Microsoft Office XP

Microsoft Office XP

Office XP running on Windows 8
Developer(s) Microsoft
Initial release May 31, 2001 (2001-05-31)
Last release Service Pack 3 (SP3) / March 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)
Development status Discontinued
Operating system Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP,[1] Windows Vista[2]
Platform IA-32
Type Office suite
License Proprietary commercial software
Website support.microsoft.com/gp/office-xp

Microsoft Office XP is an office suite created and distributed by Microsoft for Windows operating system. Released to manufacturing (RTM) on March 5, 2001[3] and launched on May 31, 2001,[4] it is the successor to Office 2000 and the predecessor to Office 2003, and was known as Office 10 in the early stages of its development cycle. Despite the "XP" branding, Office XP does not require Windows XP. "XP" was a marketing term for its era.

The Office Assistant like in Microsoft Office 97 and subsequent versions until Office 2007, is disabled by default in Office XP; this was a key element of Microsoft's campaign for Office XP, claiming that Office XP was so user-friendly that the Office Assistant was rendered obsolete.[5]

Office XP received three service packs during its lifetime.[6] Mainstream support for Office XP ended on July 11, 2006 and extended support ended on July 12, 2011.[7]

Naming conventions

Microsoft Office XP was released in conjunction with Windows XP, although the latter was not launched until August of the same year. Despite their naming similarities, Office XP is compatible with Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a, Windows 98 (SE), Windows 2000, Windows Me, and Windows Vista. It is not compatible with Windows 95 as Office 2000 is the last supported version.[8] It is the last version with support for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, and Windows NT 4.0.
The individual components within Office XP had "2002" rather than "XP", like: Word 2002, Excel 2002.

New features

Microsoft Office XP, released in 2001, is a major upgrade from versions 95, 97 and 2000, with various new features and improvements:

Removed features

Editions

The component products were packaged together in various suites. Some of these editions were available as retail packages in either full or upgrade versions, others as full OEM versions for inclusion with new PCs, and still others as volume license versions that required no activation. All editions provided the core components of Word, Excel, and Outlook, and all editions except the Small Business edition provided PowerPoint.[14]

Table of Editions
Programs and Features Home Edition Standard Standard
(upgrade only)
Microsoft Office Plus! Microsoft Office Small Business Professional Professional Special
(upgrade only)
Professional
with Publisher
Professional
with FrontPage
Developer
Licensing scheme Retail, Volume and Academic OEM Retail and Volume Retail OEM Retail and Volume Retail
Word 2002 YesYesYesYesYesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Excel 2002 YesYesYesYesYesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Outlook 2002 YesYesYesYesYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PowerPoint 2002 YesYesYes YesNoYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Access 2002 NoNoYesYesNoYes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Publisher 2002 NoNoNoYesYesNo Yes Yes No No
FrontPage 2002 No NoNoNoNoNo Yes No Yes Yes
Developer tools No NoNoNo NoNoNo No Yes
Small Business Tool 2002 No NoNoNoYesNoNoNo No No
Visio 2002 No NoNoNoNoNo No No No
Project 2002 No NoNoNoNoNo No No No

References

  1. "List of system requirements for Microsoft Office XP". Microsoft. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. "Description of the versions of Office that are supported on Windows Vista". Microsoft. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. "Microsoft Office XP Released to Manufacturing With Widespread Industry Support". Microsoft News Center. Microsoft Corporation. 5 March 2001. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  4. "Office XP Adds New Tools and Innovations to Foundation of Past Versions". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  5. Luening, Erich (2009-10-27). "MS tool gets pink slip - CNET News". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2010-09-05.
  6. "Office XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)". Microsoft Download Center. Microsoft Corporation. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  7. "Microsoft Office XP transitions from Mainstream to Extended Support phase". Microsoft Support. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 2 March 2012. Mainstream Support for Office XP is scheduled to end on July 11, 2006. After that date, Office XP will be in the Extended Support phase for 5 years — until July 12, 2011.
  8. "Windows 8 Compatibility Center". Windows Compatibility Center. Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Differences between Office 2000 and Office 2003". Technet.microsoft.com. 2007-07-05. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Differences between Office XP and Office 2003". Technet.microsoft.com. 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  11. "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action error message when you open a Binder file". Support.microsoft.com. 2007-12-04. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
  12. "OFF: Small Business Customer Manager Removed After Upgrade to Office XP Small Business Edition". Support.microsoft.com. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  13. "Microsoft Map removed from the computer when you upgrade to Excel 2002 or to Excel 2003". Support.microsoft.com. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  14. "Microsoft Office - Office XP Suites: Which Is Right for You? - Microsoft Office XP". Web.archive.org. 2001-06-09. Archived from the original on 2001-06-09. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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