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synonym word (Microsoft Word Processing Software) generally refers to Microsoft Office Word
Microsoft Office Word is Microsoft A word processor of the company application program It was originally run by Richard Brodie DOS Of IBM Computer was written in 1983. Subsequent versions can run on Apple Mac Intosh (1984), SCO UNIX, and Microsoft Windows (1989), and became Microsoft Office Part of.
Word provides users with a professional and elegant document creation tool to help users save time and get elegant and beautiful results. Microsoft Office Word has always been the most popular word processor.
As the core program of the Office suite, Word provides many easy-to-use document creation tools, as well as a rich feature set for creating complex documents. Even if you only use Word text formatting Operation or Picture processing , can also make simple documents more attractive than just plain text.
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Microsoft office Word
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Microsoft
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1983
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Microsoft Word X ( Mac OS X )
Microsoft Word is a word processor with great advantages in current use, which makes Word file ( doc )It has become the most common standard in fact. Word file format The details of are not publicly available. There is more than one Word file format, because with the update of the Word software itself, the file format will be more or less revised, and the new format may not be read by the old version of the program (roughly because the old version does not have built-in support for the new format). Microsoft The DOC format of Word 97 has been published in detail, but the latest version of the information has not been disclosed, and only the company, the government and research institutions can obtain it. It is rumored in the industry that the features of some Word file formats are not even clear to Microsoft itself.
Other office operating software competing with Word must support the most common file format dedicated to Word in fact. Because the details of the Word file format are not publicly available compatibility By reverse engineering To achieve. Many word processors have special conversion tools for exporting and importing Word files, such as AbiWord or OpenOffice (Reference text editor Description of other competitive software in.) Apache Jakarta POI is an open source Java Database, whose main goal is to access the binary file format of Word. Not long ago, Microsoft itself provided a viewer that can view Word documents without using a Word program. Example: Word Viewer 2003
Microsoft office Word 97 to Microsoft office Word 2003 The previous Word file format is binary file format. Not long ago, Microsoft announced that they would next use the XML based file format as the format of their office suite. Word 2003 provides WordprocessingML options. This is an open XML file format, endorsed by Danish government and other institutions. Word 2003's professional edition Able to handle non Microsoft file specifications directly.
Like other Microsoft Office programs, Word can use fixed Macro language (macro language). (Originally WordBasic, but since Microsoft office Word 97 it has become Visual Basic )However, this performance can also be embedded in documents, such as the Computer virus This is why computer users need to install firewalls and antivirus software Another reason for. Macros are a series of combinations word Commands and instructions form a command to automate task execution. People can create and execute macros to replace the monotonous Repeatability Work. [1]
The first known infection of Microsoft Word documents Viruses It is called concept virus, a virus with relatively little harm, and its appearance is to prove that Macro virus Likelihood of occurrence.

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by Xerox PARC GUI developed text editor Many of Bravo's concepts and ideas were brought into Microsoft Word. Founder of Bravo Charles Simonyi Entered in 1981 after leaving PARC Microsoft Company. Simonyi, who developed Bravo with him that year, hired Brodie, so he left PARC that summer.
by MS-DOS The first generation of Word developed by computer was released at the end of 1983, but the response was not good, and its sales lagged behind that of WordPerfect and other competitors. However, in the Mac In the intosh system, Word won wide acceptance after its release in 1985, especially for Word 3.01 for Macintosh, which was released for the second time two years later (Word 3.00 was quickly taken off the shelves due to serious bugs). Like other Mac software, Word for Mac is a real( WYSIWYG )Editor.
Due to MS- DOS It is a character interface system. Word for DOS is designed for IBM The first PC R&D project text editor When editing, "bold" is displayed directly on the screen“ Italic ”Isofont identifier , not“ WYSIWYG ”。 Other DOS text editor , such as WordStar And WordPerfect, etc Screen display Is used when Simple text Display with identification code or color difference.
However, like most DOS software, programs have their own special and often complex command groups to remember in order to perform specific functions. (For example, in Word for DOS, you need to execute Escape-T-S in order to save files). Most secretaries already know how to use WordPerfect, so the company is not willing to change to a rival product, and the new advantages provided are limited.

