when did microsoft word come out?
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History & Evolution Of Microsoft Office Software Year 1992 – MS Office 3.0 For Windows (Office 92 on CD-ROM). Contains – Word 2.0; Excel 4.0A and PowerPoint 4.0. Do note that the version numbers are not consistent; they were made consistent only after Office 95 that we’ll check out below.
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Microsoft Updated: 06/30/2017 by. Founded in April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, today Microsoft is one of the largest and most successful companies in the world. Microsoft is the developer and distributor of Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Office, DirectX, XBOX, and numerous other programs and games.
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Encyclopedia Definition of:Microsoft Word. A full-featured word processing program for Windows and Mac from Microsoft. Available stand-alone or as part of the Microsoft Office suite, Word contains rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities and is the most widely used word processing program on the market.
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Microsoft Company 15 September 1975 August 12, IBM introduces its Personal Computer, which uses Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0, plus Microsoft BASIC, COBOL, PASCAL, and other Microsoft products. After months of maniacal hours by developers, the IBM personal computer debuts with Microsoft's Disk Operating System (MS-DOS).
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History of Microsoft By the mid-1980s Microsoft had got out of the Unix business, except for an interest in SCO. DOS (Disk Operating System) was the operating system that brought the company its real success. International Business Machines (IBM) first approached Microsoft about its upcoming IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) in July 1980.
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History of Microsoft The year 1998 was significant in Microsoft's history, with Bill Gates appointing Steve Ballmer as president of Microsoft but remaining as Chair and CEO himself. The company released an update to the consumer version of Windows, Windows 98.
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Get it now with an Office 365 subscription Microsoft Word 2016 with an Office 365 subscription is the latest version of Word. Previous versions include Word 2013, Word 2010, Word 2007, and Word 2003. Word 2016 is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7. iTunes, iPhone, and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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The history of Microsoft Founded in 1975 by Seattle-area natives Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is one of the biggest technology firms in the world and is the second-largest private employer in Washington state. Microsoft made a name for itself in 1981, when IBM unveiled the first PC to run MS-DOS.
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Microsoft Microsoft's major breakthrough occurred in 1981 when the company furnished an operating system for IBM's first major entry into personal computers. Called PC-DOS by IBM, Microsoft also marketed its own version, MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System). The early 1980s saw both IBM's and Microsoft's fortunes soar.
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Microsoft Excel The first version of Excel was released for the Mac in 1985 and the first Windows version (numbered 2.0 to line-up with the Mac and bundled with a run-time Windows environment) was released in November 1987.
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What is Microsoft Windows? Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems and environments developed and marketed by Microsoft Corporation. The first version of Windows was released in 1985 as a graphical user interface to MS-DOS, providing multiple document support, mouse support, drop down menus, and color video drivers.
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Microsoft Word Word Home Page - Microsoft Office Online. Microsoft Word or MS-WORD (often called Word) is a graphical word processing program that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft. The purpose of the MS Word is to allow the users to type and save documents.
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History & Evolution Of Microsoft Office Software PowerPoint version was same – 3.0. The major overhaul was MS Word which now had a very rich interface focusing on formatting. Thus, Office 4.0 composed of following: Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, and PowerPoint 3.0.
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Microsoft Word In 1997, Microsoft formed the Macintosh Business Unit as an independent group within Microsoft focused on writing software for Mac OS. Its first version of Word, Word 98, was released with Office 98 Macintosh Edition.
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Microsoft Word Alternatives: Wordsmiths, Rejoice! Show More. Microsoft Word is ubiquitous: It's the standard word processor in most places of business, and it often ends up installed on home PCs due to compatibility and familiarity. It isn't the only choice, however.
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A Short History of Microsoft In August 1977, the company opened their first international office in Japan, called ASCII Microsoft. In 1981, the company incorporated in the state of Washington and became Microsoft Inc. Bill Gates was the President of the Company and the Chairman of the Board, and Paul Allen was the Executive VP.
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Get it now with an Office 365 subscription Explore Office across devices. Microsoft Word 2016 is the latest version of Word. Previous versions include Word 2013, Word 2010, Word 2007, and Word 2003. Word 2016 is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7. iTunes, iPhone, and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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History of Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows version 2 came out on December 9, 1987, and proved slightly more popular than its predecessor. Much of the popularity for Windows 2.0 came by way of its inclusion as a run-time version with Microsoft's new graphical applications, Excel and Word for Windows.
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- On November 10, 1983, Microsoft announced Windows, a graphical user interface (GUI) for MS-DOS and a competitor to the Macintosh operating system.
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History of Nintendo In August of the same year, Forethought was bought by Microsoft for $14 million USD ($29.1 million in present-day terms), and became Microsoft's Graphics Business Unit, which continued to develop the software further. PowerPoint was officially launched on May 22, 1990, the same day that Microsoft released Windows 3.0.
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- Microsoft Word - 5215_4498.doc Author: jhowell Created Date: 12/9/2004 10:17:43 AM
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- A: Microsoft Word is word processing software that allows users to create and edit text documents. Users can start with blank documents or work from pre-configured templates for projects with frequently used formats. Microsoft Word is often packaged with the Microsoft Office Suite, but it is also sold independently.
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History of Microsoft The first operating system publicly released by the company was a variant of Unix announced on August 25, 1980. Acquired from AT&T through a distribution license, Microsoft dubbed it Xenix, and hired Santa Cruz Operation in order to port/adapt the operating system to several platforms.
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Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a widely used commercial word processor designed by Microsoft. Microsoft Word is a component of the Microsoft Office suite of productivity software, but can also be purchased as a stand-alone product. It was initially launched in 1983 and has since been revised numerous times. Microsoft Word is available on both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
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Microsoft Office XP Microsoft Office XP. Microsoft Office XP (codenamed Office 10) is an office suite created and distributed by Microsoft for the Windows operating system. Office XP was released to manufacturing on March 5, 2001 and was later made available to retail on May 31, 2001. It is the successor to Office 2000 and the predecessor to Office 2003.
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A Brief History of Microsoft Office Earlier versions of office had been released for both MS-DOS in 1990 and Macintosh OS in 1989. The Office Suite was really only made possible by the large scale of Microsoft as a company relative to their competitors on the market.