Microsoft Office XP is a version of Microsoft Office released to manufacturing on 5 March 2001 and to retail on 31 May 2001. This is the last version to ship with the Office Shortcut Bar introduced in Office 95 and to install the Office Assistant by default.
Office XP received three service packs, with the last being released on 30 March 2004. It is compatible with Windows NT 4.0 SP6 through Windows XP SP3 and Windows Server 2003 SP2.