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The first Windows version of Word was released in 1989 at a price of $500. stay Windows 3.0 One year after the launch, sales began to improve (Word 1.0 and Windows 3.0 's collaboration is better than previous versions). The failure to create a Windows version of WordPerfect has been confirmed as a fatal error. It is Word 2.0, but it has developed steadily as the mainstream of the market.
Word in Apple computer There is no strong competitor , although some programs like Nisus Writer provide“ Discontinuity And other special functions, such as Office XP Word 2002 in. In addition, some users complained that Word did not conduct a major check between the 3.01 version in 1987 and the 5.0 version in 1991. Compared with its ease of use and features, Apple Word 5.1 is a mainstream word processor due to its elegance. However, the version 6.0 of Macintosh released in 1994 was widely ridiculed. This is the first time that Word is based on Common code Version of; Many people complain that it is slow, crude and occupies too much memory. The Windows version is also included in 6.0 to coordinate product naming across different platforms (although in fact the earliest version of Windows was Word 2.0).
Later versions of Word have more features than word processing. Drawing Tools Simple Desktop publishing Operation, such as adding images to documents. Collaboration, document proofreading, multilingual support and other functions have been added.
Microsoft Word 97
Word 97 has the same main operation interface as the later version of Word 2000. This is the first version to add the Office Assistant. "Eyeclip" (replaceable) is an animation used in all Office programs Helper This is for the earlier launch Microsoft Bob A replacement of the concept.
Microsoft Word 98
The Macintosh version of Word 98 has many additional features, which are available with Macintosh Office 98. Filed compatibility Reach and Office 97 The same level, and make Word a viable business on Mac and Windows succedaneum But from Word on Mac (and Excel )Have been Macro virus The possibility of destruction may lead to the unique cross platform virus situation. Windows version is only integrated in Japanese/ Korean Version of Microsoft Office 97 In, it replaces Word 97 and cannot be sold separately.
Microsoft Word 2000
For most users, Word 2000 (and other Office 2000 Component) one of the most obvious changes clipboard , you can save the content copied/cut multiple times. Another significant change is that there are fewer Office Assistants in Word 97 that often interfere with users without asking.
Microsoft Word 2001
Word 2001 was integrated into Macintosh Office and released in October 2000. Word 2001 is also available in a separate release. The Mac version of Word X was released in 2001, which is the first local support (and needs) Mac OS X Version of.
Microsoft Word 2002/XP
Word 2002 was released in 2001 with Office XP. It is similar to the Word 2000 functional version, but it has been added“ Task Pane ”Function to provide a large amount of information and Functional characteristics An important Advertising strategy Yes, the Office Assistant was removed to support the new help system , although it is only disabled by default.
Microsoft office Word 2003
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In 2003, Office programs, including Word, were renamed to emphasize the unity of the Office suite, so "Microsoft Word" officially became“ Microsoft Office Word”。
Microsoft office Word 2004
A new version was released on Mac in May 2004. Microsoft Published Patch To eliminate the famous macro vulnerability in this version for several years. When Apple Launched the open source program NeoOffice, but Word is still the most popular word processing program in Macintosh.
Microsoft office Word 2007
This release contains many changes, including new XML enabled file format , redesigned interface, integrated Equation Editor And bibliographic management. In addition, XML data packet , via object model And file format, called custom XML -- which can be used in association with a new feature called connection control tool structure document. It also has Special functions Content tags, and some other features such as Live Preview (through which you can make no permanent changes see file ), mini toolbar, super Tooltips Quick Access Toolbar SmartArt Etc.
Word 2007 use docx New file format. Word 2000-2003 users of Windows system can install a free plug-in named "Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack" to open, edit and save new Word 2007 files. In addition, Word 2007 can store doc The format is used in Word 97-2003.
Word 2007, As part of Microsoft Office 2007 System Word 2003 Later versions. This version includes many changes, including support for the new XML file format and a redesigned interface.
Microsoft office Word 2010
1Discovered an improved search and navigation experience Word 2010 makes it easier to find information. With the new and improved discovery experience, you can find content by graphs, tables, footnotes, and notes. Improved Navigation Pane It provides you with an intuitive representation of the document, so that you can quickly browse, sort, and find the content you need.
2 Work synchronously with others
Word 2010
Word 2010 redefines the way people work together on a document. With the co authoring function, you can edit your paper and share your ideas with others. For enterprises and organizations, the integration with Office Communicator enables users to check whether someone who writes documents with it is free, and to easily start a session without leaving Word.
