<P> Microsoft Office for Mac was introduced for Mac OS in 1989, before Office was released for Windows . It included Word 4.0, Excel 2.2, PowerPoint 2.01, and Mail 1.37 . It was originally a limited - time promotion but later became a regular product . With the release of Office on CD - ROM later that year, Microsoft became the first major Mac publisher to put its applications on CD - ROM . </P> <P> Microsoft Office 1.5 for Mac was released in 1991 and included the updated Excel 3.0, the first application to support Apple's System 7 operating system . </P> <P> Microsoft Office 3.0 for Mac was released in 1992 and included Word 5.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0 and Mail Client . Excel 4.0 was the first application to support new AppleScript . </P> <P> Microsoft Office 4.2 for Mac was released in 1994 . (Version 4.0 was skipped to synchronize version numbers with Office for Windows) Version 4.2 included Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0 and Mail 3.2 . It was the first Office suite for Power Macintosh . Its user interface was identical to Office 4.2 for Windows leading many customers to comment that it wasn't Mac - like enough . The final release for Mac 68K was Office 4.2. 1, which updated Word to version 6.0. 1, somewhat improving performance . </P>

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