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Version & License Information

  1. Office for Mac Products
    1. Office for Mac 2008 Products
      1. Differences in Versions
    2. Upgrade v.s. Update
      1. Qualificationf for upgrade
    3. System Requirements
      1. Requirements for Office 2008
    4. Chronological List of Office Products
      1. Lifecycle for Office Mac Products
    5. Outlook Name Confusion
  2. How-To:
    1. Download Latest Updates
    2. Find Version Number
      1. Build Numbers
  3. CD Keys, Product ID and Registration
    1. What is the difference between CD Key and Product ID
    2. Registration is not activation
    3. Reset your Office registration number
      1. Find key used
  4. License
    1. EULA
    2. Non-Profits

Chronological List of Office Mac Products (newest listed first)

  1. Office 2008 released Jan 18, 2008
    License and Version Info Office 2008
  2. Office 2004 released in May 2004
  3. Office X released in 2001 for the new Mac OS X platform.
    Support for Entourage X ended January 9, 2007
  4. Office 2001 releaseded in 2000, was the last Office suite for pre-Mac OS X, or Classic, operating system.
    Office 2001 introduced Entourage, an e-mail client.
    Support for Entourage 2001 ended December 31, 2005.
  5. Office 98 released Jan. 6, 1998 Outlook Express (Classic email application)
    Support for Office 98 has ended.

Download the Latest Updates:

To find the latest version for your installed software: Check Mactopia for the latest version or run "Check for Updates" under Help in the Entourage menu bar.

Options to check for Version Number:

Microsoft loves to confuse us with version numbers of Office. :-) After an update, the different Office applications can have different version/build numbers. As you can see in the screen shot below, update 11.3.5 does not update Entourage. The Microsoft Component Plugin is always updated. this is the true test that you are upgraded.

Download script Find Office Version Info to show image below.

Example of script:

You can make sure that the latest update has been applied by checking the version number using File -> Get Info on the following file:

Applications/Microsoft Office/Office/Microsoft ComponentPlugin

Find Version Number

Use Column View, List View or Get Info:

Open Microsoft Office X or newer...

  • Selecting the icon for each application under Column view shows the version number.
  • Version numbers are shown in List view if you have Version column checked under View Options for the Finder.
  • Get Info (command-I or control-click and select Get Info) to display all info including version. The different Office apps can have different version and build numbers. Entourage includes the precise build number and version number in "About Entourage".

Office 2001 use List View or Get Into

Open Office 2001 folder

  • Version numbers are shown in List view if you have Version column checked under View Options for the Finder.
  • Use Get Info (command-I or control-click and select Get Info) to display all info including version. The different Office apps can have different version and build numbers. Entourage includes the precise build number and version number in "About Entourage".

What are build numbers?

Build numbers are used during the development stage of an application. The different Office applications can have different build numbers. A build number is located in parenthesis after the version number.

For example:

Entourage 2004 11.1.0 (040913)

Life Cycle of Office Mac products

Microsoft Support Lifecycle

It's possible Office 2004 will be extended because of the VBA issue. No official word yet.

Support for Entourage X ended January 9, 2007

Support for Entourage 2001 ended December 31, 2005

Outlook Express 5.x for OS 9 ended on June 30, 2003

Does "Outlook" have you seeing double???

Confused over which Outlook you have? Is it Mac or Windows? Only Microsoft could confuse us with sound alike names. :-)

Microsoft Outlook Express 5 Macintosh Edition is a free e-mail program for Mac OS 8.1 to 9.x It is NOT an Office product for Windows.

Microsoft® Outlook 2001 for Mac is for Mac users on OS 8.6-9.2 or OS X (10.2.x and earlier), who need to collaborate with Windows users in an Exchange server environment. Free.

Outlook Express is also a free basic e-mail program that is included with Microsoft Internet Explorer, but it's Windows not Mac.

Then there is Microsoft Outlook® that is not free and is not a Mac product.