MS Office version for BLOB viewing

Maybe it's early, but what is a "recent earlier release" on page 5 for the 2025 R1 Installation Guide? I'm trying to get MS Office installed so Toad BLOB viewers will work for Word and Excel. They are asking for which version of Office. Does this mean just do 2016 or are newer versions like 21 or 24 supported as well?

"Microsoft Office 2016 and recent earlier releases are supported for
Word and Excel output."

Hi @chazamania,
To view Word docs (limited to first page), you'll need to install MS Office 365 or another version supporting docx format. Viewing Excel docs works without installing MS Office.

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