Microsoft Office is a proprietary collection of desktop applications intended to be used by knowledge workers for Windows and Macintosh computers. If your question relates to a specific desktop application use that application tag instead.
Microsoft Office is a proprietary collection of desktop applications intended to be used by knowledge workers.
It comes in several different software bundles and is available for Windows and Macintosh computers. Current version as of this writing is Office 2016 for Windows and Office 2016 for Mac. Microsoft has also unveiled Office Web Apps to compete with similar applications, for hosting Office programs and documents on remote servers.
It can include any/all of the following:
- Access ms-access - relational database
- Excel excel - spreadsheet / calculation engine
- InfoPath infopath - creating forms
- Lync lync - communications
- OneNote onenote - note-taking
- Outlook outlook - email / personal information manager (PIM)
- PowerPoint powerpoint - creating presentations / slideshows
- Project ms-project - project management
- Publisher ms-publisher - flyers, newsletters and other printed materials
- SharePoint sharepoint - sharing group content
- Visio visio - diagramming
- Word ms-word - word-processing software
There are additional lesser-known Office programs such as Business Contact Manager which are not covered in this wiki because they are typically addons to another program.
Typically you would use one of the program-specific tags above when tagging your question, depending on which program you are using.
Links:
Getting Started with Office 2016 - Getting Started with Office 2013 - Getting Started with Office 2010
