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The first Word version, Word 1.0, was released in October 1983 for Xenix, MS-DOS, and IBM; it was followed by four very similar versions that were not very successful. The first Windows version was released in 1989, with a slightly improved interface. When Windows 3.0 was released in 1990, Word became a huge commercial success. Word for Windows ...
Microsoft Word is a word processing program developed by Microsoft.It was first released on October 25, 1983, [12] under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. [13] [14] [15] Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including: IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running the Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T UNIX PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989 ...
First version to receive extended support. Published on CD-ROM as well as on a set of 45 3½-inch floppy disks, became Y2K-safe with Service Release 2. Last version for Windows NT 3.51. June 20, 1997 Office 97 Powered by Word 98 (8.5) Word 98 was released only in Japanese and Korean editions. First version to contain Outlook 98 in all editions ...
Word for Mac was released in 1985. Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word. Initially, it implemented the proprietary .doc format as its primary format. Word 2007, however, deprecated this format in favor of Office Open XML, which was later standardized by Ecma International as an open format.
Microsoft announces Multi-Tool Word, which later becomes Microsoft Word. [4] 1983 November 10 Products Bill Gates first introduced the first version of Microsoft Windows and it is planned to be released 2 years later. [5] 1984: January 24: Competition: Steve Jobs introduces the original Macintosh, the first mass-market computer with a graphical ...
In November, Microsoft released the first version of their popular database software Microsoft Access. [10] Microsoft sign at entrance of Dubai Microsoft campus, Dubai Internet City. Microsoft developed Arabic versions for most of its products. By 1993, Windows had become the most widely used GUI operating system in the world. [10]
The first mature version, WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows, was released in November 1992 [8] and WordPerfect 6.0 for Windows was released in 1993. By the time WordPerfect 5.2 for Windows was introduced, Microsoft Word for Windows version 2 had been on the market for over a year and had received its third interim release, v2.0c.
As with previous versions of Microsoft Office, Office 2001 includes Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. It also includes, for the first time, Entourage, [4] a personal information manager that features an e-mail client, a calendar, an address book, task lists and personal notes.