Introduction to MS Office

Microsoft Office is a closed-source software office suite containing different applications. It was first launched by Bill Gates on 19th November 1990 soon after the launch of Microsoft Windows.

The first version of MS Office Contained MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint. While these are called Applications, Microsoft Office is called Software.

The list of Applications launched by MS Office are as follows:

MS Word- First launched in 1983.

Main Function-Creating text files.

MS Excel-First launched in 1985.

Main Function-Creating Spreadsheets.

MS PowerPoint-First launched in 1987.

Main Function-Creating Presentations.

MS Access- First launched in 1992.

Main Function-Database Management.

MS Outlook-First launched in 1997.

Main Function-Emailing & Work Calendar.

MS OneNote-First launched in 2003.

Main Function-Keeping Notes.

MS Publisher-First launched in 1991.

Main Function-Desktop Publishing.

Skype-First launched in 2003.

Main Function-Video Conferencing.

Out of these applications, MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint are used the most across the world

Introduction to MS Office

Microsoft Office is a closed-source software office suite containing different applications. It was first launched by Bill Gates on 19th November 1990 soon after the launch of Microsoft Windows.

The first version of MS Office Contained MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint. While these are called Applications, Microsoft Office is called Software.

The list of Applications launched by MS Office are as follows:

MS Word- First launched in 1983.

Main Function-Creating text files.

MS Excel-First launched in 1985.

Main Function-Creating Spreadsheets.

MS PowerPoint-First launched in 1987.

Main Function-Creating Presentations.

MS Access- First launched in 1992.

Main Function-Database Management.

MS Outlook-First launched in 1997.

Main Function-Emailing & Work Calendar.

MS OneNote-First launched in 2003.

Main Function-Keeping Notes.

MS Publisher-First launched in 1991.

Main Function-Desktop Publishing.

Skype-First launched in 2003.

Main Function-Video Conferencing.

Out of these applications, MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint are used the most across the world

Learn how to create, format, print and save a Microsoft Word document

Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing program in use today. It is used throughout the world and is available in many different languages. Since Microsoft makes both Word and Windows you can see why it is so widely used. There is even a version that runs on Macintosh and Linux operating systems. Word is not the only word processing software available of course. There are other applications such as WordPerfect, Google Docs and Open Office among many others.

If you need to make a simple document such as a letter or a resume then it’s fairly easy to create them without major adjustments. In this tutorial we are going to go over how to make a document, perform simple formatting, and saving and printing your document. This tutorial will be using Word 2016 so if you have a different version it may vary a little.