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. It mainly consists of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
OneNote, Outlook and Publisher applications.
Microsoft Office was primarily created to automate the manual office work with a collection of
purpose-built applications.
Each of the applications in Microsoft Office serves as specific knowledge or office domain such
as:
1. Microsoft Word: Helps users in creating text documents.
2. Microsoft Excel: Creates simple to complex data/numerical spreadsheets.
3. Microsoft PowerPoint: Stand-alone application for creating professional multimedia
presentations.
4. Microsoft Access: Database management application.
5. Microsoft Publisher: Introductory application for creating and publishing marketing
materials.
6. Microsoft OneNote: Alternate to a paper notebook, it enables an user to neatly organize
their notes.
Besides desktop applications, Microsoft Office is available to use online or from cloud under
a lighter (Office Web Apps) and full (Office 365) version. As of 2016, Microsoft Office 2016
is the latest version, available in 4 different variants including Office Home Student 2016,
Office Home Business 2016 and Office Professional 2 and the online/cloud Office 365 Home
Premium.
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