MICROSOFT OFFICE VERSION 4 AND WORD 6.0 FOR WINDOWS NOW SHIPPING
Microsoft Corporation today announced Microsoft Office version 4 for the Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Word 6.0 for Windows are now shipping. Office version 4 is the newest edition of the best-selling office suite, and Word 6.0 for Windows is the newest version of the best-selling word processor worldwide.
"Microsoft has stepped up manufacturing by four times the normal amount to meet the overwhelming demand for Word 6.0 for Windows and Office version 4," said Chris Peters, general manager, Word business unit at Microsoft. "We currently have three locations duplicating around the clock, seven days a week, to get orders filled."
"Due to the overwhelming demand, we have doubled our average orders for both Office version 4 and Word 6.0 for Windows," said Susan Salay, senior director of marketing at Ingram Micro.
Microsoft Office version 4 raises the ease-of-use bar by incorporating new Microsoft IntelliSense technology, which senses what the user wants to do and intelligently produces the desired result, making routine tasks automatic and complex tasks easier. Word 6.0 for Windows includes IntelliSense features such as the new AutoCorrect, which automatically fixes typing mistakes, and Autoformat, which quickly and automatically formats documents.
The programs in Office version 4, including Word 6.0 for Windows, will offer menus, toolbars and dialog boxes that are highly consistent with each other, so it will be easy for users to learn and move between the programs.
It will also be easy to integrate Word 6.0 for Windows with the other new programs in Microsoft Office version 4 using new MicrosoftLinks, a set of tools that enables unparalleled integration. OfficeLinks makes it easy for users to seamlessly move and share information between applications and accomplish common cross-application tasks. Rich support for Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) 2.0, the foundation for many of the OfficeLinks tools, makes it easy to create, edit and publish richer documents by providing such capabilities as visual editing and cross-application drag and drop. With OfficeLinks, users can focus on their work rather than on the tools they're using.
More than 1 million users of WordPerfect for DOS have already switched to Microsoft Word. As word processor users continue to shift to a Windows-based platform, Microsoft continues to enhance the transition tools for WordPerfect users with unsurpassed conversions and even more robust help.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
On October 19, 1993 Microsoft announced the latest versions of Office, Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Word 6.0 for Windows is the first new application in Office version 4 to ship, and new versions of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint are scheduled to follow shortly. Customers who acquire Microsoft Office version 4 will receive upgrades to Microsoft Excel version 5.0 and PowerPoint version 4.0 at no cost as soon as they are available.
Microsoft Office Standard Edition for Windows includes Word, Microsoft Excel, the PowerPoint presentation graphics program, and a workstation license for Microsoft Mail (server sosftware available separately). Microsoft Office Professional Edition for Windows includes all of the above plus the Microsoft Access database management system.
Microsoft Office Standard Editon version 4 is available for a suggested retail price (SRP) of $750. The SRP for Microsoft Office Professional Edition is $899. Through February 1,1994, users of any Microsoft Office family application can upgrade to Microsoft Office Standard Edition for a special promotional SRP of $259. Users of other qualifying programs can trade up to Microsoft Office Standard for and SRP of $299 during the same time frame. Users who either obtain the Office Standard upgrade or tade up to Office Standard can upgrade to Office Professional though Feb. 1, 1994, by obtaining Microsoft Access for $129 and using the $30 rebate included in the Office Standard package.
Individually, Microsoft Word version 6.0 for Windows is now availabel through resellers for an SRP of $495. Microsoft Word users can upgrade to Word 6.0 for Windows for a promotional SRP of $99 until March 1,1994. Users of any other major word processor can upgrade to Word 6.0 for Windows for an SRP of$129.
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