The Basic Microsoft Office

The Basic Microsoft
Office
What does Microsoft Office?
Microsoft Office is a suite of desktop productivity
applications that is designed specifically to be used
for office or business use. It is a proprietary product
of Microsoft Corporation and was first released in
1990. Microsoft Office is available in 35 different
languages and is supported by Windows, Mac and
most Linux variants.
Office is produced in several versions targeted
towards different end-users and computing
environments. The original, and most widely
used version, is the desktop version, available for
PCs running the Windows and macOS operating
systems. The most current desktop version is
Office 2016 for Windows and macOS, released
on 22 September 2015 and 9 July 2015,
respectively.
MS Word
MS Excel
MS PowerPoint
MS Access
MS OutLook
MS OneNote
MS Publisher
Microsoft Word is a widely used
commercial word processor designed by
Microsoft. It was initially launched in 1983
and has since been revised numerous
times. Microsoft Word is available for both
Windows and Macintosh operating
systems (Mac Os).
The first version of Word, released in the
autumn of 1983, was for the MS-DOS
operating system and had the distinction of
introducing the mouse to a broad population.
Word 1.0 could be purchased with a bundled
mouse, though none was required. Word for
Mac was the first graphical version of
Microsoft Word.
If you are to write an application letter, a
business correspondence, questionnaires or
any simple or important letter, you will
probably use Microsoft Word or
OpenOffice;
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed
by Microsoft for Windows, macOS,
Android and iOS. It features calculation,
graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro
programming language called Visual Basic
for Applications
a spreadsheet that originally competed with
the dominant Lotus 1-2-3, and eventually
outsold it. Microsoft released the first
version of Excel for the Mac OS in 1985,
and the first Windows version (numbered
2.05 to line up with the Mac) in November
1987.
If you are to make
spreadsheets, you will
more likely turn to
Microsoft Excel;
Subroutine in Excel calculates the square
of named column variable x read from the
spreadsheet, and writes it into the named
column variable y.
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Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation
program, created by Robert Gaskins and
Dennis Austin at a software company
named Forethought, Inc. It was released
on April 20, 1987 initially for Macintosh
computers only.
a presentation program 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.
If you are going to create an attractive and
dynamic presentations, your are going to
use MS Powerpoint. It helps you plan,
organize, design, and deliver professional
presentation. It even allows you to add,
delete, and move text in a presentation and
check it for spelling errors.
Microsoft Access (MS Acess) is an
example of a database software. It
provides you with all the tools you
need to create and manage an
efficient and effective database.
a database management system for Windows
that combines the relational Microsoft Jet
Database Engine with a graphical user interface
and software development tools. 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.
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.
A database is an organized collection of data It
is a collection of schemas, tables, queries,
reports, views, and other objects. Database
designers typically organize the data to model
aspects of reality in a way that supports
processes requiring information, such as (for
example) modelling the availability of rooms in
hotels in a way that supports finding a hotel
with vacancies.
Microsoft OneNote is a computer program for
free-form information gathering and multi-user
collaboration. It gathers users' notes
(handwritten or typed), drawings, screen
clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be
shared with other OneNote users over the
Internet or a network.
Microsoft Publisher is a graphic design application
that is similar to Microsoft Word but differs in the
fact that its emphasis lies more on page layout and
design, and less on word composition and
formatting. It provides easy-to-use and less
expensive publishing options for creating designs
and logos for small businesses, where using other
high end applications may not be feasible.
If you are to edit pictures
and images, you will more
likely be working on
Adobe Photoshop;
If you are to write HTML file
“HyperText Markup Language”,
you will probably use notepad. It
is a markup language use for
creating Web pages.
Databases are especially useful if you have large
amount of information. The information can
be viewed, sorted, retrieved, and printed in
various ways. Using database software, you can
add, change and delete data. You can also
create forms and reports using the data in the
database.
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