
| Bookshelf | No | On CD-ROM version only |

### Microsoft Office 97

Comparison of Microsoft Office 97 editions :
| Office programs | Standard Edition | Professional Edition | Small Business Edition | Small Business Edition 2.0 | Developer Edition |
| Word 97 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Excel 97 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook 97 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint 97 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Access 97 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Bookshelf Basics | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Developer Tools and SDK | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Publisher 97 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Small Business Financial Manager 97 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Automap Streets Plus 1997 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Publisher 98 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Small Business Financial Manager 98 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Direct Mail Manager | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Expedia Streets 98 | No | No | No | Yes | No |

### Microsoft Office 2000

Comparison of Microsoft Office 2000 editions :
| Office programs | Standard | Small Business | Professional | Premium | Developer |
| Word 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Excel 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Publisher 2000 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Small Business Tools | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access 2000 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint 2000 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FrontPage 2000 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| PhotoDraw 2000 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Developer Tools and SDK | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Visio 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Project 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
| MapPoint 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Vizact 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Office 2000 Personal was an additional SKU, solely designed for the Japanese market, that included Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook 2000. 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 | Yes with Business Contact Manager | Yes with Business Contact Manager |
| 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 :
| 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 | Volume licensing only | No | Yes | No | Yes |
    $^1$ 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).

### Microsoft Office 2010

Comparison of Microsoft Office 2010 editions :
| Suites | As an individual product | Starter | Office Online | Personal$^1$ | Home and Student$^2$ | Home and Business$^3$ | Standard | Professional$^3$ Professional Academic$^4$ University | Professional Plus$^5$ |
| 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.
    $^2$ 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.
    $^3$ 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.
    $^4$ On February 1, 2012, Office 2010 University replaced the previous Office 2010 Professional Academic edition in an effort to curtail fraudulent product use.
    $^5$ Office 2010 Professional Plus is only available for Volume License customers. The retail version is offered through MSDN or TechNet.
    $^6$ 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.

### Microsoft Office 2013

Comparison of Office 2013 suites :
| | As an individual product | Traditional editions | Traditional editions | Traditional editions | Traditional editions | Traditional editions | Traditional editions | Office 365 subscriptions | Office 365 subscriptions | Office 365 subscriptions | Office 365 subscriptions | Office 365 subscriptions | Office 365 subscriptions |
| | As an individual product | Office RT | Home & Student | Home & Business | Standard | Professional | Professional Plus | Personal | Home | University | Small Business Premium | ProPlus | Enterprise |
| Availability | Varies | 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 users | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | As licensed | 1 | As licensed | 1 | all users in one household | 1 | 10 | 25 | Unlimited |
| Devices per user | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | As licensed | 1 | As licensed | 1 computer and 1 mobile | 5 shared among all users | 2 computers and 2 mobiles | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Commercial use allowed? | Yes | Separate$^2$ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Word | Yes | Yes$^1$ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Excel | Yes | Yes$^1$ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint | Yes | Yes$^1$ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OneNote | Yes$^3$ | Yes$^1$ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook | Yes | Yes$^1$ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Publisher | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| InfoPath | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No$^4$ | Yes | Yes |
| Lync | Yes$^3$ | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SharePoint Designer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Project Has multiple editions | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Visio Has multiple editions | Yes | No | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer | Viewer |

#### 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.
    $^3$ Windows Store versions are also available.
    $^4$ InfoPath was initially part of Office 365 Small Business Premium. However, it no longer is.

### 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. 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.
* Home & Business: This retail suite includes the core applications and Outlook.
* Standard: This suite, only available through volume licensing channels, includes the core applications, as well as Outlook and Publisher.
* Professional: This retail suite includes the core applications, as well as Outlook, Publisher and Access.
* 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. The deployment of this edition has C2R for MSDN retail channels and MSI for volume licensing channels.
| | 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.
* Home & Business: This retail suite includes the core applications and Outlook.
* Standard: This suite, only available through volume licensing channels, includes the core applications and Outlook.

## Mac versions

| Release date | Title | Contents | Notes |
| June 19, 1989 | 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 PowerPC, final release for m68k. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| May 11, 2004 | Office 2004 (11.0) | Entourage, PowerPoint, Word, Excel 2004 | Latest update 11.6.6. |
| January 15, 2008 | Office 2008 (12.0) | Entourage, Word, PowerPoint, Excel 2008 | First release that runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel x86 without the use of the Rosetta emulation layer, latest update 12.3.0. 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. Support for VBA re-instated to this version. |
| July 9, 2015 | Office 2016 (16.0) | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook 2016 | Added integration with Mac capabilities such as Multi-Touch, Full Screen, and Retina optimization with a focus on cloud-connected capability. |
| 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, 2024 | Office 2024 (16.0) | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook 2024 | Cohesive new look across all Office applications. |

### 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 |