Editing Microsoft Word (section)

==Release history==
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[[File:Word 2010.png|thumb|Microsoft Word 2010 running on Windows 7]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Microsoft Word for Windows release history
|-
! Year released
! Name
! Version
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Comments
|-
| 1989
| Word for Windows 1.0
| {{Version |o |1.0}}
| Code-named Opus<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08875.pdf |title=Opus Development Postmortem |access-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214223858/http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08875.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| 1990
| Word for Windows 1.1
| {{Version |o |1.1}}
| For [[Windows 3.0]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft Word 1.x (Windows) – Stats, Downloads and Screenshots :: WinWorld|url=https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-word/1x|website=WinWorld|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819015845/https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-word/1x|url-status=live}}</ref> Code-named [[Bill the Cat]] {{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
|-
| 1990
| Word for Windows 1.1a
| {{Version |o |1.1a}}
| On March 25, 2014, Microsoft made the [[source code]] to Word for Windows 1.1a [[Source-available|available]] to the public via the [[Computer History Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/_static/atchm/microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-source-code/ |title=Microsoft Word for Windows Version 1.1a Source Code |first=Len |last=Shustek |date=March 24, 2014 |access-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328142332/http://www.computerhistory.org/_static/atchm/microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-source-code/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/25/microsoft-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-public.aspx|title=Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public|date=March 25, 2014|first=Roy|last=Levin|work=Official Microsoft Blog|access-date=March 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328094124/http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/03/25/microsoft-makes-source-code-for-ms-dos-and-word-for-windows-available-to-public.aspx|archive-date=March 28, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1991
| Word for Windows 2.0
| {{Version |o |2.0}}
| Included in [[Office 3.0]].
|-
| 1993
| Word for Windows 6.0
| {{Version |o |6.0}}
| Version numbers 3, 4, and 5 were skipped, to bring Windows version numbering in line with that of DOS, Mac OS, and [[WordPerfect]] (the main competing word processor at the time). Also, a 32-bit version for [[Windows NT]] only. Included in [[Microsoft Office 4.x|Office 4.0, 4.2, and 4.3]].
|-
| 1995
| Word for Windows 95
| {{Version |o |7.0}}
| Included in [[Office 95]]
|-
| 1997
| Word 97
| {{Version |o |8.0}}
| Included in [[Office 97]]
|-
| 1998
| Word 98
| {{Version |o |8.5}}
| Included in [[Office 97]]
|-
| 1999
| Word 2000
| {{Version |o |9.0}}
| Included in [[Office 2000]]
|-
| 2001
| Word 2002
| {{Version |o |10.0}}
| Included in [[Office XP]]
|-
| 2003
| Office Word 2003
| {{Version |o |11.0}}
| Included in [[Office 2003]]
|-
| 2006
| Office Word 2007
| {{Version |o |12.0}}
| Included in [[Office 2007]]; released to businesses on November 30, 2006, released worldwide to consumers on January 30, 2007. Extended support until October 10, 2017.
|-
| 2010
| Word 2010
| {{Version |o |14.0}}
| Included in [[Office 2010]]; skipped 13.0 due to [[triskaidekaphobia]].<ref name="Office13Avoid" />
|-
| 2013
| Word 2013
| {{Version|o|15.0}}
| Included in [[Office 2013]]
|-
| 2016
| Word 2016
| {{Version |o |16.0}}
| Included in [[Office 2016]]
|-
| 2019
| Word 2019
| {{Version |o |17.0}}
| Included in [[Microsoft Office 2019]]
|-
| 2021
| Word 2021
| {{Version |co |17.0}}
| Included in [[Microsoft Office 2021]]
|-
| 2024
| Word 2024
| {{Version |c |17.0}}
| Included in [[Microsoft Office 2024]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Microsoft Word for classic Mac OS and macOS release history
|-
! Year released
! Name
! Version
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Comments
|-
| 1985
| Word 1
| {{Version |o |1.0}}
|
|-
| 1987
| Word 3
| {{Version |o |3.0}}
|
|-
| 1989
| Word 4
| {{Version |o |4.0}}
| Part of Office 1.0 and 1.5
|-
| 1991
| Word 5
|{{Version |o |5.0}}
|
* Part of [[Microsoft Office 3.0|Office 3.0]]
