Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

A full- featured word processing program for windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market.

Excel

A full- featured spreadsheet for PCs and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a creating presentation materials. For a tutorial on the essentials of Excel

Spreadsheet can calculate numbers and create charts.

Access

A database program for Windows, available separately or included in the Microsoft Office suite.

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Power Point

A presentation graphics program from Microsoft for Macintosh and Windows. It was the first desktop presentation program for the Mac and provides the ability to create output for overheads, handouts speakers notes and film recorder.

Publisher

For creating desktop publishing like greeting cards.

Outlook

Microsoft’s mail client and personal information manager. Outlook Express is a light version for e- mail only that comes with Windows. The full calendaring , todo list and groupware functions. It also provides a journaling capability for keeping track of hourly billing.

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Program for publishing