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Microsoft Office: DR A.A Olorukooba Department of Community Medicine Abu Zaria

Microsoft Office is a suite of desktop applications and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced in 1988 and initially included Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Over time, additional applications like Access, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Lync were added. Microsoft Office is used by over a billion people worldwide and is available on Windows and Mac operating systems. It also has mobile and web-based versions.

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Microsoft Office: DR A.A Olorukooba Department of Community Medicine Abu Zaria

Microsoft Office is a suite of desktop applications and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced in 1988 and initially included Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Over time, additional applications like Access, Outlook, OneNote, Publisher, and Lync were added. Microsoft Office is used by over a billion people worldwide and is available on Windows and Mac operating systems. It also has mobile and web-based versions.

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Microsoft Office

DR A.A OLORUKOOBA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
ABU ZARIA

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MICROSOFT OFFICE
 Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop
applications, servers and services for Microsoft
Windows and OS X operating systems.

 It was first announced by Bill Gates of Microsoft


on 1 August 1988 at COMDEX in Las Vegas.

 Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of


applications, the first version of Office contained
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft
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MICROSOFT OFFICE
 Over the years, Office applications have grown
substantially closer

 Microsoft also positions Office as a development


platform for line-of-business software under the
Office Business Applications brand.

 On 10 July 2012, Softpedia reported that Office


is used by over a billion people worldwide.
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MICROSOFT OFFICE
 The current versions are Office 2013 for Windows, released
on 11 October 2012
 Office 2011 for OS X, released 26 October 2010.

 A touch optimised version of Microsoft Office is available


pre-installed on Windows RT tablets.

 A mobile version of Office, Office Mobile, is available for


free on Windows Phone, iOS and Android.

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MICROSOFT OFFICE
 A web-based version of Office called Office Online,
(formerly Office Web Apps) is also available.

 Microsoft has stated that it plans to create a version of Office


for "other popular platforms" as well.

 On 21 January 2015, Microsoft announced that Microsoft


Office 2016 will be released in the second half of 2015.

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MICROSOFT OFFICE
 Word
 Excel
 PowerPoint
 Access
 Outlook
 OneNote
 Other desktop applications
 Server applications
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 Web services 5/12/2018
Microsoft Word
 Microsoft Word is a word processor and was
previously considered the main program in
Office.

 Its proprietary DOC format is considered a de


facto standard, although Word 2007 can also use a
new XML-based, Microsoft Office-optimized
format called .DOCX

 its SP2 update supports PDF and a limited ODF.

 It is available for the Windows and OS X


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Microsoft Word
 The first version of Word, released in the 1983,
was for the MS-DOS operating system

 It had the distinction of introducing the mouse to


a broad population.

 Word for Mac was released in 1985.

 Word for Mac was the first graphical version of


Microsoft Word.
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Microsoft Excel
 Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that
originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3

 It is available for the Windows and OS X platforms.

 Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the


Mac OS in 1985,

 first Windows version in November 1987.

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Microsoft PowerPoint
 Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program
for Windows and OS X.

 It is used to create slideshows, composed of text,


graphics, and other objects, which can be
displayed on-screen and shown by the presenter

 Can also be printed out on transparencies or


slides.

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Microsoft Access
 Microsoft Access is a database management system for
Windows that combines the relational.

 Microsoft Access stores data in its own format based on the


Access Jet Database Engine.

 It can also import or link directly to data stored in other


applications and databases.

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Microsoft Outlook
 Microsoft Outlook is a personal information
manager.

 It includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager


and address book.

 In Office 2001, it introduced an alternative


application with a slightly different feature set called
Microsoft Entourage.

 It reintroduced Outlook in Office 2011, replacing


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Entourage.
Microsoft OneNote
 Microsoft OneNote is a freeware notetaking program.

 It gathers notes (handwritten or typed), drawings,


screen clippings and audio commentaries.

 Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over


the Internet or a network.

 OneNote was initially introduced as a standalone app


that was not included in any of Microsoft Office 2003
editions.

 However, OneNote eventually became a core


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Other desktop apps
 Microsoft Publisher: desktop publishing app
mostly used for designing brochures, labels, calendars,
greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, web site,
and postcards

 Microsoft Lync: integrated communications client


for conferences and meetings in real time (known as
Microsoft Office Communicator in Office 2007,
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Other desktop apps
 Microsoft Visio: diagram and flowcharting program
not bundled in any Office suite

 Microsoft SharePoint Designer: a specialized


HTML editor for Windows that develops SharePoint
sites

 Server applications

 Microsoft SharePoint: collaboration server

 Excel Services
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