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Wikipedia: Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Office is a series of suites of productivity programs by Microsoft. They are made to run on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems, but can also be run on Linux through the use of programs such as CrossOver Office and/or WINE.

Common programs included

Other programs sometimes included

Beginning with the 1997 edition, Microsoft Agent (in 2000 and up) and a similar actor technology (in 97) have been used to provide the Office Assistant, sometimes dubbed "Clippy" or "Clippit", an interactive help tool.

Versions

Major Microsoft Windows versions

  • Office 4.0 (Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0)
  • Office 4.3 (The last 16-bit version; Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0 and in the pro version: Access 2.0)
  • Office 95 (Word 95, etc.)
  • Office 97 (Word 97, etc.)
  • Office 2000 (Word 2000, etc.)
  • Office XP (Word 2002, etc.)
  • Office 2003 (Word 2003, etc.) - released October 21, 2003

There have been variants of the later versions such as Small Business Edition, Professional Edition and Developer Edition with slightly different collections of applications.

Apple Macintosh versions

  • Office 1 (Word 3, etc.)
  • Office 2 (Word 4, etc.)
  • Office 3 (Word 5, etc.)
  • Office 4.2 (The first Power Mac-aware version; Word 6.0, etc.)
  • Office 98 (Word 98, etc.)
  • Office 2001 (Word 2001, etc.)
  • Office v.X (Word X, etc.)
  • Office 2004 (Word 2004, etc.)

Competitors

See also

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