What does office mean

Office refers to microsoft office, which is a set of office software suite based on windows operating system developed by Microsoft. Common components include word, excel, powerpoint, outlook, etc.



Microsoft Office is a set of office software suite based on Windows operating system developed by Microsoft (Microsoft) company. Common components include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. The latest version is Microsoft 365 (Office 2019).

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Each generation of Microsoft Office has more than one version, and each version selects different components according to the actual needs of users.

Word

Microsoft Office Word is word processing software. It is considered the main program of Office. It has a dominant share in the word processing software market. Its proprietary DOC format is respected as an industry standard, although its new version of Word 2007 also supports an XML-based format. Word is also suitable for some versions of Microsoft Works. It is suitable for Windows and Mac platforms. Its main competitors are Writer, Star Office, Corel WordPerfect and Apple Pages.

Excel

Microsoft Office Excel is a spreadsheet program (a software program for calculating numbers and budgets). Is the earliest office component. Excel has a variety of built-in functions that can classify, sort, and even draw charts on a large amount of data. Like Microsoft Office Word, it has a dominant market share. It was initially a competitor to the dominant Lotus 1-2-3, but in the end it sold more and faster than it, so it became the de facto standard. It is suitable for Windows and Mac platforms. Its main competitors are Calc, Star Office and Corel Quattro Pro.

Outlook

Microsoft Office Outlook- is a personal information management program and e-mail communication software. Take over Microsoft Mail in Office 97 version. But it is different from the Outlook Express that comes with the system: it includes an email client, calendar, task manager, and address book-it has much more functions than Outlook Express. The main competitors for its email program are Mozilla Thunderbird (Mozilla) and Eudora.

The main competitors for its personal information management program are Mozilla and Lotus Organizer. It is only suitable for the Windows platform (later Mac is supported); a version is also included in most handheld computers. Its corresponding program in the Mac version is Microsoft Entourage (later replaced by Outlook).

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office PowerPoint is a presentation software designed by Microsoft. Users can not only make presentations on projectors or computers, but also print out the presentations and make them into films for application in a wider range of fields. With Powerpoint, you can not only create presentations, but also hold face-to-face meetings, remote meetings, or show presentations to the audience on the Internet.

What Powerpoint makes is called a presentation. It is a file whose format extension is .ppt, or it can be saved as .pdf, image format, etc. It can be saved as a video format in the 2010 and 2013 versions. Each page in the presentation is called a slide, and each slide is the independent and interrelated content of the presentation.

FrontPage

Microsoft Office FrontPage is a web page design, production, publishing, and management software launched by Microsoft. FrontPage is considered to be an excellent tool for web beginners due to its good ease of use. But its functions cannot meet higher requirements, so most high-end users use Adobe Dreamweaver as a substitute. Its main competitor is also Adobe Dreamweaver.

The FrontPage interface

was cancelled in Office 2007 and later versions, and there is no successor. Microsoft provides two solutions: Sharepoint Designer is suitable for servers with Sharepoint, and Express Web Designer is suitable for servers.

Onenote

Microsoft Office OneNote enables you to capture, organize, and reuse notes on a laptop, desktop, or Tablet PC. It provides you with a place to store all your notes, and allows you to handle these notes freely. OneNote 2003 also helps you capture information in a variety of ways, and then organize and use it as needed. It is a new program in Office2003.

In Office 2013, it also simultaneously launched a free app for iOS. At the same time, it also turned into a classic Office application, as the main component of the Home Student Edition 2013.