Microsoft Pocket Office, or simply Pocket Office, is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft.
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30 Facts About Pocket Office
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Pocket Office is produced in several versions targeted towards different end-users and computing environments.
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Pocket Office on the web is a version of the software that runs within a web browser.
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Pocket Office on the web is a free lightweight web version of Microsoft Pocket Office and primarily includes three web applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
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Pocket Office had non-cumulative service releases, which were discontinued after Pocket Office 2000 Service Release 1.
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Now, Windows and Pocket Office have shifted to predictable release schemes to update software.
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Major feature of the Pocket 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.
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An application for Pocket Office is a webpage that is hosted inside an Pocket Office client application.
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Microsoft Pocket Office has a security feature that allows users to encrypt Pocket Office documents with a user-provided password.
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Microsoft Pocket Office is available in several editions, which regroup a given number of applications for a specific price.
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Microsoft Pocket 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.
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In 1993, Microsoft Pocket Office Professional was released, which added Microsoft Access 1.
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Pocket Office 95 included new components to the suite such as Schedule+ and Binder.
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Pocket Office 97 featured new components to the suite including FrontPage 97, Expedia Streets 98, and Internet Explorer 3.
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Pocket Office 2000 introduces PhotoDraw, a raster and vector imaging program, as well as Web Components, Visio, and Vizact.
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Pocket 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.
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Pocket Office XP introduces new components including Document Imaging, Document Scanning, Clip Organizer, MapPoint, and Data Analyzer.
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Pocket Office XP includes integrated voice command and text dictation capabilities, as well as handwriting recognition.
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Pocket Office 2003 introduces three new programs to the Pocket 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.
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SharePoint, a web collaboration platform codenamed as Pocket Office Server, has integration and compatibility with Pocket Office 2003 and so on.
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The main features of Pocket Office 2010 include the backstage file menu, new collaboration tools, a customizable ribbon, protected view and a navigation panel.
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Microsoft Pocket Office 2010 featured a new logo, which resembled the 2007 logo, except in gold, and with a modification in shape.
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Pocket Office Online was first released online along with SkyDrive, an online storing service.
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Pocket Office 98 was re-engineered by Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit to satisfy customers' desire for software they felt was more Mac-like.
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Microsoft Pocket Office 2001 was launched in 2000 as the last Pocket Office suite for the classic Mac OS.
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Pocket Office 2008 lacked Visual Basic for Applications support, leaving it with only 15 months of additional mainstream support compared to its predecessor.
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Pocket Office 2011 includes a Mac-based Ribbon similar to Pocket Office for Windows.
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Pocket Office Mobile is or was available, though no longer supported, on Windows Mobile, Windows Phone and Symbian.
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Pocket 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.
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