SESSION-2021-2022
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Topic: Microsoft Office Package
Name:
Class: Sec.:
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that of Class-has successfully
completed the Computer Science project work
on the topic “Microsoft Office Package” for
class practical examination of the Central Board
of Secondary Education in the year 2021-2022.
It is further certified that this project is the
individual work of the candidate under the
guidance of “”.
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ACKNOWLEGDEMENT
I would like to express my special thanks of
gratitude to my teacher as well as our principal who
gave me the golden opportunity to do this
wonderful project on the topic , which also helped
me in doing a lot of Research and I came to know
about so many new things I am really thankful to
them.
Secondly I would also like to thank my parents and
friends who helped me a lot in finalizing this project
within the limited time frame.
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Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office (or simply Office) is a family of client software, server software, and services
developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las
Vegas. Initially a marketing term for an office suite (bundled set of productivity applications), the first
version of Office contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Over the
years, Office applications have grown substantially closer with shared features such as a common
spell checker, OLE data integration and Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. Microsoft
also positions Office as a development platform for line-of-business software under the Office
Business Applications brand. On July 10, 2012, Softpedia reported that Office is used by over a
billion people worldwide.
Office is produced in several versions targeted towards different end-users and computing
environments. The original, and most widely used version, is the desktop version, available
for PCs running the Windows and macOS operating systems. Office Online is a version of the
software that runs within a web browser, while Microsoft also maintains
Office apps for Android and iOS.
Since Office 2013, Microsoft has promoted Office 365 as the primary means of obtaining Microsoft
Office: it allows use of the software and other services on a subscription business model, and users
receive free feature updates to the software for the lifetime of the subscription, including new
features and cloud computing integration that are not necessarily included in the "on-premises"
releases of Office sold under conventional license terms. In 2017, revenue from Office 365 overtook
conventional license sales.
The current on-premises, desktop version of Office is Office 2019, released on September 24, 2018.
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Components
Desktop applications
Microsoft Word: A word processor included in Microsoft Office and some editions of the now-
discontinued Microsoft Works. The first version of Word, released in the autumn of 1983, was for
the MS-DOS operating system and introduced the Computer mouse to more users. Word 1.0
could be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required. Following the precedents
of LisaWrite and MacWrite, Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer WYSIWYG features into
its package. Word for Mac was released in 1985. Word for Mac was the first graphical version of
Microsoft Word. Initially, it implemented the proprietary .doc format as its primary format. Word
2007, however, deprecated this format in favor of Office Open XML, which was later
standardized by Ecma International as an open format. Support for Portable Document
Format (PDF) and OpenDocument (ODF) was first introduced in Word for Windows with Service
Pack 2 for Word 2007.
Microsoft Excel: A spreadsheet editor that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3,
and eventually outsold it. Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac OS in 1985,
and the first Windows version (numbered 2.05 to line up with the Mac) in November 1987.
Microsoft PowerPoint: A presentation program used to create slideshows composed of text,
graphics, and other objects, which can be displayed on-screen and shown by the presenter or
printed out on transparencies or slides.
Microsoft Outlook (not to be confused with Outlook Express, Outlook.com or Outlook on the
web): a personal information manager that replaces Windows Messaging, Microsoft Mail,
and Schedule+ starting in Office 97, it includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager and
address book. On the Mac OS, Microsoft offered several versions of Outlook in the late 1990s,
but only for use with Microsoft Exchange Server. In Office 2001, it introduced an alternative
application with a slightly different feature set called Microsoft Entourage. It reintroduced Outlook
in Office 2011, replacing Entourage.
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Microsoft OneNote: A notetaking program that gathers handwritten or typed notes,
drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be shared with other OneNote
users over the Internet or a network. OneNote was initially introduced as a standalone app that
was not included in any of Microsoft Office 2003 editions. However, OneNote eventually became
a core component of Microsoft Office; with the release of Microsoft Office 2013, OneNote was
included in all Microsoft Office offerings. OneNote is also available as a web app on Office
Online, a freemium (and later freeware) Windows desktop app, a mobile app for Windows
Phone, iOS, Android, and Symbian, and a Metro-style app for Windows 8 or later.
Microsoft Publisher: A desktop publishing app for Windows mostly used for designing
brochures, labels, calendars, greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, web site, and
postcards.
Microsoft Access: A database management system for Windows that combines
the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software
development tools. Microsoft Access stores data in its own format based on the Access Jet
Database Engine. It can also import or link directly to data stored in other applications and
databases.
Skype for Business: An integrated communications client for conferences and meetings in real
time, it is the only Microsoft Office desktop app that is neither useful without a proper network
infrastructure nor has the "Microsoft" prefix in its name.
