Microsoft Word, word-processor software launched in 1983 by the Microsoft Corporation. Software developers Richard Brodie and Charles Simonyi joined the Microsoft team in 1981, and in 1983 they released Multi-Tool Word for computers that ran a version of the UNIX operating system (OS).

Later that year, the program was rewritten to run on personal computers (PCs), such as the IBM PC, under Microsoft’s version of DOS (disk operating system), or MS-DOS, and was renamed Microsoft Word. The product was in direct competition with WordPerfect and WordStar, both of which were introduced for PCs in 1982.

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The Microsoft Word Screen

Starting to Use Microsoft Word

Using Templates to Create Documents

Manipulating Text

Microsoft Word Text Formatting

Microsoft Word 2016 Paragraph Formatting.

Borders and Shading within Microsoft Word

Tabs

Microsoft Word 2016 Page Formatting

Word 2016 Views and Document Navigation

Tables Using

Finding and Replacing Text within a Microsoft 2016 Document

Using Multiple Open Documents

Microsoft Word 2016 Mail Merge

Microsoft Proofing and Printing within Word 2016

Advanced Paragraph Formatting In Word