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{{InfoboxSoftware
|logo = Office 3.0 box
|name = Microsoft Office 3.0
|screenshot = 1024px-Office 3.0 on Windows NT 4.0.png
|developer = [[Microsoft]]
|type = {{w|Office suite}}
|released = August 30, 1992
|discontinued = September 30, 1998
|os = [[Microsoft Windows]]<br/>Mac OS
|license = Microsoft EULA
|website = {{URL|office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx}}
|status = 
|latest release version = 
|succeeded by = [[Microsoft Office 4.0]] (1994)
}}
'''Microsoft Office 3.0''' is the second major release of [[Microsoft Office]] for [[Windows]] and the third on the Macintosh,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/48428/Microsoft-Office-3-0-Macintosh-Series/|title=Microsoft Office 3.0 Macintosh Series|work=Center for Computing History|accessdate=August 19, 2025}}</ref> preceding [[Microsoft Office 95]] and [[Microsoft Office 4.2|4.2]], respectively. Office 3.0 was released by [[Microsoft]] on August 30, 1992, omitting version 2 for Windows entirely.

It was superseded by [[Microsoft Office 4.0]], released for Windows and Mac in 1994.

==Applications==
The main components of the suite included:
*[[Microsoft Word]] 2.0c for Windows / 5.1 for Mac
*[[Microsoft Excel]] 4.0a
*[[Microsoft PowerPoint]] 3.0
*[[Microsoft Mail]]
*[[Microsoft Access]] (Professional edition only)

Previously, these components were distributed separately for Windows, and it was with Microsoft Office that they were combined as a full office suite.

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{w}} at Wikipedia

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