Introduction to Microsoft OFFICE Dr. Gaurav Dureja Introduction to Microsoft OFFICE

INTRODUCTION Microsoft corporation is an American multinational software corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services related to computing. the company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. Microsoft is the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. it is also one of the world's most valuable companies. As of 2013, Microsoft is market dominant in both the pc operating system and office suite markets (the latter with Microsoft office). The company also produces a wide range of other software for desktops and servers, and is active in areas including internet search (with bing), the video game industry (with the xbox and xbox 360 consoles, and the upcoming xbox one console), the digital services market (through msn), and mobile phones (via the windows phone OS). In June 2012, Microsoft announced that it would be entering the pc vendor market for the first time, with the launch of the Microsoft surface tablet computer.

Paul Allen and Bill Gates, childhood friends with a passion in computer programming, were seeking to make a successful business utilizing their shared skills. 1972 they founded their first company named traf-o-data, which offered a rudimentary computer that tracked and analysed automobile traffic data.

1987 - Microsoft "pac-man" logo, designed by scott baker and used from 1987 to 2012 with the 1994–2005 slogan "where do you want to go today?". 2006–2011 - Microsoft logo with the slogan "your potential. our passion." 2011–2012 - logo by Microsoft with the slogan "be what's next.“ 2012–Present - introduced on august 23, 2012, to symbolize the "world of digital motion"

Introduction to Microsoft Office Microsoft office is a powerful suite of applications that can assist you in many projects and business applications. you can write letters, prepare presentations, maintain records etc, with the help of various tools available in the Microsoft office. Ms-office was introduced way back in 1988. later on developments were made and the modified version Ms-office was launched in 1995. Later in 1997 an advanced version of its Ms-office-97 was launched. Later on further modifications were made and Ms-office 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 was launched. Ms-word is a “What You See Is What You Get” (WYSIWYG) program which means that the user can see all font and graphics on the screen exactly as they will print out.

Components of Microsoft office Microsoft Word-program that enables you to create, edit, print and save documents Microsoft Excel- Microsoft excel is a spreadsheet program  Microsoft PowerPoint- Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program Microsoft Access-a database handling program that lets a users to store and organize information Microsoft Outlook express- Microsoft outlook  is a personal information manager and e-mail communication software.  Microsoft Publisher-program that create newsletter, business cards, graphics Microsoft PhotoDraw-program that let you create and enhance drawings and photographs

Microsoft word Word processing is the term used to describe the creation/editions of letters, balance sheets, reports etc. word processing package offers many advantages to the creation and revision of documents when compared to handwritten or typed documents. Speed is primary advantage. Microsoft word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Ms-word software package is quit flexible and easy to use. It is most popular word processor. Due to large number of features this software is used by most of the people now a days.

Features of Microsoft word Saving Documents Documents can be printed Cut and paste of text Document formatting Search and replace Spell check Header and footer Insert pictures, graphs and tables Justification Better view of mistakes Better presentation

PowerPoint MICROSOFT POINT IS A TOOL BY WHICH YOU CAN USE TO COMMUNICATE YOUR IDEAS THROUGH VISUAL AIDS THAT APPEAR TO BE DESIGNED PROFESSIONALLY YET THEY ARE EASY TO PRODUCE. with PowerPoint you can create a variety of media, including black and white overheads, colour slides etc.