Plan:

 Introduction
 About Microsoft Word:
 History
 10 reasons you should be using Microsoft Word
 Conclusion
 Used literatures
 Introduction
 Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by
Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983
under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix
systems.Subsequent versions were later written for
several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS
(1983), Apple Macintosh running Classic Mac OS
(1985), AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2
(1989), Microsoft Windows (1989) and SCO Unix (1994).
Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a
standalone product or as a component of Microsoft
Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsft suite.
Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online are freeware
editions of Word with limited features.
 History
 The first version of Microsoft Word
was developed by Charles Simonyi
and Richard Brodie, former Xerox
programmers hired by Bill Gates and
Paul Allen in 1981. Both programmers
worked on Xerox Bravo, the first
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You
Get) word processor. The first Word
version, Word 1.0, was released in
October 1983 for Xenix and MS-DOS; 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 1.0 was followed by
Word 2.0 in 1991 and Word 6.0 in 1993.
Then it was renamed to Word 95 and
Word 97, Word 2000 and Word for
Office XP (to follow Windows
commercial names). With the release
of Word 2003, the numbering was
again year-based. Since then, Word
2007, Word 2010, Word 2013, and most
recently, Word 2016 have been
released for Windows.
 History
 In 1986, an agreement between
Atari and Microsoft brought Word
to the Atari ST. The Atari ST
version was a translation of Word
1.05 for the Apple Macintosh;
however, it was released under
the name Microsoft Write (the
name of the word processor
included with Windows during the
80s and early 90s).Unlike other
versions of Word, the Atari
version was a one time release
with no future updates or
revisions. The release of
Microsoft Write was one of two
major PC applications that were
released for the Atari ST (the
other application being
WordPerfect). Microsoft Write was
released for the Atari ST in 1988.
 In 2014 the source code for Word
for Windows in the version 1.1a
was made available to the
Computer History Museum and
the public for educational
purposes.
 History: Word 1990 to 1995
 The first version of Word for Windows was released in 1990 at a price of
US$498, but was not very popular as Windows users still comprised a minority
of the market.The next year, Window 3.0 debuted, followed shortly afterwards
by WinWord 1.1 which was updated for the new OS (WinWord 1.0 had been
designed for Windows 2.x and could not operate in protecte mode on 286 and
up PCs). The failure of WordPerfect to produce a Windows version proved a
fatal mistake. The following year, WinWord 2.0 was released which had further
improvements and finally solidified Word's marketplace dominance. WinWord
3.0 came out in 1992 and was designed for the newly released Windows 3.1,
also requiring a 386-based PC for the first time.
 Word 5.1 for the Macintosh, released in 1992, was a very popular word
processor, owing to its elegance, relative ease of use and feature set. However,
version 6.0 for the Macintosh, released in 1994, was widely derided, unlike the
Windows version. It was the first version of Word based on a common code
base between the Windows and Mac versions; many accused it of being slow,
clumsy and memory intensive.
 Word 6.0 was the second attempt to develop a common code base version of
Word.
 History: Word 97
 Word 97 had the same
general operating
performance as later
versions such as Word
2000. This was the first
copy of Word featuring
the Office Assistant,
"Clippit", which was an
animated helper used in
all Office programs. This
was a takeover from the
earlier launched concept
in Microsoft Bob. Word
97 introduced the macro
programming language
Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA) which
remains in use in Word
2016.
 History: Word 98
 Word 98 for the Macintosh
gained many features of Word
97, and was bundled with the
Macintosh Office 98 package.
Document compatibility
reached parity with Office 97
and Word on the Mac became a
viable business alternative to
its Windows counterpart.
Unfortunately, Word on the
Mac in this and later releases
also became vulnerable to
future macro viruses that could
compromise Word (and Excel)
documents, leading to the only
situation where viruses could
be cross-platform. A Windows
version of this was only
bundled with the
Japanese/Korean Microsoft
Office 97 Powered By Word 98
and could not be purchased
separately. It was then released
in the same period as well.
 History:
Word 2001/ Word X
 Word 2001 was bundled with the Macintosh Office for that platform,
acquiring most, if not all, of the feature set of Word 2000. Released in
October 2000, Word 2001 was also sold as an individual product. The
Macintosh version, Word X, released in 2001, was the first version to run
natively on (and required) Mac OS X.
Word 2002/ XP
 Word 2002 was bundled with Office XP and was released in 2001. It had
many of the same features as Word 2000, but had a major new feature
called the 'Task Panes', which gave quicker information and control to a lot
of features that were before only available in modal dialog boxes. One of
the key advertising strategies for the software was the removal of the
Office Assistant in favor of a new help system, although it was simply
disabled by default.
