Microsoft Office 4.0 was a major release of the Microsoft Office suite, launched on January 17, 1994, for the Windows operating system.
Key Details of Office 4.0
Release Date: January 17, 1994.
Target OS: Primarily Windows 3.1x, Windows NT 3.1, and Windows NT 3.5.
Features: It introduced greater consistency across applications and new features like Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 2.0 and IntelliSense for predictive automation.
Successor: It was quickly superseded by subsequent versions in the 4.x family, including Office 4.2 for Windows NT and the final 16-bit version, Office 4.3. The entire 4.x suite was eventually replaced by the fully 32-bit Office 95.
Applications Included
The initial Microsoft Office 4.0 suite included the following components:
Word 6.0
Excel 4.0 (purchasers received a coupon to upgrade to Excel 5.0, which was released shortly after)
PowerPoint 3.0 (purchasers received a coupon to upgrade to PowerPoint 4.0)
Microsoft Mail 3.1
Microsoft Office Manager (MOM), a toolbar program for launching Office applications
For historical and educational purposes, information on legacy Microsoft software can sometimes be found on online archives, such as the Internet Archive.