Microsoft Office 97 Explained

Developer:Microsoft
Discontinued:yes
Latest Release Version:Service Release 2B (8.0.5903)
Latest Release Date:[1]
Operating System:Windows NT 3.51 SP5 or later[2]
Platform:IA-32, DEC Alpha (partial)
Genre:Office suite
License:Proprietary commercial software
Replaces:Microsoft Office 95 (1995)
Replaced By:Microsoft Office 2000 (1999)

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. 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]

Features

Office 97 introduced "Command Bars", a paradigm in which menus and toolbars are made more similar in capability and visual design. It also featured natural language systems and sophisticated grammar checking.

Office 97 introduced the Office Assistant, an interactive animated character designed to assist users via Office help content. The default assistant is "Clippit", nicknamed "Clippy", a paperclip.

Office 97 is the first Microsoft product to include product activation, albeit limited to the Brazilian editions of Office 97 Small Business Edition and Publisher.[6]

Two Office 97 applications feature easter eggs: a hidden pinball game in Microsoft Word and a hidden flight simulator in Microsoft Excel.[7] [8]

Editions

Office 97 has been released in five editions: Standard Edition, Professional Edition, Small Business Edition, Small Business Edition 2.0, and Developer Edition. Each has its own selection of included applications.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paul . Thurrott . October 7, 1999 . Microsoft Quietly Issues New Version of Office 97 SR2 . March 24, 2020 . ITProToday . August 4, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200804010224/https://www.itprotoday.com/windows-78/microsoft-quietly-issues-new-version-office-97-sr2 . live.
  2. Book: Microsoft Office 97 Resource Kit . 14 June 2017 . . 1997--> . 9781572313293 . Chapter 5 - System Requirements for MS Office . 16 August 2019 . https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc749816.aspx . registration.
  3. Web site: November 19, 1996 . Microsoft Office 97 Released to Manufacturing . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20141125060125/http://news.microsoft.com/1996/11/19/microsoft-office-97-released-to-manufacturing/ . November 25, 2014 . News Center . . Las Vegas.
  4. Web site: October 1999 . MS Office 97 Service Release 2B (SR-2B) . April 2, 2016 . . . October 16, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131016161225/http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc767936.aspx . live.
  5. Web site: Microsoft Office Family Product Support Lifecycle FAQ . https://web.archive.org/web/20160312103616/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/lifeoffice . March 12, 2016 . April 2, 2016 . Microsoft Support . Microsoft.
  6. Web site: December 9, 1998 . Microsoft Extends Anti-Piracy Features in Office 2000 . News Center . . . April 2, 2016 . April 13, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160413153127/http://news.microsoft.com/1998/12/09/microsoft-extends-anti-piracy-features-in-office-2000/ . live .
  7. Web site: Excel Easter Egg - Excel 97 Flight to Credits . April 2, 2016 . The Easter Egg Archive . February 1, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210201185121/https://eeggs.com/items/718.html . live .
  8. Web site: Excel Easter Egg - Excel 97 Flight Simulator - for Later Versions of Microsoft Excel . April 2, 2016 . The Easter Egg Archive . March 26, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210326220319/https://eeggs.com/items/29841.html . live .
  9. Web site: February 1, 2000 . Office 97 Small Business Edition v2 - Features . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20000226133134/http://www.microsoft.com/catalog/display.asp?site=620&subid=22&pg=2 . February 26, 2000 . April 28, 2011 . Microsoft.
  10. Web site: June 11, 1997 . Microsoft Automap Streets Plus Preferred 2-to-1 in New Study . November 29, 2022 . January 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230101114647/https://news.microsoft.com/1997/06/11/microsoft-automap-streets-plus-preferred-2-to-1-in-new-study/ . live .
  11. Web site: Microsoft Launches New Version of Preferred Street-Finding Software . August 26, 1997 . November 29, 2022 . January 1, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230101114649/https://news.microsoft.com/1997/08/26/microsoft-launches-new-version-of-preferred-street-finding-software/ . live .

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