Microsoft Office 4.2.1a for Macintosh (ISO) Microsoft Office 4.2.1 for Macintosh (ISO) Microsoft Office 4.2.1 for Macintosh (3.5-1.44mb)
Microsoft Office 4.2 for Macintosh (3.5-1.44mb) Microsoft Office 4.2 for Windows NT (i386 and Alpha) (ISO) Product type Application Word Processor Spreadsheet Presentations Publishing PIM Database Vendor Microsoft Release date 1993 Minimum CPU 286 Minimum RAM 4MB User interface GUI Platform Windows Download count 292 (14 for release) Downloads Download name The Macintosh version supports both 68K and Power PC Macs.
To perform a non-floppy install using floppy disk images, extract the content of each disk in to folders named Disk1, Disk2, Disk3, etc. Likely the reason for this was it let them keep the Macintosh version the same, as Microsoft Access was never ported to the Mac. There was never a "Professional" Office 4.2. The main difference was the addition of Microsoft Access. Later 4.2 releases were rebadged as "Microsoft Office 4.2 Standard" and sold along side "Microsoft Office 4.3 Professional". (In the NT package, PowerPoint is still 16-bit) Office 4.2 was released for Windows 3.1, the Apple Macintosh, and i386/Alpha Windows NT. Office 4.2 includes Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, and PowerPoint 4.0. One-time purchases don’t have an upgrade option, which means if you plan to upgrade to the next major release, you'll have to buy it at full price. All of the Office components now support OLE2 and have consistent user interfaces between platforms and applications. Office 2021 is a one-time purchase that comes with classic apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for PC or Mac, and does not include any of the services that come with a Microsoft 365 subscription. Microsoft Office 4.2 completes the transition started with Office 4.0 (they skipped 4.1).