3 Accessible almost anywhere and Share Document
Publish documents online and then use your computer or Windows Mobile 's Smartphone accesses, views, and edits these documents anywhere. With Word 2010, you can get the best document experience in multiple locations and devices
Microsoft Word Web application program
When passing outside the office, address or school Web browser Editing a document does not diminish the high-quality viewing experience you are used to.
4 Add visual effects to text
With Word 2010, you can Apply Image Effects such as shadows, bumps, glows, and reflections. You can also apply formatting to text for seamless blending with your images. It is fast and easy to operate with just a few mouse clicks.
5 Turn your text into a compelling diagram
With more options available in Word 2010, you can add visual effects to your document. You can choose from the new SmartArt graphics to build impressive charts in minutes. The graphic function in SmartArt can also convert the text listed in bullet points into eye-catching visual graphics to better display your creativity.
6 Add visual effects to documents
Take advantage of the new Picture editing tools , no other Photo editing software , you can insert, clip, and add picture effects. You can also change Color saturation , color temperature, brightness and contrast ratio To easily convert simple documents into works of art.
7 Restore the work you think has been lost
If you work in a document for a period of time and accidentally close the document without saving it, it doesn't matter. Word 2010 allows you to restore a history edited draft as if you were opening any file, even if you did not save the document.
With Word 2010, you can easily span Language communication communication. Translate words, phrases, or documents. Can be used for ScreenTip , Help content and display content are set in different languages. You can even send complete documents to the website for parallel translation.
9 Insert a screenshot into the document
Insert a screenshot to quickly capture visual representations and incorporate them into your work. When reusing screenshots across documents, you can use the Paste Preview function to view the appearance of the added content before placing it.
10 Leverage enhanced User experience Get more done
Word 2010 simplifies the way you use features. The new Microsoft Office Backstage view replaces the traditional File Menu , you can save, share, print, and publish documents with just a few mouse clicks. With the improved ribbon, you can quickly access commonly used commands and create customizations tab , personalize the experience to meet your work style needs.
Microsoft office Word 2013
In the new version Office 2013 In, we can see the new Metro interface. Microsoft planarizes all program menus and removes them Windows 7 Gradual special effects often seen in the interface make the interface of Office 2013 more fresh, and can Windows 8 Perfect combination. Office 2013 supports multiple input methods, including keyboard, mouse, multi touch and Handwriting pen Office 2013 simplifies the new interface so that users can easily use their fingers or stylus to control the operation of Office 2013.
In addition, Office 2013 has greatly enhanced its cloud functions. SkyDrive can finally give full play to its real functions and become Office Document Center , not just the cloud Storage space nothing more. In Office 2013, all files are saved in SkyDrive by default, so SkyDrive can sync files to the cloud when the computer is online.
In view of the new cloud features of Office 2013, Office 2013 will need users' Windows Live accounts for synchronization. In addition, if users pay additional subscription fees, they can modify and browse their own files online on any computer using the browser.
In Microsoft Office Package In addition to the different functions of individual programs, they are basically the same on the interface. This presentation will focus on Word.
The new version of Word adopts a design consistent with Windows 8 interface, adopts a flat menu design, and removes too many special effects, which makes it easier for users to operate with touch and stylus without being confused by too many special effects.
Word provides new Reading mode
In addition to supporting new interfaces, Word 2013 has added a new reading mode to provide an interface that is easier to read documents, and even supports multiple touch and stylus writing. You can not only use finger touch to operate page changing, zooming and other functions, but also use touch and stylus to input information such as annotations.
Full function PDF editing
In the new version of Word 2013, PDF editing ability has also been added. Files you edit in Word 2013 can be converted into PDF files without any plug-in. Users can easily create this common file format. In addition, Word 2013 can also easily convert text into graphics or add a password to PDF through the option settings when saving.
Enhanced cloud capabilities
In Word 2013, the support for cloud functions has been enhanced, but because the cloud functions of Word 2013 are based on the Windows Live account or Lync enterprise Real time communication The account is the main account, so you must log in to your own account before you can use it.
In Word 2013, files are saved in the SkyDrive folder by default, so that once users are online, they can be automatically uploaded to the SkyDrive cloud storage space, so that users can Intelligent mobile phone , tablet and computer access or edit the same file. In addition, users can also use SkyDrive Public display Or share files with friends.
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MS-DOS

