sanjaiu said:
Hi,
I'm looking for oldest suppored office version. I would like to know
details on oldest supported version on different platforms.
thanks
-Sanjai
According to
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeoffice/en-us,
a.. Office 97 - Assisted support options for Office 97 ended on January
16, 2004. Mainstream hotfix support for Office 97 ended on August 31, 2001.
Extended hotfix support ended on February 28, 2002. Self-help online support
will be available for at least one year after assisted support concludes.
Note that all assisted support for Microsoft Outlook 97 ended
on December 31, 2001. Outlook 97 was succeeded by Microsoft Outlook 98,
whose support ended as stated above.
a.. Office 2000 - Microsoft will continue to offer mainstream support for
Office 2000 through June 30, 2004. The Office 2000 extended support period
will last from July 1, 2004 through July 14, 2009. The latest Office 2000
service pack is required for hotfix support.
b.. Office XP - Microsoft will continue to offer mainstream support for
Office XP through July 11, 2006. The extended support period for Office XP
will last from July 12, 2006 through July 12, 2011.
So the oldest version of Office still in mainstream support is Office 2003.
There's a lot more, but that's the core information. A summary table for the
service packs is at
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/LifeSupSps#Office.
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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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