Microsoft Project: A project management app for Windows to keep track of events and to
create network charts and Gantt charts, not bundled in any Office suite.
Microsoft Teams: A platform that combines workplace chat, meetings, notes, and attachments.
Microsoft announced that Teams would eventually replace Skype for Business.
Microsoft Visio: A diagram and flowcharting app for Windows not bundled in any Office suite.
Mobile apps
Office Lens: An image scanner optimized for mobile devices. It captures the document (e.g.
business card, paper, whiteboard) via the camera and then straightens the document portion of
the image. The result can be exported to Word, OneNote, PowerPoint or Outlook, or saved in
OneDrive, sent via Mail or placed in Photo Library.
Office Remote: Turns the mobile device into a remote control for desktop versions of Word,
Excel and PowerPoint.
Server applications
Microsoft SharePoint: collaboration server.
o Excel Services
o InfoPath Forms Services
o Microsoft Project Server: Project management server
o Microsoft Search Server
Skype for Business Server: A real-time communications server for instant messaging
and video-conferencing.
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Web services
Microsoft Office Online
o Word Online: Free web app version of Microsoft Word.
o Excel Online: Free web app version of Microsoft Excel.
o PowerPoint Online: Free web app version of Microsoft PowerPoint.
o OneNote Online: Free web app version of Microsoft OneNote.
o Outlook.com: Free webmail with a user interface similar to Microsoft Outlook and Mail on
Windows 10.
o Docs.com: A public document sharing service where Office users can upload and share
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Sway and PDF files for the whole world to discover and use. On
June 9, 2017, Microsoft announced it would shut down Docs.com on December 15, 2017 in
favor of the acquired SlideShare with its LinkedIn purchase.
o OneDrive: A file hosting service that allows users to sync files and later access them from a
web browser or mobile device.
o Office Sway: A presentation web app released in October 2014. It also has a native app
for iOS and Windows 10.
Delve: Allows Office 365 users to search and manage their emails, meetings, contacts, social
networks and documents stored on OneDrive or Sites in Office 365.
Microsoft Forms: An online survey creator, available for Office 365 Education subscribers.
Outlook on the web: Similar to Outlook.com but more comprehensive and available only
through Office 365 and Microsoft Exchange Server offerings.
Microsoft Planner: A planning application available on the Microsoft Office 365 platform.
Office 365 Video: A video sharing service for enterprise users with an Office 365 Academic or
Enterprise license.
Microsoft Bookings: An appointment booking application on the Microsoft Office 365 platform.
Office Mobile
Office Mobile includes the scaled-down and touch-optimised versions of Word, Excel and
PowerPoint. Other Office applications such as OneNote, Lync and Outlook are available as
standalone apps. It is supported on Android, iOS, Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile.
Office Mobile enables users to save and access documents on OneDrive, OneDrive for Business,
and SharePoint. Additionally, the Windows Phone version also allows users to save files locally on
the device. According to Microsoft, Office Mobile for iPhone and Android are "very similar" to each
other, whereas the Windows Phone version provides a "richer, more integrated experience".
Office Mobile for iPhone was released on June 14, 2013 in the United States. Support for 135
markets and 27 languages was rolled out over a few day. It requires iOS 8 or later. Although the app
also works on iPad devices, excluding the first generation, it is designed for a small screen. Office
Mobile was released for Android phones on July 31, 2013 in the United States. Support for 117
markets and 33 languages was added gradually over several weeks. It is supported on Android
4.0 and later. Office Mobile for both iPhone and Android, available for free from the App
Store and Google Play Store respectively, initially required a qualifying Office 365 subscription to
activate, but in March 2014, with the release of Office for iPad, the apps were updated making them
fully free for home use, though a subscription is still required for business use.
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Platforms
Microsoft supports Office for the Windows and macOS platforms, as well as mobile versions for
Windows Phone, Android and iOS platforms. Beginning with Mac Office 4.2, the macOS and
Windows versions of Office share the same file format, and are interoperable. Visual Basic for
Applications support was dropped in Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac, then reintroduced in Office for
Mac 2011.
Microsoft tried in the mid-1990s to port Office to RISC processors such
as NEC/MIPS and IBM/PowerPC, but they met problems such as memory access being hampered
by data structure alignment requirements. Microsoft Word 97 and Excel 97 however did ship for
the DEC Alpha platform. Difficulties in porting Office may have been a factor in
discontinuing Windows NT on non-Intel platforms.
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Information Gathered from:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office
https://www.majortests.com/essay/Microsoft-Office-And-Features-529930.html