November 1983 Microsoft Word 1
1985 Microsoft Word 2
1986 Microsoft Word 3
1987 Microsoft Word 4 aka Microsoft Word 4.0 for the PC
1989 Microsoft Word 5
1991 Microsoft Word 5.5
1993 Microsoft Word 6.0

Apple Macintosh

January 1985 Microsoft Word 1 for the Mac intosh
1987 Microsoft Word 3
1989 Microsoft Word 4
1991 Microsoft Word 5
1993 Microsoft Word 6
1998 Microsoft Word 98
2000 Microsoft Word 2001 (last Mac OS 9 Compatible version)
2001 Microsoft Word v.X (first version compatible with Mac OS X only)
2004 Microsoft office Word 2004
2008 Microsoft office Word 2008
2010 Microsoft office Word 2011

Microsoft Windows

November 1989 Microsoft Word for Windows 1.0
1990 Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1
Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, 1990, Windows 3.1 special-purpose
1991 Microsoft Word 2 for Windows
1993 Microsoft Word 6 for Windows (due to DOS Mac The version number is the same as that of WordPerfect, and the window version of Word is changed to Word 6)
1995 Microsoft Word 95, also known as Word 7
1997 Microsoft Word 97, also known as Word 8
1999 Microsoft Word 2000, also known as Word 9
2001 Microsoft Word XP, also known as Word 10
2003 Microsoft Office Word 2003, also known as Word 11
2006 Microsoft Office Word 2007, also known as Word 12
Microsoft Office 2010 Word 2010 , also known as Word 14
2012 Microsoft Office Word 2013, also known as Word 15
2015 Microsoft Office Word 2016, also known as Word 16
Microsoft Office Word 2019
Microsoft Office Word 2021

