
Excel 9.0Ģ000: Part of Microsoft Office 2001. Requires System 7.5 or later (7.5.5 recommended), a PowerPC processor (120 MHz recommended), 16 MB of RAM, a 640 x 480 8-bit color or 4-bit grayscale display, and a CD-ROM for installation. Excel 8.0ġ998: Part of Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition. There was no Excel 6.0, and version 7.0 was only released for Windows. For all intents and purposes, it was as identical to Office 4.2 for Windows as possible. Part of Microsoft’s misguided attempt to make Mac and Windows versions of its Office apps look and work the same, which Mac users did not appreciate.ġ994: Microsoft Office 4.2 for Mac, also including Word 6.0, PowerPoint 4.0, and Mail 3.2.

Last Motorola 680×0 version, first PowerPC version. Excel 4.0ġ993: Part of Microsoft Office 4.x. First version with full System 7 support.ġ991: Microsoft Office for Mac 1.5 released, including Excel 3.0. Excel 3.0ġ990: Begins feature and version number parity with Windows version. Office for Mac later became the first Mac software to ship on CD-ROM. Excel 1.0ġ989: Part of Microsoft Office for Mac, along with Word 4.0, PowerPoint 2.01, and Mail 1.3.7.

This article is a work in progress and is in need of updates. That meant that it looked and worked more like Windows software than a Macintosh program.

Office 1.0 included Excel 2.2, Word 4.0, PowerPoint 2.01, and Mail 1.37.Įxcel 5.0, launched in 1993, is widely considered to be the worst version of Excel ever for the Mac, as it was built on the same codebase as Excel 5.0 for Windows. Mac spreadsheet market share by unit sales, 1988 to 1997.Įxcel has been part of Microsoft Office since the first version of Office was released for Macs in 1989.
