Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint each has more features than most of us will ever use.
Word can handle everything from a shopping list to a Ph.D. candidate's thesis paper.
Excel's number-crunching tools analyze baseball box scores and rocket trajectories with equal ease. The answer is simple. That is, make Office applications simple, make them easier, and make them personal. The company has also simplified many existing features and added a smart sprinkling of new features to existing programs. In the process, Microsoft has given the great majority of Mac users who use Office an opportunity to make some New Year's resolutions.