SCO UNⅨ

Microsoft Word for UNⅨ Systems Release 5.1

OS/2

1992 Microsoft Word for OS/2 version 1.1B

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Microsoft Office Word combines a set of full-featured authoring tools with the easy-to-use Microsoft Office Fluent user interface To help users Create and share Content with professional appearance. Here are 10 reasons Office Word can help you create professional looking content faster.
1. Reduce the time for formatting and focus on writing documents.
The Microsoft Office Fluent user interface provides tools when needed, allowing you to easily and quickly format documents. You can find appropriate features in Microsoft Office Word to communicate information in documents more effectively. With Quick Styles and Document Themes, you can quickly change the appearance of text, tables, and graphics throughout the document to match your favorite styles or Color scheme
2. With the help of SmartArt Diagrams and new cartographic tools convey information more effectively.
New SmartArt icons and new graphics engines can help you create beautiful looking content using 3D shapes, transparency, projection, and other effects
3. Use Building Blocks Quickly build documents.
The building blocks in Microsoft Office Word can be used to Disclaimer Text, pull quotes, sidebars, cover pages, and other types of content). In this way, you can avoid spending unnecessary time recreating or copying and pasting these contents between documents; It also helps ensure the consistency of all documents created within the organization.
4. Save directly from Microsoft Office Word as PDF or XPS.
Microsoft Office Word 2007 provides Share Document Function of. You can convert Word documents into Portable Document Format (PDF) or XML Document Specification (XPS) format, which helps ensure extensive communication with users of any platform.
5. Publish and maintain blogs directly from Microsoft Office Word.
You can publish your blog directly from Microsoft Office Word. You can configure Microsoft Office Word to Direct link To your Blog Site , use the rich Word experience to create a blog with images, tables, and advanced text formatting.
6. Use Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server to control the document review process.
With the built-in workflow service in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, you can start and track the review and approval process of documents in Microsoft Office Word, helping to accelerate the review cycle of the entire organization without forcing users to learn new tools.
7. Connect documents with business information
Use new document controls and Data binding Create dynamic intelligent documents that can update themselves by connecting to back-end systems. Organizations can deploy smart templates with new XML integration capabilities to help users create highly structured documents.
8. Delete revisions, comments and Hide Text
Use the Document Inspector to detect and delete unwanted annotations, hidden text, or personally identifiable information to help ensure that documents are not disclosed when they are published Sensitive information
9. Compare and merge documents using the three pane review panel.
Microsoft Office Word makes it easy to identify changes to documents. It uses a new three pane review panel to help you view two versions of the document and clearly mark deleted, inserted, and moved text.
Decrease file size And improve the ability to recover damaged files.
The new Ecma Office Open XML format can significantly reduce the file size and improve the ability to recover damaged files. These new formats can significantly save storage and bandwidth requirements, and reduce the burden on IT personnel.
Characteristic function advantages It includes table decoration function, formula insertion function, search and replacement function, basic practical function, etc. [2]

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1. Word cooperation Wordpad Take Word2003 as an example. Reading many words on the white background page directly for a long time makes your eyes uncomfortable. Optimization method, for example: convert web content Select All Copy and paste to the tablet. Select all the words on the tablet, copy and paste them into one doc -On Microsoft Word documents (doc - Microsoft Word documents are Microsoft Word documents), change characters into three point characters (edit - select all, font size - three point characters). The manufacturing method of the Word document, for example. Write "one" in Word and save it. The name is "one. doc" (or "read. doc" or other).
Process "I. doc": format background (or format background other colors), change the background color to gray (gray 25%), and save it. When reading, you can reset the background gray (gray 25%, or gray 40%, or other gray. It depends on the ambient brightness in the morning or evening, so that the eyes are not uncomfortable). 2. Some writing methods of blog posts (take Word2003 as an example), for example: write some words on a doc_ Word file, paste these words on the doc_ Word file into the blog editor, and process them.

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Compared with the Office button of Word2007, the "File" button in Word2010 is more convenient for Word2003 users to quickly migrate to Word2010. The File button is a menu like button located in the upper left corner of the Word2010 window. Click File to open the File panel, which contains common commands such as Info, New, Print, Share, Open, Close, and Save.

information

In the Info command panel opened by default, you can perform the old version format conversion Protect Document (Including setting password for Word document), problem checking and management Auto Save Version of.
Open the panel. You can view the list of used Word documents on the right side of the panel. Users can quickly open the used Word documents through this panel. There is a fixed button on the right side of the name of each historical Word document. Click this button to fix the record at the current position, and it will not be replaced by the name of subsequent historical Word documents.

newly build

Open the "New" command panel, you can see a variety of Word2010 document types, including“ Blank Document ”, "Blog Post"“ Copybook for calligraphy ”And other document types built into Word2010. Users can also create new templates such as“ Agenda ”, "Certificate", "Certificate of Award", "Brochure" and other practical Word documents.

Print

Print
Open the "Print" command panel, where you can set various print parameters in detail, such as duplex print , specify parameters such as print page Effective control Print results of Word2010 documents. word2010 One disadvantage is that small pages cannot be printed on large pages word2007 Middle zoom function, as shown in the right figure below
Opens the Share command panel, where users can send Word2010 documents to blog posts, send emails, or create PDF Document

option

Choose the Options command on the File panel to open the Word Options dialog box. In the Word Options dialog box, you can turn on or off many functions or set parameters in Word2010.