I'm checking Ms Office version

Question

Hello

I'm currently maintaining an old plugin for Office. Current solution has a method for determining what version of Office is currently installed. It looks into the registration db for PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c and the Version=. All good and dandy. For Office 2003 the Version=11, for Office 2007 the Version=12. For Office 2010 the Version=14. Ehm what? Are we not counting 10-11-12-13-14-15 etc anymore?

Perhaps my google-fu is failing me telling me the word/number I seek is 14, or I'm missing some detail. Looking at MSDN and using <insert curse word> search engine was also unsuccesful.

Is Office 2010 Version=14 ?

Unfortunately for me, I only have Office 2007, so no help there. I'm not asking about How to get version, that is done already.

Answer 1

From Wikipedia: The version number 13 was skipped because of the aversion to the number 13.

Answer 2

Version 13 is skipped as a triskaidekaphobic (fear of 13) in-joke. So indeed, Office 2007 is internally versioned Office 12, and Office 2010 is Office 14.

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