30 Facts About MS Office

Microsoft MS Office, or simply MS Office, is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft.

MS Office is produced in several versions targeted towards different end-users and computing environments.

MS Office on the web is a version of the software that runs within a web browser.

MS Office on the web is a free lightweight web version of Microsoft MS Office and primarily includes three web applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

MS Office had non-cumulative service releases, which were discontinued after MS Office 2000 Service Release 1.

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Now, Windows and MS Office have shifted to predictable release schemes to update software.

Major feature of the MS Office suite is the ability for users and third-party companies to write add-ins that extend the capabilities of an application by adding custom commands and specialized features.

An application for MS Office is a webpage that is hosted inside an MS Office client application.

Microsoft MS Office has a security feature that allows users to encrypt MS Office documents with a user-provided password.

Microsoft MS Office is available in several editions, which regroup a given number of applications for a specific price.

Microsoft MS Office has been criticized in the past for using proprietary file formats rather than open standards, which forces users who share data into adopting the same software platform.

In 1993, Microsoft MS Office Professional was released, which added Microsoft Access 1.

MS Office 95 included new components to the suite such as Schedule+ and Binder.

MS Office 97 featured new components to the suite including FrontPage 97, Expedia Streets 98, and Internet Explorer 3.

MS Office 2000 introduces PhotoDraw, a raster and vector imaging program, as well as Web Components, Visio, and Vizact.

MS Office XP introduced the Safe Mode feature, which allows applications such as Outlook to boot when it might otherwise fail by bypassing a corrupted registry or a faulty add-in.

MS Office XP introduces new components including Document Imaging, Document Scanning, Clip Organizer, MapPoint, and Data Analyzer.

MS Office XP includes integrated voice command and text dictation capabilities, as well as handwriting recognition.

MS Office 2003 introduces three new programs to the MS Office product lineup: InfoPath, a program for designing, filling, and submitting electronic structured data forms; OneNote, a note-taking program for creating and organizing diagrams, graphics, handwritten notes, recorded audio, and text; and the Picture Manager graphics software which can open, manage, and share digital images.

SharePoint, a web collaboration platform codenamed as MS Office Server, has integration and compatibility with MS Office 2003 and so on.

The main features of MS Office 2010 include the backstage file menu, new collaboration tools, a customizable ribbon, protected view and a navigation panel.

Microsoft MS Office 2010 featured a new logo, which resembled the 2007 logo, except in gold, and with a modification in shape.

MS Office Online was first released online along with SkyDrive, an online storing service.

MS Office 98 was re-engineered by Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit to satisfy customers' desire for software they felt was more Mac-like.

Microsoft MS Office 2001 was launched in 2000 as the last MS Office suite for the classic Mac OS.

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Benchmarks suggested that compared to its predecessor, MS Office 2008 ran at similar speeds on Intel machines and slower speeds on PowerPC machines.

MS Office 2008 lacked Visual Basic for Applications support, leaving it with only 15 months of additional mainstream support compared to its predecessor.

MS Office 2011 includes a Mac-based Ribbon similar to MS Office for Windows.

MS Office Mobile is or was available, though no longer supported, on Windows Mobile, Windows Phone and Symbian.

MS Office Lens is an app in the Windows Phone store, as well as built into the camera functionality in the OneNote apps for iOS and Windows 8.