What is MS Office?

Microsoft Office (or simply Office) is a family of server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, in Las Vegas. 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, data integration etc. Microsoft Office is available in 35 different languages. Is supported by Windows, Mac and most Linux variants. It mainly consists of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, Outlook and Publisher applications. Microsoft Office was primarily created to automate the manual office work with a collection of purpose-built applications. Each of the applications in Microsoft Office serves as specific knowledge or office domain such as: Microsoft Word: Helps users in creating text documents. Microsoft Excel: Creates simple to complex data/numerical spreadsheets. Microsoft PowerPoint: Stand-alone application for creating professional multimedia presentations. Microsoft Access: Database management application, it helps in collecting and sorting the data, it used for spreadsheets and financial calculation. Microsoft Publisher: Introductory application for creating and publishing marketing materials such as business cards, greeting cards, calendars, newsletters, news letters etc. Microsoft OneNote: Alternate to a paper notebook, it enables an user to neatly organize their notes. Microsoft Outlook: Send and receive email messages, manage your calendar, store names and numbers of your contacts and track your daily tasks.