Re: [WinMac] Re: Office version terminology question

TKnDallas@aol.com
Tue, 1 Sep 1998 01:13:17 EDT

In a message dated 8/31/98 11:59:28 PM Central Daylight Time,
wporter@polytrope.com writes:

<< 1. After Windows 3.1 came Windows 95 and Windows NT, and then very
 recently, Windows 98.
 Actually 3.1 became 3.11 (Windows for Workgroups) better networking. Still
around some on 386 and 486 machines. 3.1 divurged into Win95 and WinNT with
NT being focussed for servers and hi-end desktop systems (such as cad). NT
v5 when it comes out will be much more compatible with Win95/98. Win98 is
really a major fix for Win95 and the infamous browser/desktop. Sometime in
the future Win2000 may be a merged product of Win98 and NT.

 2. The current version of Microsoft Office for Windows is properly called
 "Microsoft Office 97" or (for short) "Office 97."
Correct
  
 3. Office 97 was released in very early 1997 or late 1996 and was designed
 specifically to run under Windows 95.
Not sure about the dates.. but it is a Win95 product.
  
 4. The previous version of Microsoft Office for Windows was properly called
 "Microsoft Office for Windows 95" -- NOT "Microsoft Office 95."
 Not sure of the proper name. The version prior to Office 97 was Office 95,
but it was not a Win95 product. It was a 3.1 product. Generally it was
version 5 of Excel and Version 6 of Word.
  
 5. The principal applications in Office for Windows 95 (Excel, Word,
 Powerpoint) were version 7. The principal applications in Office 97 are
 version 8.
 See above answer.

 I would also like to know if anybody is still using Office for Windows 95.
 I can find almost no references to it on Microsoft's web site and as far as
 I can tell, PC Connection isn't selling it... >>
The version before Office 97 was not for Win95. It will not be available any
longer.. at least by regular retail avenues. Why would you want it? It does
not make use of calls to the Win95 operating system. I like how you can
rename or delete files from the OpenFile dialog box of Win95 compliant apps.
Office 95 apps would not let you do this. You would have to do file
maintenance from the Explorer. Also, with Office 95 you would have to use
file names of the 8.3 format. In Office97 you have 256.3 that you can use.

Hope this helps.
Thomas

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