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Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, MS Office, or simply Office, is an office suite and (formerly) a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. The first version of the Office suite, announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX, contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, all three of which remain core products in Office. Over time, the Office suite has grown substantially, adding programs such as OneNote and Outlook; the suite has also been made highly extensible with the use of the VBA scripting language.
The suite currently includes a word processor (Word), a spreadsheet program (Excel), a presentation program (PowerPoint), a note-taking program (OneNote), and an email client (Outlook); the Windows version also includes a database management system (Access). Microsoft Office previously offered desktop, mobile, and web applications; out of these, only the desktop suite is still maintained.
Since Office 2013, Microsoft has promoted Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) as the primary means of obtaining Microsoft Office: it allows the use of the software and other services on a subscription business model, and users receive 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.
Microsoft continues to sell the perpetually-licensed Office suite, the latest version of which is Office 2024.
Office for the web was a free web version of Microsoft Office that included three web applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The offering also included Outlook.com, OneNote and OneDrive; these are accessible through a unified app switcher. Users can install the on-premises version of this service, called Office Online Server, in private clouds in conjunction with SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Lync Server.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web could natively open, edit, and save Office Open XML files (docx, xlsx, pptx) as well as OpenDocument files (odt, ods, odp). They could also open files with legacy Office formats (doc, xls, ppt), but these were converted to the newer formats once edited. Password-encrypted Office files could not be opened. Files with macros could be opened in the browser apps, but the macros could not be accessed or executed. In July 2013, Word gained the ability to render PDF documents or convert them to Microsoft Word documents, although the formatting of the document may have deviated from the original. In November 2013, the apps started supporting real-time co-authoring and autosaving files.
Office for the web lacked a number of the advanced features present in the full desktop versions of Office, including the programs Access and Publisher. However, users were able to select the command "Open in desktop app"; this brought up the document in the desktop version of Office on their computer or device to utilize the advanced features there.
The Personal edition of Office for the web was available to the general public free of charge with a Microsoft account through the Office.com website, which superseded SkyDrive (now OneDrive) and Office Live Workspace. Enterprise-managed versions were available through Office 365. In February 2013, the ability to view and edit files on SkyDrive without signing in was added. The service could also be installed privately in enterprise environments as a SharePoint app, or through Office Web Apps Server. Microsoft also offered other web apps in the Office suite, such as the Outlook Web App (formerly Outlook Web Access), Lync Web App (formerly Office Communicator Web Access), Project Web App (formerly Project Web Access). Additionally, Microsoft offers a service under the name of Online Doc Viewer to view Office documents on a website via Office on the web.
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Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, MS Office, or simply Office, is an office suite and (formerly) a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. The first version of the Office suite, announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX, contained Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, all three of which remain core products in Office. Over time, the Office suite has grown substantially, adding programs such as OneNote and Outlook; the suite has also been made highly extensible with the use of the VBA scripting language.
The suite currently includes a word processor (Word), a spreadsheet program (Excel), a presentation program (PowerPoint), a note-taking program (OneNote), and an email client (Outlook); the Windows version also includes a database management system (Access). Microsoft Office previously offered desktop, mobile, and web applications; out of these, only the desktop suite is still maintained.
Since Office 2013, Microsoft has promoted Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) as the primary means of obtaining Microsoft Office: it allows the use of the software and other services on a subscription business model, and users receive 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.
Microsoft continues to sell the perpetually-licensed Office suite, the latest version of which is Office 2024.
Office for the web was a free web version of Microsoft Office that included three web applications: Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The offering also included Outlook.com, OneNote and OneDrive; these are accessible through a unified app switcher. Users can install the on-premises version of this service, called Office Online Server, in private clouds in conjunction with SharePoint, Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft Lync Server.
Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for the web could natively open, edit, and save Office Open XML files (docx, xlsx, pptx) as well as OpenDocument files (odt, ods, odp). They could also open files with legacy Office formats (doc, xls, ppt), but these were converted to the newer formats once edited. Password-encrypted Office files could not be opened. Files with macros could be opened in the browser apps, but the macros could not be accessed or executed. In July 2013, Word gained the ability to render PDF documents or convert them to Microsoft Word documents, although the formatting of the document may have deviated from the original. In November 2013, the apps started supporting real-time co-authoring and autosaving files.
Office for the web lacked a number of the advanced features present in the full desktop versions of Office, including the programs Access and Publisher. However, users were able to select the command "Open in desktop app"; this brought up the document in the desktop version of Office on their computer or device to utilize the advanced features there.
The Personal edition of Office for the web was available to the general public free of charge with a Microsoft account through the Office.com website, which superseded SkyDrive (now OneDrive) and Office Live Workspace. Enterprise-managed versions were available through Office 365. In February 2013, the ability to view and edit files on SkyDrive without signing in was added. The service could also be installed privately in enterprise environments as a SharePoint app, or through Office Web Apps Server. Microsoft also offered other web apps in the Office suite, such as the Outlook Web App (formerly Outlook Web Access), Lync Web App (formerly Office Communicator Web Access), Project Web App (formerly Project Web Access). Additionally, Microsoft offers a service under the name of Online Doc Viewer to view Office documents on a website via Office on the web.