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[hawhite]

Why is it Office 14? I thought that Office 2007 was Office 12. Am I misunderstanding how the version numbers work?

[mphenterprises]

Hi hawhite. I'm surprised this has not come up sooner. Microsoft skipped "Office 13" because of superstitious reasoning. Check out these sites:

http://uxevangelist....-office-13.html

"I've received a few emails from people who recall the previous version of Office carrying a code name of "Office 12." Their inquiries ring through a resounding, "what the heck happened to "Office 13?" Though this issue has been addressed within a few of the Microsoft communities ever since we first found out there would be no "Office 13,"...Yes, it seems the folks who coin the code names on the Office team at Microsoft decided that 13 was indeed an unlucky number"





And another one...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HistoryofMicrosoft_Office