Microsoft Office 97 was a major milestone release which included hundreds of new features and improvements, introduced "Command Bars", a paradigm in which menus and toolbars were made more similar in capability and visual design featured natural language systems and sophisticated grammar checking. It was published on CD-ROM as well as on a set of 45 3½-inch floppy disks, and became Y2K safe with Service Release 2. Released on November 19, 1996 [1], it was the last version to support Windows NT 3.51 on i386 and Alpha.
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Editions
Office 97 was available in four editions. They are as follows:
| Office programs | Standard Edition | Professional Edition | Small Business Edition | Small Business Edition v2[2] | Developer Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word 97 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Excel 97 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook 97 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Outlook 98 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| PowerPoint 97 | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Access 97 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Developer Tools and SDK | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Publisher 97 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Publisher 98 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Small Business Financial Manager 97 | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Small Business Financial Manager 98 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Direct Mail Manager | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| Expedia Streets 98 | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Microsoft Office 97 Powered by Word 98
Microsoft Office 97 Powered by Word 98 was released only in Japanese and Korean editions on June 20, 1998. It was the first version to contain Outlook 98 in all editions and Publisher 98 in the Small Business Edition. And also the first version of Office 97 to support Microsoft's next milestone operating system, Windows 98, released five days later. It was the only way to get Word 98 for Windows, although you could get Word 98 for Macintosh through Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition.
Office Assistant
Microsoft Office 97 is notable as the first version of Office to feature the office assistant, a feature initially designed to assist users by the way of an interactive animated character, which interfaced with the Office help content. The default assistant was Clippit, nicknamed Clippy, a paperclip. The office assistant feature would continue to be available in Office versions up until and including Microsoft Office 2003. In Office XP the feature was hidden by default and not installed by default in Office 2003.
Easter eggs in Office 97
Microsoft Word 97 contained a hidden pinball game and Microsoft Excel contained a hidden flight simulator.
References
- ^ [1] http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/Nov96/RTMPR.mspx
- ^ [2] Microsoft® Office 97 Small Business Edition v2
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