All About Microsoft
All About Microsoft
All About Microsoft
Summary
Topic 1: Introduction to Microsoft Office Application
1. what is Microsoft?
Microsoft is the largest vendor of computer software in the world. It is also a leading provider of
cloud computing services, video games, computer and gaming hardware, search and other
online services. Microsoft's corporate headquarters is located in Redmond, Wash., and it has
offices in more than 60 countries.
2. What is Microsoft Office?
Microsoft Office is a suite of applications designed to help with productivity and completing
common tasks on a computer. You can create and edit documents containing text and images,
work with data in spreadsheets and databases, and create presentations and posters. Microsoft
Office: an overview. Word. Excel.
1.2 Microsoft Office Applications and their Uses?
1.2.1 Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a text-processing application that you can use to create text
documents. It allows the user to configure the attributes of a document, such as layout
and the styles of content, and to add their content in a variety of ways and formats.
Word is typically used to create academic documents like essays, dissertations, and
theses, because it allows for more complex formatting, though you can also use Google
Docs for these.