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 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[1] |
| Operating system | Windows NT 3.51 SP5 or later[2] |
| 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.[3] 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.
The suite is officially compatible with Windows NT 3.51 SP5 through Windows Me.[a] 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.[4]
Hotfix support for Office 97 ended on February 28, 2002, while assisted support options and security updates ended on January 16, 2004.[5]
- ^ Thurrott, Paul (October 7, 1999). "Microsoft Quietly Issues New Version of Office 97 SR2". ITProToday. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
- ^ "Chapter 5 - System Requirements for MS Office". Microsoft Office 97 Resource Kit. Microsoft. June 14, 2017. ISBN 9781572313293. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ^ "Microsoft Office 97 Released to Manufacturing". News Center. Las Vegas: Microsoft. November 19, 1996. Archived from the original on November 25, 2014.
- ^ "MS Office 97 Service Release 2B (SR-2B)". TechNet. Microsoft. October 1999. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
- ^ "Microsoft Office Family Product Support Lifecycle FAQ". Microsoft Support. Microsoft. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
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