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Windows and Office Naming Conventions
One of the most common confusions when talking about Microsoft software is confusing the naming conventions for Office and Windows. To help you better understand this confusing area, here is a list of the Mircosoft Windows versions and Office versions.
Windows Operating System - Home users
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)
- Windows ME
Windows Operating System - Network based
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000 - Formally known as Windows NT 5.0
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003
Office Suites -
- Office 97
- Access 97 - Not compatable with Access 2000 & 2002.
- Excel 97
- Outlook 97
- PowerPoint 97
- Word 97
- Office 2000
- Access 2000 - Not compatable with Access 97
- Excel 2000
- Outlook 2000
- PowerPoint 2000
- Word 2000
- Office XP - The suite is XP, but the individual products are 2002
- Access 2002 - Not compatable with Access 97
- Excel 2002
- Outlook 2002
- PowerPoint 2002
- Word 2002
- Office 2003
- Access 2003 - Not compatable with Access 97
- Excel 2003
- Outlook 2003
- PowerPoint 2003
- Word 2003