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Microsoft Office
Clockwise: Microsoft Office Excel, Word, OneNote and PowerPoint on Windows Vista in their 2007 incarnations.
Design by
Microsoft
Developed by
Microsoft
Initial release
1990
Latest release
2007 SP1 (12.0.6215.1000) / 11 December 2007; 314 days ago
Written in
C++/MFC, C#/.NET
OS
Microsoft Windows
Platform
Cross-platform
Available in
over 35 languages
Type
Office suite
License
Proprietary
Website
Microsoft Office for Windows
Microsoft Office:mac
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Entourage; plus Word Publishing Layout and Word Notebook Layout views) running on Mac OS X v10.5
Design by
Microsoft
Developed by
Microsoft
Initial release
1989
Latest release
2008 (12.1)
Written in
C++, Carbon
OS
Mac OS X
Platform
Cross-platform
Type
Office suite
License
Proprietary
Website
Microsoft Office for Mac
Microsoft Office is a set of interrelated desktop applications, servers and services, collectively referred to as an office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Office was introduced by Microsoft in 1989 on Mac OS,[1] with a version for Windows in 1990.[2] Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Additionally, a "Pro" version of Office included Microsoft Access and Schedule Plus. Over the years, Office applications have grown substantially closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, OLE data integration and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. Microsoft also positions Office as a development platform for line-of-business software under the Office Business Applications (OBA) brand.
The current versions are Office 2007 for Windows, launched on January 30, 2007,[3] and Office 2008 for Mac OS X, released January 15, 2008. Office 2007/Office 2008 features a new user interface and a new OOXML-based primary file format (docx, xlsx, pptx). Microsoft has made available a free add-on known as the "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" that lets Office 2000-2003 editions open, edit, and save documents created under the new Office 2007 formats.
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