| The rapidly growing competition and a major breakthrough in IT have made marketers pay special attention to effectiveness and proficiency of all work processes. Consequently, there have been invented various applications to simplify companies' work.Microsoft Word is one of the most generally deployed file formats. Microsoft Word is a word processing application designed for creation of professional documents, for instance resumes, newsletters, fax cover sheets, checklists, legal documents, brochures, instruction manuals etc. Word is normally used by corporations, agencies, and can be seen in most educational establishments. Students use it everyday and business people deploy it for creating documents.The Word was introduced to the market by Microsoft. Its original name was Multi-Tool Word. The first addition was launchedin 1983. Since its release, there have been developed several other versions, including the latest version introduced in 2008. The next version of Word is said to be released in the coming 2010. It will consist of a great many new features common to other programs in the Office 2010.Though Word is a component of the Microsoft Office system, it sells as a standalone software package and included in Microsoft Works Suite. Beginning with the 2003 version, the branding was modified to emphasize Word's identity as a constituent within the Office Suite. Microsoft Ltd. Renamed Microsoft Word into Microsoft Office Word.Microsoft Word's formats are denoted either by a. doc or. docx file extension. The newer ".docx" extension stands for the Office Open XML international standard for Office documents and is used by Word 2007 for Windows, Word 2008 for the Macintosh.The Word document format allows to type, format and edit text to be printed out or viewed electronically.Microsoft Word is a low-cost word processing program. The Word application offers boundless tools and features, and a lot of users are familiar and comfortable with its Microsoft toolbars.The Word file format has options to format fonts, add clipart, add page numbers, and create headers and tables. |