* Requires System 6.0.2, 512 KB of RAM (1 MB for 5.1, 2 MB to use spell check and thesaurus), 6.5 MB available hard drive space<ref name="lowendmac_history"/>
|-
| 1992
| Word 5.1
| {{Version |o |5.1}}
|
* Part of Office 3.0
* Last version to support 68000-based Macs<ref name="lowendmac_history"/>
|-
| 1993
| Word 6
| {{Version |o |6.0}}
|
* Part of [[Microsoft Office 4.x|Office 4.2]]
* Shares code and user interface with Word for Windows 6
* Requires System 7.0, 4 MB of RAM (8 MB recommended), at least 10 MB available hard drive space, 68020 CPU<ref name="lowendmac_history"/>
|-
| 1998
| Word 98
| {{Version |o |8.5}}
|
* Part of [[Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition|Office 98 Macintosh Edition]]
* Requires PowerPC-based Macintosh
* Renumbered alongside contemporary Windows version
|-
| 2000
| Word 2001
| {{Version |o |9.0}}
|
* Part of [[Office 2001|Microsoft Office 2001]]
* Word 2001 is the last version that is compatible with [[Classic Mac OS]] ([[Mac OS 9]] or earlier)
|-
| 2001
| Word v. X
| {{Version |o |10.0}}
|
* Part of [[Microsoft Office v. X|Office v. X]]
* First version for [[Mac OS X]] only
|-
| 2004
| Word 2004
| {{Version |o |11.0}}
| Part of [[Office 2004 for Mac|Office 2004]]
|-
| 2008
| Word 2008
| {{Version |o |12.0}}
| Part of [[Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac|Office 2008]]
|-
| 2010
| Word 2011
| {{Version |o |14.0}}
| Part of Office 2011; skipped 13.0 due to [[triskaidekaphobia]].<ref name="Office13Avoid">{{cite web|date=June 1, 2007|title=Office 14|url=https://office-watch.com/2007/office-14/|url-status=live|website=Office Watch|quote=For the sake of superstition the next version of Office won't be called '13'.|access-date=June 13, 2016|archive-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808223916/https://office-watch.com/2007/office-14/}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| Word 2016
| {{Version |o |16.0}}
| Part of [[Microsoft Office 2016|Office 2016]]; skipped 15.0
|-
| 2019
| Word 2019
| {{Version |o |17.0}}
| Included in [[Microsoft Office 2019]]
|-
| 2021
| Word 2021
| {{Version |co |17.0}}
| Included in [[Microsoft Office 2021]]
|-
| 2024
| Word 2024
| {{Version |c |17.0}}
| Included in [[Microsoft Office 2024]]
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Word for [[MS-DOS]] release history
|-
! Year released
! Name
! Version
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Comments
|-
| 1983
| Word 1
| {{Version |o |1.0}}
| Initial version of Word
|-
| 1985
| Word 2
| {{Version |o |2.0}}
|
|-
| 1986
| Word 3
| {{Version |o |3.0}}
|Removed copy protection
|-
| 1987
| Word 4
| {{Version |o |4.0}}
|
|-
| 1989
| Word 5
| {{Version |o |5.0}}
|
|-
| 1991
| Word 5.1
| {{Version |o |5.1}}
|
|-
| 1991
| Word 5.5
| {{Version |o |5.5}}
| First DOS version to use a Windows-like user interface
|-
| 1993
| Word 6
| {{Version |o |6.0}}
| Last DOS version.
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Word release history on other platforms
|-
! Platform
! Year released
! Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Comments
|-
| [[Atari ST]]
| 1988
| Microsoft Write
| Based on Microsoft Word 1.05 for Mac OS
|-
| [[OS/2]]
| 1989
| Microsoft Word 5.0
| Word 5.0 for DOS is a "family mode" application capable of running as a native app on either MS-DOS or 16-bit OS/2.
|-
| [[OS/2]]
| 1991
| Microsoft Word 5.5
| Word 5.5 for DOS is a "family mode" application capable of running as a native app on either MS-DOS or 16-bit OS/2.
|-
| [[OS/2]]
| 1990
| Microsoft Word for OS/2 Presentation Manager version 1.1
|
|-
| [[OS/2]]
| 1991
| Microsoft Word for OS/2 Presentation Manager version 1.2<ref>{{Cite web |title=Microsoft Word 1.x (OS/2) |url=https://winworldpc.com/product/microsoft-word/10-os-2 |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=WinWorld |language=en}}</ref>
|
|-
| [[SCO Unix]]
| 1990
| Microsoft Word for Unix version 5.0<ref>{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP6 | title=SCO Begins Shipping Microsoft Word 5.0 for Unix and Xenix | author-first=Martin | author-last=Marshall | magazine=InfoWorld | date=January 8, 1990 | page=6 | access-date=May 20, 2021}}</ref> 
|
|-
| [[SCO Unix]]
| 1991
| Microsoft Word for Unix version 5.1<ref>{{cite news | title=Microsoft Word: SCO announces Word for Unix Systems Version 5.1 | work=EDGE: Work-Group Computing Report | date=March 11, 1991 | page= 33 | via= Gale General OneFile | access-date= May 20, 2021 | url= https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A10486452/ITOF?u=wikipedia&sid=ITOF&xid=f7901228}}</ref> 
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