Introduction

Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft on August 1, 1989.

The first version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Desktop applications:-

Word: Microsoft Word is a word processor and was previously considered the main program in Office.

Excel: Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program.

Outlook/Entourage: Microsoft Outlook (not to be confused with Outlook Express) is a personal information manager and e-mail communication software.

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 or printed out on transparencies or slides.

Other desktop applications (Windows version only):-Microsoft Access — database manager

Microsoft InfoPath — an application to design rich XML-based forms

Microsoft OneNote — note-taking software for use with both tablet and conventional PCs

Microsoft Project — project management software to keep track of events and to create network charts and Gantt charts

Microsoft Publisher — desktop publishing software mostly used for designing brochures, labels, calendars, greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, and postcards.

Microsoft Visio — diagram and flowcharting software (not bundled in any Office suite)

Server applications Microsoft SharePoint — collaboration server

o Excel Services

o InfoPath Forms Services

o Microsoft Project Server — project management server

o Microsoft Search Server

Microsoft Lync Server (formerly Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server) — real time communications server

Web services Office Web Apps — Web-based companions to Microsoft Office applications to view, create, and

edit documents. Microsoft Office product web site — Provides support for all Microsoft Office products.

Microsoft Update — Web site. Patch detection and installation service for Microsoft Office.

Microsoft Office 365 — Subscription based software services that can include a subscription to desktop applications in addition to cloud-based services.

Microsoft Windows versions

The Microsoft Office for WindowsThe Microsoft Office for Windows started in October 1990.The Microsoft Office for Windows 1.5The Microsoft Office for Windows 1.6The Microsoft Office for Windows 3.0The Microsoft Office for Windows 3.0, also called Microsoft Office 92, was released on August 30, 1992.Microsoft Office 4.0Microsoft Office 4.0 was released containing Word 6.0, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0 and Mail in 1993.Microsoft Office 4.2 for Windows NTMicrosoft Office 4.2 for Windows NT was released in 1994Microsoft Office 4.3Microsoft Office 4.3 was released as the last 16-bit versionMicrosoft Office 95Microsoft Office 95 was released on August 24, 1995.Microsoft Office 97Microsoft Office 97 (Office 8.0), was a major milestone release.Microsoft Office 2000It was released in 2000.Microsoft Office XPMicrosoft Office XP (Office 10.0 or Office 2002) was released in 2002.Microsoft Office 2003Microsoft Office 2003 (Office 11.0) was released in 2003.

Microsoft Office 2007Microsoft Office 2007 (Office 12.0) was released in 2007.Microsoft Office 2010Microsoft Office 2010 (Office 14.0) was finalized on April 15, 2010.Microsoft Office 2013Microsoft Office 2013 (Office 15.0) was made available to consumers on July 16, 2012 as a Customer Preview version.

Microsoft Word: - is a word processing program that can be used to type documents, from simple letters to illustrated newsletters.

A word processor is a type of computer program that is used to create a variety of documents, from simple letters to fully illustrated newsletters and fliers.

Opening Microsoft Word To open Word, do either one of the following:

Double click on the “W”icon for Microsoft Word on the desktop. A blank document will appear on the screen. Or, click once on the Start button on the bottom left corner of the screen. Click on Programs. Move the cursor to the new menu on the right and then click on Microsoft Office 2007. Move the cursor to the next menu that opens and click Microsoft Office Word 2007. A blank document will appear on the screen.

Moving Around Within a Microsoft Word Document To move around in a Word document, do any of the following:

Use the scroll bars to the right of the document window. Use the wheel between the left and right mouse buttons. Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll up or down quickly. Use the arrow keys and click with the mouse to move the cursor. Hold down the CTRL key and press the HOME or END keys to go to the beginning or the

end of a document.