Microsoft Word - Versions

Versions

Versions for Microsoft Windows include the following:

Year Released Name Version Comments
1989 Word for Windows 1.0
1990 Word for Windows 1.1 1.1 Code-named Bill the Cat
1990 Word for Windows 1.1a 1.1a For Windows 3.1
1991 Word for Windows 2.0 2.0 Code-named Spaceman Spiff
1993 Word for Windows 6.0 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 7.0 Included in Office 95
1997 Word 97 8.0 Included in Office 97
1998 Word 98 8.5 Only sold as part of Office 97 Powered By Word 98, which was only available in Japan and Korea.
1999 Word 2000 9.0 Included in Office 2000
2001 Word 2002 10.0 Included in Office XP
2003 Office Word 2003 11.0 Included in Office 2003
2006 Office Word 2007 12.0 Included in Office 2007; released to businesses on November 30, 2006, released worldwide to consumers on January 30, 2007
2010 Word 2010 14.0 Included in Office 2010
2013 Word 2013 15.0 Included in Office 2013
Note: Version number 13 was skipped due to superstition.

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

Year Released Name Comments
1985 Word 1
1987 Word 3
1989 Word 4 Part of Office 1.0 and 1.5
1991 Word 5
  • Part of Office 3.0
  • Requires System 6.0.2, 512 KB of RAM (1 MB for 5.1, 2 MB to use spell check and thesaurus), 6.5 MB available hard drive space
1992 Word 5.1
  • Part of Office 3.0
  • Last version to support 68000-based Macs
1993 Word 6
  • Part of Office 4.2
  • Shares code and user interface with Word for Windows 6
  • Requires System 7.0, 4 MB of RAM (8 MB recommended), at least 10 MB available hard drive space, 68020 CPU
1998 Word 98
  • Part of Office 98 Macintosh Edition
  • Requires PowerPC-based Mac
2000 Word 2001
  • Part of Microsoft Office 2001
  • Last version compatible with Classic (OS 9 or earlier) Mac OS
2001 Word v. X
  • Part of Office v. X
  • First version for Mac OS X only
2004 Word 2004 Part of Office 2004
2008 Word 2008 Part of Office 2008
2010 Word 2011 Part of Office 2011

Versions for MS-DOS

Year Released Name Comments
1983 Word 1
1985 Word 2
1986 Word 3
1987 Word 4
1989 Word 5
1991 Word 5.1
1991 Word 5.5 First DOS version to use a Windows-like user interface
1993 Word 6.0

Versions for the Atari ST:

Year Released Name Comments
1988 Microsoft Write Conversion of Microsoft Word 1.05 for Mac

Versions for OS/2 include the following:

Year Released Name Comments
1992 Microsoft Word for OS/2 version 1.1B

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