Software:Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

Short description: Version of Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

The box for Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition
Developer(s)	Microsoft
Initial release	April 1998 (April 1998)
Final release	Service Release 5 / November 29, 2002 (2002-11-29)
Operating system	Classic Mac OS
Type	Office suite
License	Commercial Proprietary software

Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition is a version of Microsoft Office for the classic Mac OS, unveiled at Macworld Expo/San Francisco on January 6, 1998. It introduced the Internet Explorer 4.0 browser and Outlook Express, an Internet e-mail client and usenet newsgroup reader. Office 98 was re-engineered by Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit to satisfy customers' desire for more Mac-like software.

There are two editions of Office 98: Gold and Standard.

It included drag-and-drop installation, self-repairing applications and Quick Thesaurus, before such features were available in a version of Office for Windows. It also was the first version to support QuickTime movies. The applications in Microsoft Office 98 were:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 98
• Microsoft Word 98.
• Microsoft Excel 98
• Outlook Express 4.0
• Internet Explorer 4.0

Another rare edition of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition was published titled: "Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Gold Edition." This version included everything the normal version included plus Microsoft FrontPage Version 1.0 for Macintosh, Microsoft Bookshelf 98 reference software, and Microsoft Encarta 98 Macintosh Deluxe Edition.

Service releases

Office 98 Mac service releases

Release date	Version
December 12, 1998	SR-1
March 11, 1999	SR-1.5
June 14, 1999	SR-1.9
February 17, 2000	SR-2
September 14, 2000	SR-2.5
June 15, 2001	SR-3
May 17, 2002	SR-4
November 29, 2002	SR-5

System requirements

• A Mac OS-compatible computer equipped with a PowerPC processor.
• System 7.5 operating system or later.
• At least 16 MB of physical RAM to run one application, 32 MB recommended to run multiple applications.
• Sufficient hard disk space, depending on installation method: 'Drag and drop' or 'Easy' (90 MB), 'Complete' (min. 43 MB to max. 110 MB) or 'Run from CD or Run from network' (7 MB on the client hard disk).
• One CD-ROM drive.
• An 8-bit color or 4-bit gray-scale display with at least 640 × 400 resolution.

Source of above.

Further reading

• "Review: Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition. (Software Review) (Evaluation) (Brief Article)". MacWEEK. March 23, 1998. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9315743_ITM. Retrieved 2008-11-17. 
• "Solid Office 98 does the Mac proud. (business application suite from Microsoft) (Software Review)(Evaluation)". MacWEEK. January 5, 1998. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9314273_ITM. Retrieved 2008-11-17.  Beta test review.
• "Microsoft again allies with Mac for Office 98". The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution: p. H02. January 4, 1998. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA384959B6DA0&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-11-17. 
• Cavanah, Cassandra (June 1, 1998). "Mac's back! (Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh) (Software Review) (Evaluation)". Entrepreneur. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20802683.html. Retrieved 2008-11-17. 
• Crabb, Don (January 1, 1998). "Microsoft Office even better for '98". Chicago Sun-Times. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4236F69C40AE9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2008-11-17.