Microsoft used the early Apple prototype developed Word 1.0, which in 1984 published in the original Mac. Multiplan and Chart are developed under the 512K Mac, they end up together in 1985 as a Microsoft Excel 1.0 released: the first hit in the Macintosh for use on the retail process.
Therefore, the Microsoft Office program is rooted in the early Mac, of course, also reflected in the user interface. As Mac's first and largest software provider, in the original Macintosh to do some UI decisions are subject to the requirements of Microsoft development team. Of course, Office graphical user interface (especially the top menu bar) has its most basic outline of the first Macintosh version of the source.
The Evolution of Office interface
First, following the Word, for example, describes the evolution of Office user interface.
(1) Microsoft Word 1.0 for Windows released in 1989, running on the Windows 386. Word 1.0 has an application-level menu bar, which is from the Mac's top menu bar and display the menu in the bottom of Microsoft DOS program evolved. At the same time, Word 1.0 also includes a new interface elements: toolbar, first used in Microsoft Excel. In Word 1.0 interface, it looks like there are two toolbars, in fact, just above a bar called the toolbar. Interestingly, the button at the bottom of the line called the "Ribbon".