MS-OFFICE

Microsoft Office is a complete package of Desktop/Mobile applications, servers and services provided by Microsoft for Windows as well as other OS like Apple's MAC and Android(Mobile MS-Office).
The first version of MS-Office was launched on 1,August 1988 in Las Vegas. The Package contained - MS-WORD , MS-EXCEL and MS-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. In 2012, Softpedia announced that MS-Office is used by more than a billion People WorldWide.
The current Version of MS-OFFICE is Office 2013, launched in October 2012. Office 2013 comes with variety of Applications such as - 
  • Word
  • Access
  • Excel
  • Powerpoint
  • Outlook
  • OneNote
  • Publisher
  • Lync
  • InfoPath

With Office 2013 a Touched Optimized Version of Office was Launched, which is pre-Installed in Windows Tablets. The Mobile Version of Office was also launched for Windows Phone , Android and IOS. Office Online is also available as Web-Based Application.

MS-WORD
Word is the most popular, usable and earliest application of Microsoft Office. With the latest Version of Word there are many more features added.
The advantages that come up with WORD-2013 are:

  1. Cloud Integration : Word 2013 is integrated via SkyDrive ,which means you’re able to access and perform actions on your files, regardless of where you’re located, as long as you have an Internet connection.
  2. Read Mode : The new “read mode”  allow users to read documents in an easy-to-read environment.
  3. Simple Editing : We can now edit PDF files using Word 2013, which wasn’t possible in the previous Versions.


MS-PowerPoint

PowerPoint has also been one of the most used and earliest application of Microsoft Office. PowerPoint is basically a Presentation Program which is used to create SlideShows composed of text,audio,video and graphics(like animation etc.).
PowerPoint plays a great role when it comes to Business Presentation.
The advantages that come up with PowerPoint-2013 are:
  1. Professional looking presentations : When you open up PowerPoint 2013 you are presented with a number of updated templates. 
  2. Things done quicker : PowerPoint 2013 this is much quicker and more user-friendly, you can search from videos directly from PowerPoint.
  3. Presenter View :  With Presenter View you can easily see all your slides and quickly navigate between them, you can zoom in and out and use different tools such as a mouse laser pointer.

MS-EXCEL

Excel is a SpreadSheet Program which is used to store Data in a Tabular Form. Excel is also a widely used application for managing of data. Many Companies, Institutes and other Sectors use Excel for maintaining there Data.
The advantages that come up with Excel-2013 are:
  1. Flash Fill : This feature anticipates formatting and data requirements by recognizing patterns so it can finish what you start.
  2. Timelines : Timeline lets you filter records in a PivotTable—it works similar to a slicer, but you can filter by dates.
  3. Recommended Charts :  Recommended Charts takes the guesswork out of the process.
Both Windows and Office use service packs to update software.

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