Microsoft Office XP is an
office suite created and distributed by
Microsoft for
Windows operating system.
Released to manufacturing (RTM) on March 5, 2001 and launched on May 31, 2001, it is the successor to
Office 2000 and the predecessor to
Office 2003, and was known as
Office 10 in the early stages of its development cycle. Despite the "XP" branding, Office XP does not require Windows XP. "XP" was a marketing term for its era.