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Introduction to Word

Microsoft Word or MS-WORD (often called Word) is a graphical word processing program that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft. 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.

Spelling & grammar checker, word count (this also counts letters and lines)

Speech recognition Inserts pictures in documents Web pages, graphs, etc. Tables Displays synonyms of words and can read out the text Prints in different ways.

There are versions for Microsoft Word for other operating systems as well as Microsoft Windows, but new versions support fewer operating systems, although they always support Windows.

Word for Windows 1.0, for Windows 2.x came out in 1989. Word for Windows 1.1, for Windows 3.0 came out in March, 1990. Word for Windows 1.1a, for Windows 3.1 came out in June, 1990. Word for Windows 2.0, came out in 1991. Word for Windows 6.0, came out in 1993. Word for Windows 95 (sometimes called Word 7), came out in 1995. Word 97 (sometimes called Word 8), came out in 1997. Word 2000 (sometimes called Word 9), came out in 1999. Word 2002 (sometimes called Word 10 or Word XP), came out in 2001. Word 2007, came out in 2007. Word 2010 and Word 2013. Word 2016 as Leaked Technical Preview.

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1. Word 1.1 for Windows 1.0November 19, 1990:Microsoft Office for Windows is released otherwise known as "Office 1.0". Office 1.0 contains Word 1.1, Excel 2.0 and PowerPoint 2.0. In the same year as this release, Microsoft becomes the first company to exceed $1billion in sales in one year.

2. Word 2.0 for Windows 3.0 August 30, 1992: Microsoft Office 3.0 is released on CD-ROM, including Word 2.0c, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0 and Microsoft Mail. This hugely popular version of Microsoft Office would later be rebranded from The Microsoft Office 3.0 to Office 92.

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3. Word 6.0 for Windows June 02, 1994: Microsoft Office 4.3 is released featuring Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0 and Mail 3.2, plus Access 2.0 in the Pro version. 4.3 is the last 16 bit version and the last to support Windows 3.x, Windows NT 3.1 and Windows NT 3.5.

4. Word 7 or Word 95August 30, 1995:Office 95 is released, coinciding with the release of Windows 95 operating system. Works only on Windows 95, NT 3.51 or higher. This is the first Office version to have the same version number for all major component products (Word etc.)Word 97 had the same general operating performance as later versions such as Word 2000. This was the first copy of Word featuring the Office Assistant, "Clippit", which was an animated helper used in all Office programs. This was a takeover from the earlier launched

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concept in Microsoft Bob. Word 97 introduced the macro programming language Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) which remains in use in Word 2013.

5. Word 8 or Word 97December 30, 1997:Office 97 released, featuring Word 97, Excel 97, PowerPoint 97 and Mail 97. Office 97 was published on a CD-ROM as well as on a set of three and a half inch floppy disks. It became Y2K safe with the service release 2.Word 98 for the Macintosh gained many features of Word 97, and was bundled with the Macintosh Office 98 package. Document compatibility reached parity with Office 97 and Word on the Mac became a viable business alternative to its Windows counterpart. Unfortunately, Word on the Mac in this and later releases also became vulnerable to future macro viruses that could compromise Word (and Excel) documents, leading to the only situation where viruses could be cross-platform. A Windows version of this was only bundled with the Japanese/Korean Microsoft Office 97 Powered By Word 98 and could not be purchased separately. It was then released in the same period as well.

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6. Word 2003 The most used version is version 2003 with plenty of functionality and security features. Blended with Windows XP completely and presented icons and toolbars with the same look as the operating system. Other than the looks, the rich feature arranged neatly under different menu tabs made it user’s choice to years until they were forced to upgrade to Office 2007 and Office 2010.

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7. Word 2007Office 2007 introduced the ribbon interface and helped you produce professional-looking documents by providing a comprehensive set of tools for creating and formatting your document in the new Microsoft Office Fluent user interface.

8. Word 2010Microsoft Office 2010 let people & employees keep in touch and working effectively no matter where they were. They could use the same applications from their PCs, from a smartphone, or from a Web browser. Microsoft Introduces New Web apps Like Word 10, Excel 10 etc.

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9. Word 2013The Evolution of MS Office continues with Office 2013 and Office 365 and makes use of cloud computing and takes it to the next level, while introducing Touch.

Office 365 was introduced in mid-2011 as a replacement to Microsoft’s cloud based business suite. Since then, it has come a long way and has taken over standalone Office versions in colleges and businesses. It includes the web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and a mail program. In addition, it offers unlimited storage on OneDrive for the subscribers.

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COMPONENTS OF MICROSOFT WORD

The various components of MS Word are as follows:

FILE Button to Access Options QUICK ACCESS

TOOLBARsTITLE BAR

RIBBON

SECTION

WRITING PAGE

TASK BARPAGE NUMBERS AND COUNT OF WORDS

GRAMMATICAL ERROR CHECKING

ZOOM IN AND ZOOM OUT

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1. File Button:

2. Quick Access Toolbar: It is a bar with the help of which we can open various shortcuts like Open, New, Save, Email, Print, etc.

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3. Ribbon: A ribbon is a combination of sections like Clipboard, Font Size, Paragraph, Styles and Editing.

4. Tabs: Tabs are just above the ribbons like Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, etc.

5. Sections: Sections are a part of Ribbon such as Clipboard, Font, Paragraph, Styles, etc.

6. Writing Page: Writing page is basically wherein a document needs to created. It’s the space where we can type on the MS Word.

7. Task Bar: Task Bar displays the activities that are being worked upon such as Words used or page numbers.

8. Page Numbers and Count of Words: Page number shows the page the work is being carried out whereas the Word count is something that counts the number of words used.

9. Grammatical Error Checking: It checks if there is any grammatical errors in the document.

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10. Page Layouts: Page layout is the way in which a document can be showcased e.g., in a reading way, draft manner and many more.

11. Zoom in and Zoom Out Toolbar: With the help of zoom in and zoom out the size of the document can be increased or decreased.

12. Horizontal and Vertical Toolbar: These are the scrolling bars with the help of which a document can be moved from up-down or left-right.