Microsoft Office

*Microsoft Office* is a suite of productivity programs from Microsoft, mainly used for creating and editing documents of different types, managing email/contacts/calendars, and for business administration functions.

The current versions are Office 2013 and Office 365 for the PC, and Office 2011 for Mac.

## Programs

### Core

The core programs that form Office are:

Microsoft Word (Released in September 1983)
a rich text word processor with HTML support
Microsoft Excel (Released in January 1985)
a spreadsheet application with advanced formulas and formatting
Microsoft PowerPoint (Released in July 1987)
a presentation application with animation and multimedia capabilities
Microsoft Outlook, an email client (Released in April 11, 1993). It was a core program until Office 2010.

Macro Coding - VBA
Assisting in information flow behind some of the products available in any version of Office
### Additional

Additional programs in the PC version are:

* Microsoft Access (Made in August 1992)— database manager
* Microsoft InfoPath — an application to design rich XML-based forms
* Microsoft OneNote — note-taking software for use with both tablet and conventional PCs. It is now one of the core programs.
* Microsoft Project — project management software to keep track of events and to create network charts and Gantt charts (*not bundled in any Office suite*)
* Microsoft Publisher — desktop publishing software mostly used for designing brochures, labels, calendars, greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, and postcards.
* Microsoft SharePoint Workspace (formerly known as Groove) — a proprietary peer-to-peer collaboration software leveled at businesses
* Microsoft Visio — diagram and flowcharting software (*not bundled in any Office suite*)
* Microsoft Office InterConnect — business-relationship database available only in Japan
* Microsoft Office Picture Manager — basic photo management software (similar to Google's Picasa or Adobe's Photoshop Elements), replaced Microsoft Photo Editor

The following applications are no longer branded as part of Microsoft Office:

* Microsoft SharePoint Designer — a WYSIWYG HTML editor and web design program for customizing SharePoint applications, it replaces Microsoft FrontPage (*not bundled in any Office suite*)
* Microsoft Lync — Integrated communications client for conferences and meetings in real time (known as Microsoft Office Communicator in Office 2007, bundled with Professional Plus and Enterprise editions)

### Server applications

* Microsoft SharePoint — collaboration server
	+ Excel Services
	+ InfoPath Forms Services
* Microsoft Lync Server (formerly Office Communications Server and Live Communications Server) — real time communications server
* Microsoft Office Forms Server — lets users use any browser to access and fill InfoPath forms. Office Forms Server is a standalone server installation of InfoPath Forms Services.
* Microsoft Office Groove Server — centrally managing all deployments of Microsoft Office Groove in the enterprise
* Microsoft Office Project Server — project management server
* Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server — allows creation of a project portfolio, including workflows, hosted centrally
* Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server — allows customers to monitor, analyze, and plan their business

### Web services

* Office Web Apps — Web-based companions to Microsoft Office applications to view, create, and edit documents.
* Office Live
	+ Office Live Small Business — Web hosting services and online collaboration tools for small businesses.
	+ Office Live Workspace — Online storage and collaboration service for documents, superseded by Office Web Apps and OneDrive
* Live Meeting — Web conferencing service.
* Microsoft Office product web site — Provides support for all Microsoft Office products.
* Microsoft Update — Web site. Patch detection and installation service for Microsoft Office.
* Microsoft Office 365 — Subscription based software services that can include a subscription to desktop applications in addition to cloud-based services.

## References

1. ↑ "Microsoft Office Suites". Microsoft. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/. Retrieved October 30, 2010.