Microsoft Word is a word processing program developed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word. It grew out of an earlier word processing program called Bravo that was developed at Xerox PARC. Word has different versions for Windows, Mac, and DOS operating systems. Common file extensions for Word documents are .doc and .docx. Word allows importing images and has features for spelling and grammar checking, find and replace, inserting watermarks, and creating documents for business, education, resumes, and publishing books or newsletters.

1. TOPIC
MICROSOFT WORD
SUBMITTED to: Mrs sumandeep kaur
SUBMITTED by: karan ghai ,Manmeet singh
Paramveer singh ,Raja Arora,

2. INTRODUCTION
 Microsoft Word (or simply Word) is a word
processor developed by Microsoft It was first
released on October 25, 1983under the
name Multi-Tool Word

4. HISTORY
 In 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.

5. WORD FOR WINDOW
 Word 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.

6. WORD FOR MAC
 The Mac was introduced January 24, 1984 and
Microsoft introduced Word 1.0 for Mac a year
later, January 18, 1985. The DOS, Mac, and
Windows versions are quite different from each
other

7. FILE NAME EXTENSION
 Filename extensions
 Microsoft Word's native file formats are denoted either by
a .doc or .docx filename extension
 Although the doc extension has been used in many different
versions of Word, it actually encompasses four distinct file
formats:
 Word for DOS
 Word for Windows 1 and 2; Word 3 and 4 for Mac OS
 Word 6 and Word 95 for Windows; Word 6 for Mac OS
 Word 97 and later for Windows; Word 98 and later for Mac OS

8. IMAGE FORMAT
 Word can import and display images in common
bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also
be used to create and display simple line-art.
Microsoft Word added support for the common
SVG vector image format in 2017 for Office
365 Pro Plus subscribers and this functionality
was also included in the Office 2019 release.

9. WORD ART
 WordArt enables drawing text in a Microsoft
Word document such as a title, watermark, or
other text, with graphical effects such as
skewing, shadowing, rotating, stretching in a
variety of shapes and colors and even including
three-dimensional effects.

10. IMPORTANCE OF MS WORD
 The purpose of the MS Word is to allow the
users to type and save documents. Similar to
other word processors, it has helpful tools to
make documents. Microsoft word, often called
as word, carries with it a lot of benefits

11. FEATURES
HOW ABOUT CHECKING YOUR SPELLING? –
You can correct your spelling errors all in one go, to
ensure you haven’t left any stone unturned When using
the main Spelling and Grammar dialog box, words in
your document which are not found in Word's
dictionary will be listed in the Not in Dictionary box.
Suggestions will be presented below with the first
suggestion selected. The options you have are similar to
the right-click options available for corrections as you
type.

13. FIND & REPLACE
Save precious time with this effective Word
feature. Word Replace can search for all
occurrences of a particular word, phrase or set
of characters and replace them with an
alternative. You will be given the option to
replace all occurrences or to move through them
individually, accepting or rejecting each change.

15. INSERTING WATERMARKS
If you’re sending an important document or
draft sample, you want to be able to protect your
content without having to edit much of it. Insert
a watermark specific to your objectives via the
page layout button.

17. Business and workplace use of
Microsoft Word
You can create all types of official documents in
Microsoft Word. You can use template function
in Microsoft to download letterhead samples,
bills, and cash memos, joining letters, receipts,
letterhead and all various types of accounts
management related work.

18. MS word uses in Education: –
Microsoft word is the best teaching tool for
teachers. You can create a lecture script by using
text, word art, shapes, colors, and images

19.  5. Help to create resumes, notes, and
assignments: –
 You can create notes and assignments on MS-
word. It’s easy to write and format text in
Microsoft word by using various text formatting
options such as paragraphs, fonts, styles, etc.

20. You can create books, articles, and
newsletters: –
Microsoft word is used by millions of people
around the world for document writing since its
launch. And writing a book on Microsoft Word
is really easy.