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History of Microsoft Word

The document provides a detailed history of the development of Microsoft Word from its first release in 1983 to the most recent version in 2013. It traces the major releases of Word and highlights new features introduced in each version. The document also describes the basic components of the Word interface, including the title bar, menu bar, ribbons, and task panes.

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History of Microsoft Word

The document provides a detailed history of the development of Microsoft Word from its first release in 1983 to the most recent version in 2013. It traces the major releases of Word and highlights new features introduced in each version. The document also describes the basic components of the Word interface, including the title bar, menu bar, ribbons, and task panes.

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History of Microsoft Word


Charles Simonyi and Richard Birdie, former Xenon programmers hired by Bill Gates and
Paul Allen in 1981, developed the first version of Microsoft MS-Word, the first What You See Is
What You Get MS-Word processor. The first MS-Word version, MS-Word 1.0, was released in
October 1983 for Xenia and MS-DOS. S-Word became huge commercial success when
Windows 3.0 was released in 1990. The MS-Word for Windows 1.0 was followed by MS-Word
2.0 in 1991, and MS-Word 6.0 in 1993. Then it was renamed to MS-Word 95 and MS-Word 97,
MS-Word 2000 and MS-Word for Office XP. The numbering of the version was year based.
Since then, MS-Word 2003, MS-Word 2007, MS-Word 2010. The most recent version is MS-
Word which have been released for Windows.
In 1986, an agreement between Atari and Microsoft brought MS-Word to the Atari ST.
the Atari ST version was a translation of MS-Word 1.05 for the Apple Macintosh, it was released
under the name Microsoft Write. It was a one-time release with no further updates. The release
of Microsoft Write was one of two major PC applications that were released for the Atari ST
which was released in 1988.

MS-Word 1990-1995
The first version of MS-Word was released in 1989 at a price of US dollars 495 but was
not very popular as Windows users still comprised a minority in the market. When Windows 3.0
debuted, it was followed by WinMS-Word 1.1 which was updated for the new OS. WinMS-
Word 1.0 had been designed for Windows 2.x and could not operate in protected mode on 286
and up PCs. The following year, MS-Word 2.0 was released with further improvements
solidified MS-Word’s marketplace dominance. WinMS-Word 3.0 came out in 1992 which was
designed for the newly-relased Windows 3.1, also requiring a 386-based PC.

MS-Word97
It had the same general operating performance as later versions such as MS-Word 2000.
It also introduced the macro programming language Visual Basic for Applications which remains
in use in MS-Word 2013. This was the first copy of MS-Word featuring the Office Assistant,
Clippit, which was an animated helper used in Office Programs.

MS-Word98
It gained many features of MS-Word97 for the Macintosh, and was bundled with the
Macintosh Office 98 package. Document compatibility released parity with Office 97 and MS-
Word on the Mac became a viable business alternative to its Windows counterpart. A Windows
version of this was only bundled with the Japanese/Korean Microsoft Office 97 Powered by MS-
Word98 and could not be purchased separately.

MS-Word 2001/ MS-Word X


This was bundled in the Macintosh Office for that platform, acquiring most, if not all, of
the features set of MS-Word 2000. It was released on October 2000 and also sold as an
individual product. MS-Word X, Macintosh version, was released in 2001 and the first version to
run natively on Mac OS X.

MS-Word 2002/XP
This was bundled with Office XP and was released in 2001. It had a major new feature
called “Task Panes” which gave quicker information and control to a lot of features that were
available only in model dialog boxes.

MS-Word 2003
The Office Program, including MS-Word, were rebranded to emphasize the unity of the
Office suite, so that MS-Word officially became Microsoft Office MS-Word.

MS-Word2004
A new Macintosh version of Office was released in May 2004. Microsoft released
patches through the years to eliminate most known macro vulnerabilities from this version.

MS-Word2007
The release include numerous changes, including a new XML-based file format, a
redesigned interface, an integrated equation editor and bibliographic management. Custom XML
was introduced which can be used in conjunction with a new feature called Content Control to
implement structured documents.it also has contextual tabs which are functionally specific only
to the object with focus and many other features.

MS-Word 2008
This was released on January 15, 2008 where it includes some new features from MS-
Word 2007, such as ribbon-like feature that can be used to select page layout and insert custom
diagrams and images. It also features native support for the new Office Open XML format
although the old document format can be set default.

MS-Word2013
This has brought MS-Word a cleaner look and it focuses further on Cloud Computing
with documents being saved automatically to OneDrive. It enabled documents and settings roam
with the user. Other notable features are new read mode, bookmark, and opening PDF
documents in MS-Word just like MS-Word content. The version released for the Windows 8 OS
is modified for use with touchscreen and on tables. This was the first version to not run on
Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Parts of MS-Word

Title bar- displays the document name followed by a program name.


Menu Bar- contains a list of options to manage and customize documents.
Standard Toolbar- contains shortcut buttons for the most popular commands.
Formatting Toolbar- contains buttons used for formatting.
Ruler- used to set margins, indents, and tabs.
Insertion Point- location where next character appears.
End-of-document Marker- indicates the end of the document.
Help- provides quick access to Help topics.
Scroll Bars- used to view parts of the document.
Task Pane- provides easy access to commonly used menus, buttons, and tools.
View buttons- changes the layout view of the document to normal, web layout, print layout, and
outline view.
Office Assistant- links to the Microsoft Office Help feature.

3 Basic Components of Ribbon

Tabs- sit across the top of the Ribbon. Each one represents the tasks you do in a given program.
(Home, insert, page layout, formulas, data, review, view, help, add-ins tab)
Groups- are sets of related commands, displayed on tabs. They pull together all the commands
you’re likely to need for a type of task, and they remain on display and readily available, giving
you rich visual aids.
Commands- are arranged in groups. A command can be a button, a menu, or a box where you
enter information. These are the controls that enable you to accomplish specific tasks, such as
bolding a word, wrapping a text, changing the format of a number to percent, or adding a
column.

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