Microsoft's Office is a suite of applications that includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for both Macintosh and Windows PCs.
Word is the recommended word processing program.
It can be used to create, save, retrieve, edit, and print files. Other features include style sheets, merging, tables, customizable toolbars, and glossaries. Excel is the recommended spreadsheet program. PowerPoint is the recommended presentation graphics program. It can be used to create overheads, onscreen electronic presentations, high-quality 35 mm slides, and handouts.