3. • 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. Its purpose is
to allow users to type and save documents.
• n 1981, Microsoft hired Charles Simonyi, the primary
developer of Bravo, the first GUI word processor, which was
developed at Xerox PARC. Simonyi started work on a word
processor called Multi-Tool Word and soon hired Richard
Brodie, a former Xerox intern, who became the primary
software engineer.
• rd for Windows is 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. Word files are commonly
used as the format for sending text documents via e-mail
because almost every user with a computer can read a Word
document by using the Word application, a Word viewer or a
word processor that imports the Word.
4. • Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by
Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. It
features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables,
and a macro programming language called Visual
Basic for Applications.
• To help you get started, here
are 5 important Excel functions you should
learn today.
•The SUM Function. The sum function is the most
used function when it comes to computing data
on Excel. ...
•The TEXT Function. ...
•The VLOOKUP Function. ...
•The AVERAGE Function. ...
•The CONCATENATE Function.
5. • Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, created by
Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin at a software company
named Forethought, Inc. It was released on April 20, 1987,
initially for Macintosh System Operating system based
computers only.
• Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful slide show
presentation program. It is a standard component of the
company's Microsoft Office suite software, and is bundled
together with Word, Excel, and other office productivity
tools. The program uses slides to convey information rich in
multimedia.
