Manny R. Hortizuela
Productivity Tools
Who is he?
BILL GATES
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WINDOWS
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OFFICE
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MSWORD
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POWERPOINT
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EXCEL
Productivity tools
 productivity tools are computer software programs which
allow a user to create specific items quickly and easily as
opposed to creating the same items by hand.
Who is more productive?
Microsoft Office
 an office suite of applications, servers, and services
developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill
Gates on 1August 1988, at COMDEX in LasVegas. Initially a
marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first
version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel
, and Microsoft PowerPoint.
 Over the years, Office applications have grown substantially
closer with shared features such as a common spell checker,
OLE data integration and Visual Basic for Applications
scripting language
Word
 MicrosoftWord is a word processor available forWindows and
macOS (formerly known as OS X).Word is also included in
some editions of the now discontinued MicrosoftWorks.
 The first version ofWord, released in the autumn of 1983, was
for the MS-DOS operating system and had the distinction of
introducing the mouse to a broad population.Word 1.0 could
be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required.
Following the precedents of LisaWrite and MacWrite,Word for
Macintosh attempted to add closer WYSIWYG features into its
package.Word for Mac was released in 1985.Word for Mac was
the first graphical version of MicrosoftWord.
Excel
 Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program that originally
competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3, and eventually
outsold it. It is available for theWindows and macOS
platforms.
 Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac OS
in 1985, and the firstWindows version (numbered 2.05 to
line up with the Mac and bundled with a standaloneWindows
run-time environment) in November 1987.
Powerpoint
 Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program forWindows
and macOS. It is used to create slideshows, composed of
text, graphics, and other objects, which can be displayed on-
screen and shown by the presenter or printed out on
transparencies or slides.
Access
 MicrosoftAccess is a database management system for
Windows that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database
Engine with a graphical user interface and software-
development tools.
 MicrosoftAccess stores data in its own format based on the
Access Jet Database Engine. It can also import or link
directly to data stored in other applications and databases.[9]
Outlook
 Microsoft Outlook (not to be confused with
Outlook Express) is a personal information manager.The
replacement for Windows Messaging, Microsoft Mail, and
Schedule+ starting in Office 97, it includes an e-mail client,
calendar, task manager and address book.
 On the Mac OS, Microsoft offered several versions of
Outlook in the late 1990s, but only for use with
Microsoft Exchange Server. In Office 2001, it introduced an
alternative application with a slightly different feature set
called Microsoft Entourage. It reintroduced Outlook in
Office 2011, replacing Entourage.[10]
OneNote
 Microsoft OneNote is a freeware notetaking program. It
gathers notes (handwritten or typed), drawings,
screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be
shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a
network. OneNote was initially introduced as a standalone
app that was not included in any of Microsoft Office 2003
editions.
Microsoft Sway
 Microsoft Sway is a presentation app that allows users to
create an interactive website combining text, images, and
other media. Sway was originally released inAugust 2015.
Sway is tied with the user's Microsoft account, where the
Sways that the user creates are stored. Sway is available as a
web app or mobile app and is included with Windows 10.
Other desktop applications
 Microsoft Publisher: desktop publishing app mostly used for designing
brochures, labels, calendars, greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, web
site, and postcards
 Skype for Business: integrated communications client for conferences and
meetings in real time (known as Microsoft Office Communicator in Office 2007
and as Microsoft Lync until 2015 when Microsoft acquired Skype).
 Microsoft Project: project management software to keep track of events and
to create network charts and Gantt charts, not bundled in any Office suite
 MicrosoftVisio: diagram and flowcharting program not bundled in any
Office suite
 Microsoft SharePoint Designer: a specialized HTML editor forWindows that
develops SharePoint sites, now part of Microsoft SharePoint family and
offered as an independent freeware download
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    Productivity tools  productivitytools are computer software programs which allow a user to create specific items quickly and easily as opposed to creating the same items by hand.
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    Who is moreproductive?
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    Microsoft Office  anoffice suite of applications, servers, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on 1August 1988, at COMDEX in LasVegas. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel , and Microsoft PowerPoint.  Over the years, Office applications have grown substantially closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, OLE data integration and Visual Basic for Applications scripting language
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    Word  MicrosoftWord isa word processor available forWindows and macOS (formerly known as OS X).Word is also included in some editions of the now discontinued MicrosoftWorks.  The first version ofWord, released in the autumn of 1983, was for the MS-DOS operating system and had the distinction of introducing the mouse to a broad population.Word 1.0 could be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required. Following the precedents of LisaWrite and MacWrite,Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer WYSIWYG features into its package.Word for Mac was released in 1985.Word for Mac was the first graphical version of MicrosoftWord.
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    Excel  Microsoft Excelis a spreadsheet program that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3, and eventually outsold it. It is available for theWindows and macOS platforms.  Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac OS in 1985, and the firstWindows version (numbered 2.05 to line up with the Mac and bundled with a standaloneWindows run-time environment) in November 1987.
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    Powerpoint  Microsoft PowerPointis a presentation program forWindows and macOS. It is used to create slideshows, composed of text, graphics, and other objects, which can be displayed on- screen and shown by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides.
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    Access  MicrosoftAccess isa database management system for Windows that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software- development tools.  MicrosoftAccess stores data in its own format based on the Access Jet Database Engine. It can also import or link directly to data stored in other applications and databases.[9]
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    Outlook  Microsoft Outlook(not to be confused with Outlook Express) is a personal information manager.The replacement for Windows Messaging, Microsoft Mail, and Schedule+ starting in Office 97, it includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager and address book.  On the Mac OS, Microsoft offered several versions of Outlook in the late 1990s, but only for use with Microsoft Exchange Server. In Office 2001, it introduced an alternative application with a slightly different feature set called Microsoft Entourage. It reintroduced Outlook in Office 2011, replacing Entourage.[10]
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    OneNote  Microsoft OneNoteis a freeware notetaking program. It gathers notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network. OneNote was initially introduced as a standalone app that was not included in any of Microsoft Office 2003 editions.
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    Microsoft Sway  MicrosoftSway is a presentation app that allows users to create an interactive website combining text, images, and other media. Sway was originally released inAugust 2015. Sway is tied with the user's Microsoft account, where the Sways that the user creates are stored. Sway is available as a web app or mobile app and is included with Windows 10.
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    Other desktop applications Microsoft Publisher: desktop publishing app mostly used for designing brochures, labels, calendars, greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, web site, and postcards  Skype for Business: integrated communications client for conferences and meetings in real time (known as Microsoft Office Communicator in Office 2007 and as Microsoft Lync until 2015 when Microsoft acquired Skype).  Microsoft Project: project management software to keep track of events and to create network charts and Gantt charts, not bundled in any Office suite  MicrosoftVisio: diagram and flowcharting program not bundled in any Office suite  Microsoft SharePoint Designer: a specialized HTML editor forWindows that develops SharePoint sites, now part of Microsoft SharePoint family and offered as an independent freeware download
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