Microsoft Office

DR A.A OLORUKOOBA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
ABU ZARIA

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 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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 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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 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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 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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 Word
 Excel
 PowerPoint
 Access
 Outlook
 OneNote
 Other desktop applications
 Server applications
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 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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 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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