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- Starting with the 2001 version, it was integrated into the main Encarta Reference Suite.
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Encarta was offered in a bundled reference suite edition, which included a reference library and an interactive atlas, beginning in 1997; it also remained available as a stand-alone product. In 1998 Microsoft purchased the copyrights to Collier’s electronic encyclopaedia and the New Merit Scholar’s Encyclopedia and incorporated that ...
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Until 2005, Encarta came in three primary software editions: Standard, Deluxe, and Reference Library (called Reference Suite until Encarta 2002) (price and features in that order). Beginning with Encarta 2006, however, when Websters Multimedia took over its maintenance, Encarta became a feature of Microsoft Student.
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Nov 18, 2015 · For its part, the Microsoft Encarta encyclopedia, easily the most successful of the Microsoft multimedia projects, expanded into a web version in 2000, before being discontinued entirely in 2009 ...
Nov 4, 2023 · Retro Alex. November 4, 2023. Microsoft Encarta changed the way we sought facts and explored subjects. Gone were the days of paging through hefty, dusty encyclopedias that sat on bookshelves. This was the new age: interactive, vibrant, and brimming with potential. Encarta brought the world closer, making learning an adventure, and curiosity, a ...
May 17, 2023 · In 2009, Microsoft stopped selling all versions of Encarta, and by the end of the year took down all Encarta sites over the world, keeping only the Encarta Dictionary online until 2011.
When Encarta was released as part of the "Reference Suite" in 1998 (through to 2000), Microsoft bundled "Microsoft Bookshelf" with the other programs (Encarta Encyclopedia 98 Deluxe Edition, Encarta Desk Atlas, Encarta Virtual Globe 98, Encarta World English Dictionary and Encarta Research Organizer). However, this was redundant.
Oct 8, 1998 · REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 8, 1998 — Microsoft Corp. today announced a major redesign of its Encarta® Online reference Web site along with a free preview of the newly launched Microsoft® Encarta Online Deluxe multimedia encyclopedia. The company is waiving the Deluxe subscription service price ($49.95 per year*) until Nov. 20, 1998, to give ...
