MicrosoftOffice
MicrosoftOffice is an efficient program created by Microsoft and developed for MicrosoftWindows and AppleMacintosh operating systems. Like office applications, it includes federated servers and Internet-based services. The latest versions of Office are called "Officesystem" instead of "Officesuite", reflecting that they also include servers.
Office first appeared in the early 1990s. It is a promotion name, which refers to a collection of software that was previously sold separately. At that time, the main promotion focus was to save a lot of money by buying collections instead of buying them separately. The original versions of Office included Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Another professional edition includes MicrosoftAess. Microsoft Outlook didn't exist at that time. With the passage of time, Office applications are gradually integrated, and * * * enjoys some functions, such as spelling and grammar checking, OLE data integration and MicrosoftVBA(VisualBasicfor) scripting language. Recently, Microsoft tried to use Office as a development platform, but the result was unpredictable.
Office is regarded as the de facto standard for developing documents, and some functions do not exist in other products. But other products also have functions that Office lacks. The next version of Office (12.0) will have a completely different user interface from the previous version.
Mainstream Windows version
Office3.0 (CD version: Word2.0c, Excel4.0a, PowerPoint3.0, Mail) was released on August 30th, 1993.
Office 4.0 (Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0) was released in June199465438+1October 65438+July.
Office4.2(Word6.0[32-bit, i386, Alpha], Excel5.0[32-bit, i386, Alpha], PowerPoint4.0[ 16-bit] and "MicrosoftOfficeManager") for WindowsNT were released on1July 3, 1994.
Office4.3 (latest 16-bit version. Word6.0，Excel5.0，PowerPoint4.0。 The professional version is Aess2.0, released on June 2nd, 1994.
Office7.0/95(Word95, etc. ), released on August 30th, 1995, has not been widely used.
Office8.0/97(Word97, etc. ), published on199665438+February 30th. (CD and a set of 45 3.5-inch floppy disks)
Office9.0/2000(Word2000, etc. ), released on June 27th 1999.
Office10.0/2002/XP (word 2002, etc. ), published on May 3 1, 20065438.
Office11.0/2003 (word 2003, etc. ) was released in June 2002165438+1October 65438+July.
Later versions are like small business version, student teacher version, professional version and developer version, with slightly different components.
Core program on Windows version
MicrosoftWord is a word processing software. It is considered as the main program of Office. It occupies a dominant position in the word processing software market. Its proprietary DOC format is regarded as an industry standard, although its newer version Word 1 1.0/2003 also supports XML-based formats. Word is also suitable for some versions of MicrosoftWorks. Suitable for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.orgWriter, StarOffice, CorelWordPerfect and ApplePages.
MicrosoftExcel is a spreadsheet program [a software program that performs numerical and budgetary operations]. Like MicrosoftWord, it has a dominant position in the market. At first, it was the dominant competitor of Lotus 1-2-3, but in the end it sold more and faster, so it became the actual standard. Suitable for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.orgCalc, StarOffice and CorelQuattroPro.
Microsoft Outlook-please don't confuse it with another Microsoft product OutlookExpress-is a personal information management program and email communication software. Take over MicrosoftMail in Office97. It includes an email client, a calendar, a task manager and an address book. The main competitors of its e-mail program are mozillahunderbird(Mozilla) and Eudora. Its main competitors in personal information management programs are Mozilla and LotusOrganizer. Only suitable for Windows platform; Most PocketPC handheld computers also contain a version. Its Macintosh version is Microsoft's tourage.
MicrosoftPowerPoint is a popular introduction program under Windows and Macintosh. It can create slides composed of text combinations, pictures, movies and other things. Slides can be displayed on the screen and operated by the presenter, and slides can also be projected on the screen using a reflector or projector. WindowsMobile2005 (Wan Ciwang) will take advantage of this program to occupy a dominant position in the market. Its main competitor is OpenOffice. OrgImpress, Corel WordPerfect and AppleKeynote.