MSA Microsoft Office Microsoft Office 2013 applications, from top left to bottom right: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote Developer(s)Microsoft Initial release November 19, 1990; 23 years agoStable release Microsoft Office 2013 Development status Active Written in C++Operating system Microsoft Windows Available in35 languages Type Office suite License Trialware (Retail, volume licensing, SaaS)Website office.microsoft Microsoft Office for Mac The Office for Mac suite Developer(s)Microsoft 2 months agoOperating system OS X Type Office suite License Proprietary commercial software (Retail, volume licensing, SaaS)Website microsoft/mac Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and OS X operating systems. It was first announced by Bill Gates of Microsoft on August 1, 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 PowerPoint. Over the years, Office applications have grown substantially closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, OLE data integration and Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. 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. The current versions are Office 2013 for Windows, released on October 11, 2012; and Office 2011 for OS X, released October 26, 2010.On 24 October 2012, the RTM final code of Office 2013 Professional Plus was released to TechNet and MSDN subscribers for download. On 15 November 2012, the 60-day trial version of Office 2013 Professional Plus was released for download. A version of Office called Microsoft Office Mobile is available for Android phones, iPhone and Windows Phone. Microsoft WordMicrosoft 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, which has been standardized by Ecma International as Office Open XML, and its SP2 update supports PDF and a limited ODF. Word is also available in some editions of Microsoft Works. It is available for the Windows and OS X platforms. 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. Following the precedents of LisaWrite and MacWrite, Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer WYSIWYG features into its package. Word for Mac was released in 1985. Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word. Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3, and eventually outsold it. It is available for the Windows and OS X platforms. 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 and bundled with a standalone Windows run-time environment) in November 1987. It provided more functionality than the previous version. Microsoft PowerPointMicrosoft 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. Microsoft Access Microsoft Access, is 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.Outlook Main articles: Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft EntourageMicrosoft Outlook (not to be confused with Outlook Express) is a personal information manager. The replacement for Windows Messaging, Microsoft Mail, and Schedule+ starting in Office 97, it includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager and address book. On the Mac OS, Microsoft offered several versions of Outlook in the late 1990s, but only for use with Microsoft Exchange Server. In Office 2001, it introduced an alternative application with a slightly different feature set called Microsoft Entourage. It reintroduced Outlook in Office 2011, replacing Entourage. Microsoft OneNoteMicrosoft 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 component of Microsoft Office; with the release of Microsoft Office 2013, OneNote was included in all Microsoft Office offerings before eventually becoming completely free of charge. OneNote is available as a web application on Office Online, a Windows desktop app, a mobile app for Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and Symbian, and a Metro-style app for Windows 8 or later. Other desktop applications Other desktop applications included in Microsoft Office suite include: Microsoft InfoPath: Windows application for designing and distributing rich XML-based forms Microsoft Publisher: desktop publishing app mostly used for designing brochures, labels, calendars, greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, and postcards Microsoft Lync: integrated communications client for conferences and meetings in real time (known as Microsoft Office Communicator in Office 2007, bundled with Professional Plus and Enterprise editions) Microsoft Project: project management software to keep track of events and to create network charts and Gantt charts, not bundled in any Office suite Microsoft Visio: diagram and flowcharting program not bundled in any Office suite The following applications are no longer part of Microsoft Office family: Microsoft FrontPage: a discontinued HTML editor for Windows. It is no longer being produced, as the expansion of the web proved that it is very difficult for one program to handle everything related to web content development. It was replaced by Visual Studio (for web developers), Microsoft SharePoint Designer (for SharePoint developers), Internet Explorer Developer Tools (for testers) and Microsoft WebMatrix (for enthusiasts). Microsoft SharePoint Designer: a specialized HTML editor for Windows that develops SharePoint sites, now part of Microsoft SharePoint family and offered as an independent freeware download Microsoft SharePoint Workspace: a discontinued desktop application for Windows designed for document collaboration in teams with members who are regularly offline or who do not share the same network security clearance Virtual PC for Mac: a discontinued Mac program that was once part of Microsoft Office for Mac #for MSA program
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