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MS Word's Versions

Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS

Versions for MS-DOS include the following:

  • 1983 November — Word 1
  • 1985 — Word 2
  • 1986 — Word 3
  • 1987 — Word 4 aka Microsoft Word 4.0 for the PC
  • 1989 — Word 5
  • 1991 — Word 5.1
  • 1991 — Word 5.5
  • 1993 — Word 6.0

Versions for the Macintosh (Mac OS and Mac OS X) include the following:

  • 1985 January — Word 1 for the Macintosh
  • 1987 — Word 3
  • 1989 — Word 4
  • 1991 — Word 5
  • 1993 — Word 6
  • 1998 — Word 98
  • 2000 — Word 2001, the last version compatible with Mac OS 9
  • 2001 — Word v.X, the first version for Mac OS X only
  • 2004 — Word 2004, part of Office 2004 for Mac
  • 2008 — Word 2008, part of Office 2008 for Mac
Microsoft Word 1.0 for Windows 3.x

Versions for Microsoft Windows include the following:

  • 1989 November — Word for Windows 1.0 for Windows 2.x, code-named Opus
  • 1990 March — Word for Windows 1.1 for Windows 3.0, code-named Bill the Cat
  • 1990 June — Word for Windows 1.1a for Windows 3.1
  • 1991 — Word for Windows 2.0, code-named Spaceman Spiff
  • 1993 — Word for Windows 6.0, code-named T3 (renumbered 6 to bring Windows version numbering in line with that of DOS version, Macintosh version and also WordPerfect, the main competing word processor at the time; also a 32-bit version for Windows NT only)
  • 1995 — Word 95 (version 7.0) - included in Office 95
  • 1997 — Word 97 (version 8.0) included in Office 97
  • 1998 — Word 98 (version 8.5) only included in Office 97 Powered By Word 98—only released in Japan and Korea
  • 1999 — Word 2000 (version 9.0) included in Office 2000
  • 2001 — Word 2002 (version 10) included in Office XP
  • 2003 — Word 2003 (officially "Microsoft Office Word 2003") - (ver. 11) included in Office 2003
  • 2006 — Word 2007 (officially "Microsoft Office Word 2007") - (ver. 12) included in Office 2007; released to businesses on November 30th 2006, released worldwide to consumers on January 30th 2007

Versions for SCO UNIX include the following:

Versions for OS/2 include the following:

  • 1992 — Microsoft Word for OS/2 version 1.1B

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