Re: [WinMac] Re: Office version terminology question

John Nurick(j.nurick[at]dial.pipex.com)
Tue, 01 Sep 1998 06:20:03 +0100

At 22:52 31/08/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Can somebody who knows the Windows side of life clarify this picture for me
>a little? The following are statements that I believe to be true, but I
>would like someone to confirm that I'm right or else correct me where I'm
>not.

>1. After Windows 3.1 came Windows 95 and Windows NT, and then very
>recently, Windows 98.

Yes; though there was also Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, and Windows NT has
come in several versions (most important seem to be 3.5x, 4.0 Server, 4.0
Workstation, plus versions of 5.0 now in beta).

>2. The current version of Microsoft Office for Windows is properly called
>"Microsoft Office 97" or (for short) "Office 97."

I think so; though it also seems to be Microsoft Office version 8.0x.

>3. Office 97 was released in very early 1997 or late 1996 and was designed
>specifically to run under Windows 95.

Yes.

>4. The previous version of Microsoft Office for Windows was properly called
>"Microsoft Office for Windows 95" -- NOT "Microsoft Office 95."

Don't know. My CD-ROM just says "Microsoft Office" with "version 7.0a" in
small print. As far as i can remember, the individual applications within
Office 95 were described as "Microsoft Word for WIndows 95" and so on.

>5. The principal applications in Office for Windows 95 (Excel, Word,
>Powerpoint) were version 7. The principal applications in Office 97 are
>version 8.

Yes.

>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....

People are still using it, but Microsoft aren't selling it (at least not
through ordinary retail channels): the line is that it's been superseded by
Office 97. Office 4.3, the last 16-bit windows version, is still available,
though.

John

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