As you can tell from the following list, practically any word processing, spread sheet, or database program qualifies you for the upgrade offer to Office 97. This is not surprising, because each of the big three manufacturers would like to persuade you to switch to their suite.
But here is the information on Microsoft Office 97:
Microsoft Office 97 is available in two versions: a retail version that will install on any compatible computer, and an upgrade version that requires that you have a qualifying product installed on your computer or that you have Disk 1 from the qualifying product available when you run the setup program.
This article lists the products that qualify you to use the upgrade Version of Microsoft Office 97. The retail version does not require a qualifying product.
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In the following table, qualifying product names are listed on the left And version numbers of the products are listed on the right.
| Product | Version(s) |
| Aldus Persuasion for Windows | 2.0 or later |
| Ami Pro for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| ASAP | 1.0 or later |
| ASAP WordPower | 1.0 or later |
| Borland dBASE for MS-DOS | 5.0 |
| Borland dBASE for Windows | 5.0 |
| Borland dBASE IV for MS-DOS | 1.0 or later |
| Borland Office for Windows | 2.0 |
| Borland Paradox for MS-DOS | 4.5 or later |
| Borland Paradox for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| Borland Quattro Pro for MS-DOS | 1.0 or later |
| Borland Quattro Pro for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| Borland Quattro Pro Special Edition | 1.0 |
| Claris FileMaker Pro for Windows | 2.0 or later |
| Corel WordPerfect Suite | 7.0 |
| Dataease for Windows5.0 | |
| Harvard Graphics for MS-DOS | 2.3 or later |
| Harvard Graphics for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| Lotus 1-2-3 for MS-DOS | 2.01 or later |
| Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| Lotus Approach for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| Lotus Approach for Windows 95 | 96 |
| Lotus Freelance for MS-DOS | 4.0 |
| Lotus Freelance for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| Lotus Freelance Graphics for Windows | 96 |
| Lotus SmartSuite | 2.0 or later |
| Lotus SmartSuite 96 for Windows | 96 |
| Lotus Word Pro for Windows | 96 |
| Microsoft Access for Windows | 1.0 or later |
| Microsoft Excel for Windows | all versions for Windows and/or Windows NT |
| Microsoft Exchange for Windows | 4.0 |
| Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS | 2.0 or later |
| Microsoft FoxPro for Windows | 2.5 or later |
| Microsoft Mail for Windows | 3.2 |
| Microsoft Multiplan | all versions for MS-DOS |
| Microsoft Office for Windows | all versions for Windows and/or Windows NT |
| Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows | 2.0 or later |
| Microsoft Project | 1.0 or later |
| Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows | 7.0 |
| Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows | 3.0 |
| Microsoft Word for MS-DOS | 2.0 or later |
| Microsoft Word for Windows | all versions for Windows and/or Windows NT |
| Microsoft Works for Windows | all versions for Windows |
| Novell Perfect Office | 3.0 or later |
| Personal Oracle for Windows | 7.0 |
| PowerBuilder for Windows | 5.0 |
| Superbase 4 for Windows | 1.2 or later |
| Superbase 95 for Windows | 3.0 |
| SuperCalc | for MS-DOS3.1 or later |
| Symantec Q&A for MS-DOS | 4.0 |
| Symantec Q&A for Windows | 4.0 |
| WordPerfect for MS-DOS | 4.0 or later |
| WordPerfect for Windows | 5.1 or later |
| WordPerfect Presentations | 2.0 or later |
| WordStar 2000 for MS-DOS | 3.0 or later |
| WordStar | for MS-DOS 1.0 or later |
| WordStar | for Windows1.0 or later |
| WordStar Pro for MS-DOS | 1.0 or later |