Editing Microsoft Office (section)

===Mac versions===
Prior to packaging its various office-type Mac OS software applications into Office, Microsoft released Mac versions of [[Microsoft Word|Word]] 1.0 in 1984, the first year of the Macintosh computer; Excel 1.0 in 1985; and [[Microsoft PowerPoint|PowerPoint]] 1.0 in 1987.<ref name="history">{{Cite web |date=August 2009 |title=History of the Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit |url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/E/0/4E01F3E7-53CF-4744-9BBB-876F69FA1683/MacBUHistoryFS.doc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515193937/http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/E/0/4E01F3E7-53CF-4744-9BBB-876F69FA1683/MacBUHistoryFS.doc |archive-date=May 15, 2011 |access-date=October 30, 2010 |publisher=Microsoft |format=Microsoft Word format }}</ref> Microsoft does not include its Access database application in Office for Mac.

Microsoft has noted that some features are added to Office for Mac before they appear in Windows versions, such as Office for Mac 2001's Office Project Gallery and PowerPoint Movie feature, which allows users to save presentations as QuickTime movies.<ref name="macfirst">{{Cite press release |title=Office Macintosh Edition: A History of 'Mac-First' Technology |date=April 26, 1999 |publisher=Microsoft |url=https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/1999/04-26macoffice.mspx |access-date=October 30, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113050058/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/1999/04-26macoffice.mspx |archive-date=January 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name="morefirsts">{{Cite press release |title=Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac Available Nationwide |date=October 11, 2000 |publisher=Microsoft |url=https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Oct00/Office2001PR.mspx |access-date=October 30, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112090432/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2000/Oct00/Office2001PR.mspx |archive-date=January 12, 2009}}</ref> However, Microsoft Office for Mac has been long criticized for its lack of support of [[Unicode]] and for its lack of support for [[Bi-directional text|right-to-left]] languages, notably [[Arabic alphabet|Arabic]], [[Hebrew alphabet|Hebrew]] and [[Persian alphabet|Persian]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Heard |first=Chris |date=September 27, 2007 |title=It's official: no RTL support in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac |url=http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=774 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011134743/http://www.heardworld.com/higgaion/?p=774 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=October 30, 2010 |website=Higgaion}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Paquin |first=Eric |date=August 3, 2010 |title=I know I've spelled this right! |url=http://www.officeformac.com/ms/blogs/blog1/I-know-I-ve-spelled-this-right |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100817065302/http://www.officeformac.com/ms/blogs/blog1/I-know-I-ve-spelled-this-right |archive-date=August 17, 2010 |access-date=October 30, 2010 |website=Mac Mojo: The Office for Mac Team Blog}}</ref>

====Early Office for Mac releases (1989–1994)====
Microsoft Office for Mac was introduced for Mac OS in 1989, before Office was released for Windows.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wildstrom |first=Stephen H. |date=January 3, 2008 |title=Microsoft and Mac, Happy Together |work=Business Week |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_02/b4066000498753.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=October 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611000338/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_02/b4066000498753.htm |archive-date=June 11, 2010}}</ref> It included Word 4.0, Excel 2.2, PowerPoint 2.01, and Mail 1.37.<ref name="infoworld_macoffice1">{{Cite news |last=Flynn |first=Laurie |date=June 19, 1989 |title=The Microsoft Office Bundles 4 Programs |page=37 |work=InfoWorld |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17 |url-status=live |access-date=October 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112152905/http://books.google.com/books?id=lzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17 |archive-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> It was originally a limited-time promotion but later became a regular product. With the release of Office on CD-ROM later that year, Microsoft became the first major Mac publisher to put its applications on CD-ROM.<ref name="infoworld_macoffice2">{{Cite news |last=Flynn |first=Laurie |date=August 7, 1989 |title=Microsoft Office Programs Will Be Available on CD ROM |page=5 |work=InfoWorld |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vDAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT4 |url-status=live |access-date=October 30, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911050245/http://books.google.com/books?id=vDAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT4 |archive-date=September 11, 2011}}</ref>

Microsoft Office 1.5 for Mac was released in 1991 and included the updated Excel 3.0, the first application to support Apple's [[System 7]] [[operating system]].<ref name=history/>

Microsoft Office 3.0 for Mac was released in 1992 and included Word 5.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0 and Mail Client. Excel 4.0 was the first application to support new [[AppleScript]].<ref name=history/>

