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Microsoft Office Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. As well as the office applications, it includes associated servers and Web-based services. Office is considered to be the de facto standard for productivity programs, and has many features not present in other suites. However, the reverse is also true, with other programs having things Office doesn't. Essential Programs on Windows Platform -
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- Outlook is also included with most Pocket PC handhelds.
Other programs and Web-based services sometimes included -
- Binder was a major flop for Microsoft, and is not very widely used. Newer versions of Office often do not include it for this reason.
Beginning with the 1997 edition, Microsoft Agent (in 2000 and up) and a similar actor technology (in 97) have been used to provide the Office Assistant, sometimes dubbed "Clippy" or "Clippit", an interactive help tool. Also, beginning with Office 1998, the Macintosh and Windows versions of Office share the same file format. Consequently, any Macintosh with Office 1998 or later can read documents created with Office 1997 or later, and vice-versa. Office 2003 introduced a new, optional file format for the entire suite, built on XML technology. Office X for Mac is also built to handle this file format. Cross-platform use Microsoft develops Office primarily for Windows and secondarily for Macintosh. However, most versions of the suite can also be run on Unix-like operating systems through the use of a compatibility layer such as CrossOver Office or WINE. It can also run in a virtual machine such as VMware. As a general rule of thumb, the older, simpler versions do tend to run considerably better on Wine; however, newer versions have been known to work as well. Versions Major Microsoft Windows versions - Office 3.0 (CD-ROM version: Word 2.0c, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail) - released 30-Aug-1993
- Office 4.0 (Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0) - released 17-Jan-1994
- Office for NT 4.2 (Word 6.0 i386 and Alpha, Excel 5.0 i386 and Alpha, PowerPoint 4.0 16-bit, "Microsoft Office Manager") - released 3-Jul-1994
- Office 4.3 (The last 16-bit version; Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0 and in the pro version: Access 2.0) - released 2-Jun-1994
- Office 95 (Word 95, etc.) - released 30-Aug-1995; not very widely used.
- Office 97 (Word 97, etc.) - released 30-Dec-1996 (was published on CD-ROM as well as on a set of 45 3½-inch floppy disks)
- Office 2000 (Word 2000, etc.) - released 27-Jun-1999
- Office XP (Word 2002, etc.) - released 31-May-2001
- Office 2003 (Word 2003, etc.) - released 17-Nov-2003
There have been variants of the later versions such as Small Business Edition, Student and Teacher Edition, Professional Edition and Developer Edition with slightly different collections of applications. Apple Macintosh versions - Office 1 (Word 3, etc.)
- Office 2 (Word 4, etc.)
- Office 3 (Word 5, etc.)
- Office 4.2 (The first Power Mac-aware version; Word 6.0, etc.) - released 2-Jun-1994
- Office 98 (Word 98, etc.) - released 15-Mar-1998
- Office 2001 (Word 2001, etc.) - released 11-Oct-2000
- Office v.X (The first Mac OS X/Aqua edition; Word X, etc.) - released 3-Sep-2001
- Office 2004 (Word 2004, etc.) - released 13-Jul-2004
Add Ins A major feature of applications in the Office suite is the ability for users and third party companies to write Office COM add-ins. Component Object Model (COM) add-ins are supplemental programs that extend the capabilities of an application by adding custom commands and specialized features that can accommodate specific tasks. Trivia For some reason, most versions of Microsoft Office (including 97 and later, and possibly 4.3) use their own widget set, and as a result do not blend in with the native operating system. Whereas Windows uses "Service Packs," Office uses "Service Releases." Competitors -
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