 History:
Word 2003
 For the 2003 version, the Office
programs, including Word, were
rebranded to emphasize the unity of the
Office suite, so that Microsoft Word
officially became Microsoft Office Word
Word 2004
 A new Macintosh version of Office
was released in May 2004.
Substantial cleanup of the various
applications (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint) and feature parity with
Office 2003 (for Microsoft Windows)
created a very usable release.
Microsoft released patches through
the years to eliminate most known
macro vulnerabilities from this
version. While Apple released
Pages and the open source
community created NeoOffice, Word
remains the most widely used word
processor on the Macintosh.
 History: Word 2007
 The release includes numerous changes,
including a new XML-based file format, a
redesigned interface, an integrated
equation editor and bibliographic
management. Additionally, an XML data
bag was introduced, accessible via the
object model and file format, called Custom
XML - this can be used in conjunction with
a new feature called Content Controls to
implement structured documents. It also
has contextual tabs, which are functionality
specific only to the object with focus, and
many other features like Live Preview
(which enables you to view the document
without making any permanent changes),
Mini Toolbar, Super-tooltips, Quick Access
toolbar, SmartArt, etc.
 Word 2007 uses a new file format called
docx. Word 2000-2003 users on Windows
systems can install a free add-on called the
"Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" to be
able to open, edit, and save the new Word
2007 files.Alternatively, Word 2007 can
save to the old doc format of Word 97-2003
 History:
Word 2008
 Word 2008 was released on January 15, 2008. It includes some new
features from Word 2007, such as a ribbon-like feature that can be used to
select page layouts and insert custom diagrams and images. Word 2008
also features native support for the new Office Open XML format, although
the old doc format can be set as a default
Word 2010
 Microsoft Office 2010 (codenamed Office 14) is a version of the Microsoft
Office productivity suite for Microsoft Windows. It is the successor to
Microsoft Office 2007 and the predecessor to Microsoft Office 2013. Office
2010 includes extended file format support,user interface improvements,
and a changed user experience.A 64-bit version of Office 2010 is available,
but not for Windows XP or Windows Server 2003.It is the first version of the
productivity suite to ship in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
 History:
Word 2011
 Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 is a version of the Microsoft Office productivity
suite for Mac OS X. It is the successor to Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac and is
comparable to Microsoft Office 2010 for Windows. Office 2011 was followed by
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac released on September 22, 2015, requiring a Mac
with a 64-bit Intel processor and OS X Yosemite or later.
Word 2013
 The release of Word 2013 has brought Word a cleaner look and this version
focuses further on Cloud Computing with documents being saved automatically
to OneDrive (previously Skydrive). If enabled, documents and settings roam
with the user. Other notable features are a new read mode which allows for
horizontal scrolling of pages in columns, a bookmark to find where the user left
off reading their document and opening PDF documents in Word just like Word
content. The version released for the Windows 8 operating system is modified
for use with a touchscreen and on tablets. It is the first version of Word to not
run on Windows XP or Windows Vista.
 History: Word 2016
 In 2016, Microsoft Word 16
was released. It is the
modern newest version of
the word processing
application. New features
include the tell me, share
and faster shape formatting
option too. Other useful
features include the work
together in real time which
allows users to store
documents on Share Point
or OneDrive, improved
version history and smart
lookup tool as well. As
normal, several editions of
the program were released
as well, including one for
home. Business people can
download the business
edition.
10 reasons you should be using
Microsoft Word
1. Smart Art
The Office 2007 and Office
2010 applications share very
similar features for working
with a range of graphics
including pictures, Clip Art,
Shapes, diagrams and
Charts. It’s easy to confuse
SmartArt with the similarly
named WordArt. Where
WordArt just allows you to
display text using a wide
variety of different formats
and effects, SmartArt is a
comprehensive and flexible
business diagram tool that
greatly improves upon the
‘Diagram Gallery’ feature
found in previous versions
of Office.
10 reasons you should be using
Microsoft Word
2. Turn Data into
Visual Charts
Charts are created using the
same chart ‘engine’ that
Excel uses. Accordingly, as
your chart is created, another
window will appear
containing the Excel-
generated data that the chart
is based on. Use the Insert
Chart button in the
Illustrations group to insert a
chart and select from the
variety of options. The charts
are versatile, just like the
user-friendly data
represented separately in MS
Excel to smooth out the
whole data-input-to-graph
process.
10 reasons you should be using
Microsoft Word
3. Make Your
Document
Interactive
Where possible, insert
hyperlinks on images
and text to make your
document interactive
(by right clicking on
the text/image and
clicking hyperlink, you
can then select where
you wish to direct the
user to). Useful
especially when
sending the document
online, hyperlinks
allow recipients who
have opened the file to
click on images/text to
directly access
relevant webpages or
other online sources of
interest.
