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Word 5.1 manual

Word 5.1 manual Software 13 posts Jan 16, 2011 — Feb 4, 2011

#1 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 - 17:28

Was there a Microsoft OEM paper manual for Word v.5.1?

#2 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 - 01:44

I'm not sure what the OEM version would have come with, but the retail version included several manuals, including a very thick main manual. Microsoft did ship thick manuals with OEM products in the 1990s (my IBM PS/1 came with Works 2.0, and a decent-sized manual was included with that; I also have a thick DOS 6 manual from the same computer). Smaller, less-informative Microsoft OEM manuals started to come about with Windows 95.

#3 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 - 02:08

Smaller, less-informative Microsoft OEM manuals started to come about with Windows 95.

I second that. Microsoft/DOS manuals were huge from the 80s to the early 90s. Although the manuals that came with my Win 95 software box are also somewhat bulky, they are not as bad compared to the ones that came with my IBM DOS 6.1 software kit, to provide a legitimate example.

If you like horror novels, read a mid-80s DOS manual. :beige:

Btw, I have the Office 5.1 software kit, but no Word 5.1 manual was included. Only PowerPoint, and Excel. I could provide a picture of my set if interested, Beachycove.

#4 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 - 15:25

Yes, I'd be interested. I would like to source a manual and this would help with knowing what to look for physically (I suspect the covers would be much the same).

Is it really Office 5.1? I thought the Excel version that shipped with Word 5, for instance, was v. 3 or thereabouts. And Word 6 shipped with Office 4.2, did it not?

#5 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 - 01:52

Office 4.2 was Word 6 and Excel 5.

Excel 4.0 is closest to Word 5.1 both in release date and feature set (namely the interface/toolbar). Keep in mind Excel and Word weren't always released simultaneously in the early days (Word actually came out long before Excel did--Multiplan and Chart were Excel 1.0's predecessor; Excel combined the two applications in 1985).

Speaking of which, did anyone see the ~$15K copy of Excel 1.0 on eBay?

#6 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 - 20:52

Beachycove, did you ever get the pictures I sent you regarding the 5.1 software?

#7 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 - 22:31

Yes, thanks.

#8 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 - 01:57

Word 5.1 for Macintosh, manuals only, no software

$39

In stock?, Yes

includes What's New, Equation Editor, Graph, and User's Guide

my first version of excel i have as installer :

Microsoft Excel 1.01F.sit 300KB

Microsoft Excel 1.01F 385 KB

Excel.Aide 96 KB

26 november 1985

- french version -

#9 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 - 01:18

I see in the Apple Catalog, Fall '93, p. 30, that Word 5.1 was indeed released in a package with the other standard MS products (Excel, Mail and PowerPoint) as Microsoft Office.

Great PDF to peek at, by the way.

#10 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 - 02:21

I wonder when they changed the design of the Apple canvas bag for the compact Macs. I don't recall the all-black design (says the owner of the original beige compact canvas bag).

Nice find, Beachycove.

#11 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 - 11:58

Apple Catalog, Fall '93

had all the scans and made a pdf (easier to browse)

its a good reference for the 1993 period

#12 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 - 12:20

I don't recall the all-black design

the original canvas bag (2 in collection)

the black bags, i think they were made by another brand (several in collection)

nylon, more rigide,

made after the black case of the portable ?

#13 Fri, 4 Feb 2011 - 13:25

Apple Catalog, Fall '93

Click to expand...

had all the scans and made a pdf (easier to browse)

I think we should give out medals for that sort of thing. Thank you.