Microsoft Office 97
| Microsoft Office 97 | |
|---|---|
Microsoft Office 97 applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) running with the Office Assistant present | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Initial release | November 19, 1996 |
| Final release | Service Release 2B (8.0.5903)
/ October 7, 1999 |
| Operating system | Windows NT 3.51 SP5 or later |
| Platform | IA-32, DEC Alpha (partial) |
| Predecessor | Microsoft Office 95 (1995) |
| Successor | Microsoft Office 2000 (1999) |
| Type | Office suite |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Website | web |
Microsoft Office 97 (version 8.0) is the fifth major release for Windows of Microsoft Office, released by Microsoft on November 19, 1996. A Mac OS equivalent, Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, was released on January 6, 1998. Microsoft Office 97 became a major milestone release for introducing new features and improvements over its predecessor Microsoft Office 95.
The suite is officially compatible with Windows NT 3.51 SP5 through Windows Me. It is the last version of Microsoft Office to support Windows NT 3.51 SP5 and Windows NT 4.0 RTM–SP2. Two Service Releases (SR-1 and SR-2) have been released for Office 97; SR-2 solves the year 2000 problem in Office 97. Hotfix support for Office 97 ended on February 28, 2002, while assisted support options and security updates ended on January 16, 2004.