Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition


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.

History and development

Office 98 was developed by Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit as part of an effort to deliver more "Mac-like" software after criticism that earlier releases - particularly Office 4.x - felt too closely modeled on the Windows interface.

Service releases

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

System requirements

Sources of above.