Microsoft Office Suite The Microsoft Office for Windows

1990, October 1

Microsoft Office for Windows version 1.0 was the initial release of the productivity suite for the Microsoft Windows platform.

Key Details of Office 1.0

Release Date: October 1, 1990.

Target OS: It was designed to run on Windows 3.0, which was a pivotal release for Microsoft's operating system.

Architecture: It consisted of 16-bit applications.

Successor: It was later superseded by Office 1.5 in 1991, which introduced a newer version of Excel.

Applications Included

The initial Office 1.0 bundle included three core, separate applications that were packaged and sold together as a single "suite" for the first time:

Word 1.1

Excel 2.0

PowerPoint 2.0

This initial version established the model of bundling these applications together, setting the stage for the nearly ubiquitous use of the Microsoft Office suite in the decades that followed.