10 reasons you should be using
Microsoft Word
4. Watermarks
If you’re sending an important
document or draft sample, you
want to be able to protect your
content without having to edit
much of it. Insert a watermark
specific to your objectives via the
page layout button. You can also
customise your own watermark,
and also insert your own picture.
This feature is great for inserting
your brand logo in reports or any
other official document.

Don’t forget to ‘Save As’ your file

as a PDF document first to prevent
anyone else from editing/removing
the watermark you have inserted.
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Microsoft Word
5. Mail Merge
This feature allows you to send out bulk
emails with unique, customizable
elements.  For example, you can produce
a series of labels or envelopes for a large
mailing list, an email or letter that
includes names and addresses and other
details normally found in a ‘directory’.
Users simply create one document that
contains the information that will be the
same in each version, and then add
placeholders for the information that will
be unique to each version. If you just
want to send a single letter to one of
your MS Outlook contacts, there may be
no need to use mail merge at all. Word
has an Address Book button that allows
you to select and insert address details
from Outlook. Just right-click in the
Quick Access Toolbar and choose
Customize Quick Access Toolbar. Select
“Commands Not in the Ribbon” and
“Address Book.”
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Microsoft Word
6. Headers &
Footers
It’s important to use page
numbers in many types of
documents. While at it,
you might want to
consider adding other
related features that will
make your document look
consistency and
professionally done. What
many people don’t seem
to take advantage of is the
fact that they can insert
images, such as a
company logo or an image
reflecting the document’s
overall theme in either the
header or footer of the
document.
10 reasons you should be using
Microsoft Word
7. Cover Pages
Use Microsoft Word’s
available cover page
templates to make your
document stand out,
especially when it is
printed. Click on Insert,
then Cover Pages and
choose from a variety of
default cover pages
Microsoft Word provides.
All the default cover
pages allow you to insert
the date, author and title,
in an existing template
that is already set up for
you, simply insert the
relevant text/date and
edit your font
accordingly.
10 reasons you should be using
Microsoft Word
8. Search & Replace
Have you ever spelled a word or name
incorrectly throughout a whole word
document? The Word Replace feature
can search for all occurrences of a
particular word, phrase or set of
characters and replace them with the
correct or an alternative version. You
will be given the option to replace all
occurrences or to move through them
individually accepting or rejecting
each change. Clicking the Replace All
button will change all occurrences of
the term in the entire document or the
selected area and then report the
number of changes made.
Alternatively, Find Next will find the
next occurrence of the term so you
can use the Replace button to replace
it or the Find Next button to leave it
unaltered and select the next
candidate for replacement.
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Microsoft Word
9. Spell Check
If you don’t want to bother correcting spelling
errors as you go, or you want to make certain
you haven’t missed any, you can run the full
Word spell check from the Review tab, Proofing
group, Spelling and Grammar button (or press
the F7 keyboard shortcut). When using the
main Spelling and Grammar dialog box, words
in your document which are not found in
Word’s dictionary will be listed in the Not in
Dictionary box. Suggestions will be presented
with the first suggestion pre-selected. The
options you have are similar to the right-click
options available for corrections as you type.
There are two options available: the Change
button to correct one occurrence and the
Change All button to replace all occurrences of
the word in the document with the same
suggested replacement. Alternatively, you can
double-click the appropriate suggestion to
change this occurrence. The AutoCorrect
button will add an item to the AutoCorrect list
replacing the marked word with the currently
selected suggestion. Note that you can still edit
your document when the Spelling and
Grammar dialog box is displayed, so if none of
the suggestions are appropriate, you can make
your own correction directly in the body of the
document.
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Microsoft Word
10. View Options
It may sound simple, but the option to
change the document View is an
underrated feature for many MS Word
users. You can change the way you view
your presentation using the buttons at
the bottom of the application window.
Here are brief descriptions of what each
view does:  s the document as it will
look like when printed. devotes (nearly)
the full screen to the contents of the
document and rearranges the contents
to improve readability. displays the
document laid out as though it were in a
web browser.displays a view that allows
you to restrict what is displayed to
certain outline levels. Large chunks of
the document can be manipulated
directly using this view.displays the
document content with minimum
formatting and without graphics.
Regardless of which view type it is
displayed in, note that the vertical
scrollbar can be used to move across
the document. Alternatively, you can
also use the Page Up and Page Down
keys or the arrow keys to move through
the document.
 Conclusion
 Microsoft Word is an essential tool for any
individual in today’s digital age. Whether you
are a working professional, a diligent student
or an active retiree, proficiency in Microsoft
Word is a vital skill that is useful for both
complex business requirements as well as
basic day-to-day purposes. Not only is
Microsoft Word a flexible tool that allows you
to achieve many of your digital document
needs, it is also one of the most user-
friendly applications from the Microsoft
Office suite.
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