Microsoft Office 4.2 for Mac was released in 1994. (Version 4.0 was skipped to synchronize version numbers with Office for Windows) Version 4.2 included Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0 and Mail 3.2.<ref name="infoworld_office42mac_1">{{Cite news |last=Greenberg |first=Ilan |date=August 4, 1994 |title=Microsoft set to unveil Office for Power Mac |page=21 |work=InfoWorld |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21 |url-status=live |access-date=November 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112204823/http://books.google.com/books?id=pjgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21 |archive-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> It was the first Office suite for [[Power Macintosh]].<ref name=history/> Its user interface was identical to Office 4.2 for Windows<ref name="infoworld_office42mac_2">{{Cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Christopher |last2=Tews |first2=Carey |date=November 7, 1994 |title=Mac Office matches Windows – almost |page=117 |work=InfoWorld |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA117 |url-status=live |access-date=November 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112192841/http://books.google.com/books?id=ejgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA117 |archive-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref> leading many customers to comment that it wasn't Mac-like enough.<ref name=macfirst/> The final release for Mac [[Motorola 68000 family|68K]] was Office 4.2.1, which updated Word to version 6.0.1, somewhat improving performance.

====Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition====
[[Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition]] was unveiled at [[Macworld – iWorld#1998|MacWorld Expo/San Francisco]] in 1998. It introduced the [[Internet Explorer]] 4.0 [[web browser]] and [[Outlook Express]], an Internet e-mail [[client (computing)|client]] and [[usenet newsgroup]] reader.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Microsoft Unveils Office 98 Macintosh Edition and Internet Explorer 4.0 for Macintosh; Apple Introduces Mac OS 8.1 With Internet Explorer as Default Browser |date=January 6, 1998 |publisher=Microsoft |url=https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1998/jan98/applepr.mspx |access-date=October 30, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112215855/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1998/jan98/applepr.mspx |archive-date=January 12, 2009}}</ref> Office 98 was re-engineered by Microsoft's [[Macintosh Business Unit]] to satisfy customers' desire for software they felt was more Mac-like.<ref name=macfirst/> It included [[Drag-and-drop|drag–and-drop]] installation, self-repairing applications and Quick [[Thesaurus]], before such features were available in Office for Windows. It also was the first version to support [[QuickTime]] movies.<ref name=macfirst/>

====Microsoft Office 2001 and v. X====
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[[Microsoft Office 2001]] was launched in 2000 as the last Office suite for the [[classic Mac OS]]. It required a PowerPC processor. This version introduced Entourage, an e-mail client that included information management tools such as a calendar, an address book, task lists and notes.<ref name="morefirsts" />
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Microsoft Office v. X was released in 2001 and was the first version of Microsoft Office for [[macOS|Mac OS X]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Microsoft Office v. X for Mac Hits U.S. Retail Stores |date=November 19, 2001 |publisher=Microsoft |url=https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/nov01/11-19retailpr.mspx |access-date=October 30, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113042103/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/nov01/11-19retailpr.mspx |archive-date=January 13, 2009}}</ref> Support for Office v. X ended on January 9, 2007, after the release of the final update, 10.1.9<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Office v. X for Mac 10.1.9 Update |website = [[Microsoft]]|url=https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=2415 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026195649/http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=2415 |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> Office v.X includes Word X, Excel X, PowerPoint X, Entourage X, [[MSN Messenger for Mac]] and [[Windows Media Player|Windows Media Player 9 for Mac]]; it was the last version of Office for Mac to include [[Internet Explorer for Mac]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Negrino |first=Tom |date=February 1, 2002 |title=Microsoft Office v. X |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/1001393/office.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210231150/http://www.macworld.com/article/1001393/office.html |archive-date=December 10, 2012 |access-date=June 28, 2013 |website=[[Macworld]] |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]}}</ref>

====Office 2004====
[[Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac]] was released on May 11, 2004.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Work Just Got Better: Introducing Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac |date=January 6, 2004 |publisher=Microsoft |url=https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/Jan04/01-06Office2004IntentPR.mspx |access-date=October 30, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629130013/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/Jan04/01-06Office2004IntentPR.mspx |archive-date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> It includes Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage and [[Microsoft Virtual PC|Virtual PC]]. It is the final version of Office to be built exclusively for [[PowerPC]] and to officially support [[PowerPC 7xx|G3]] processors, as its sequel lists a [[PowerPC G4|G4]], [[PowerPC 970|G5]], or [[Apple–Intel architecture|Intel]] processor as a requirement. It was notable for supporting [[Visual Basic for Applications]] (VBA), which is unavailable in Office 2008. This led Microsoft to extend support for Office 2004 from October 13, 2009, to January 10, 2012. VBA functionality was reintroduced in Office 2011, which is only compatible with Intel processors.

====Office 2008====
[[Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac]] was released on January 15, 2008. It was the only Office for Mac suite to be compiled as a [[universal binary]], being the first to feature native [[Apple–Intel architecture|Intel]] support and the last to feature PowerPC support for [[PowerPC G4|G4]] and [[PowerPC 970|G5]] processors, although the suite is unofficially compatible with [[PowerPC 7xx|G3]] processors. New features include native Office Open XML file format support, which debuted in Office 2007 for Windows,<ref name="history" /> and stronger [[Microsoft Office password protection]] employing [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES-128]] and [[SHA-1]]. Benchmarks suggested that compared to its predecessor, Office 2008 ran at similar speeds on Intel machines and slower speeds on PowerPC machines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2008 |title=MS Mactopia Blog |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/131943/2008/02/office_benchmarks.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117161519/http://www.macworld.com/article/131943/2008/02/office_benchmarks.html |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref> Office 2008 also lacked [[Visual Basic for Applications]] (VBA) support, leaving it with only 15 months of additional mainstream support compared to its predecessor. Nevertheless, five months after it was released, Microsoft said that Office 2008 was "selling faster than any previous version of Office for Mac in the past 19 years" and affirmed "its commitment to future products for the Mac."<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Microsoft Mac BU Delivers Strongest Launch in History of Office for Mac |date=May 13, 2008 |publisher=Microsoft |url=https://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-13MacBU2008PR.mspx |access-date=October 30, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218151825/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-13MacBU2008PR.mspx |archive-date=December 18, 2010}}</ref>

====Office 2011====
[[Microsoft Office for Mac 2011]] was released on October 26, 2010,.<ref name="macworld_office_2011">{{Cite news |last=Tabini |first=Marco |date=October 26, 2010 |title=Microsoft launches Office 2011 |work=Macworld |url=https://www.macworld.com/article/155197/2010/10/office2011_released.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029134026/http://www.macworld.com/article/155197/2010/10/office2011_released.html |archive-date=October 29, 2010}}</ref> It is the first version of Office for Mac to be compiled exclusively for [[Apple–Intel architecture|Intel]] processors, dropping support for the [[PowerPC]] architecture. It features an OS X version of Outlook to replace the Entourage email client. This version of Outlook is intended to make the OS X version of Office work better with Microsoft's Exchange server and with those using Office for Windows.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=Neil |date=August 13, 2009 |title=Microsoft says Office 2010, Outlook for Mac coming next year |url=https://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/13/microsoft_announces_outlook_for_mac_coming_next_year.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212121603/http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/08/13/microsoft_announces_outlook_for_mac_coming_next_year.html |archive-date=February 12, 2010 |access-date=December 19, 2009 |publisher=AppleInsider}}</ref> Office 2011 includes a Mac-based Ribbon similar to Office for Windows.

====OneNote and Outlook release (2014)====
[[Microsoft OneNote]] for Mac was released on March 17, 2014. It marks the company's first release of the note-taking software on the Mac. It is available as a free download to all users of the [[Mac App Store]] in [[OS X Mavericks]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Terrence |date=March 17, 2014 |title=Microsoft's OneNote goes completely free, launches for Macs |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/03/17/onenote-goes-free-launches-on-mac/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104121422/http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/17/onenote-goes-free-launches-on-mac/ |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=November 3, 2014 |publisher=Engadget}}</ref>

[[Microsoft Outlook]] 2016 for Mac debuted on October 31, 2014. It requires a paid [[Office 365]] subscription, meaning that traditional Office 2011 retail or volume licenses cannot activate this version of Outlook. On that day, Microsoft confirmed that it would release the next version of Office for Mac in late 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steele |first=Billy |date=October 31, 2014 |title=Microsoft releases new Outlook for Mac to Office 365 subscribers |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/10/31/outlook-for-mac/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103173210/http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/31/outlook-for-mac/ |archive-date=November 3, 2014 |access-date=November 3, 2014 |publisher=Engadget}}</ref>

Despite dropping support for older versions of OS X and only keeping support for 64-bit-only versions of OS X, these versions of OneNote and Outlook are 32-bit applications like their predecessors.

====Office 2016====
{{Main|Microsoft Office 2016}}
The first Preview version of Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac was released on March 5, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sams |first=Brad |date=March 5, 2015 |title=Microsoft announces Office 2016 for Mac Preview, download now available |work=Neowin |url=http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces-office-2016-for-mac-preview-download-now-available |url-status=live |access-date=March 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306055745/http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-announces-office-2016-for-mac-preview-download-now-available |archive-date=March 6, 2015}}</ref> On July 9, 2015, Microsoft released the final version of Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac which includes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and OneNote. It was immediately made available for Office 365 subscribers with either a Home, Personal, Business, Business Premium, E3 or ProPlus subscription. A non–Office 365 edition of Office 2016 was made available as a one-time purchase option on September 22, 2015.<ref name=office2016-windows/>

====Office 2019====
{{Main|Microsoft Office 2019}}

====Office 2021====
{{Main|Microsoft Office 2021}}