What does word mean?

Word means "word" in English, and it also refers to Microsoft Word, the word processing application software of Microsoft Corporation.

Basic introduction:

Word is Microsoft's word processing application. It was originally written by richard brodie in 1983 for IBM computers running DOS. Subsequent versions can be run on Apple Macintosh (1984), SCO UNIX and Microsoft Windows (1989) and become a part of Microsoft Office. At present, the latest version of word is word 20 10Beta, which went on the market in June.

Functions and characteristics

The main functions and characteristics of Word can be summarized as follows:

What you see is what you get.

Users use Word software to arrange documents, so that the printing effect can be clearly seen on the screen.

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Intuitive operation interface

Word software has a friendly interface and provides a variety of tools. It can complete selection, typesetting and other operations with the mouse.

Multimedia mixed arrangement

Word software can be used to edit characters, graphics, images, sounds and animations. It can also insert information made by other software. You can also use the drawing tools provided by Word software to make graphics and edit artistic words and mathematical formulas, which can meet the various document processing needs of users.

Powerful watchmaking function

Word software provides powerful tabulation function, which can be automatically tabulated or manually tabulated. Word table rows are automatically protected, the data in the table can be automatically calculated, and the table can also be decorated in various ways. In Word software, you can also insert a spreadsheet directly. Using Word software to make tables is simple, beautiful, fast and convenient.

Automatic function

Word software provides spelling and grammar checking functions, which improves the accuracy of English article editing. If grammatical errors or spelling errors are found, Word software will also provide suggestions for revision. After editing a document with Word software, Word can help users to write abstracts automatically, saving users a lot of time. AutoCorrect function provides a good help for users to input the same characters. Users can define their own input of characters. When users want to input the same characters, they can define a letter instead, especially when inputting Chinese characters. This function greatly improves the input speed of users.

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Template and wizard functions

Word software provides a large number of rich templates, which is convenient for users to quickly establish the corresponding format when editing a certain type of document. Moreover, Word software allows users to customize templates, which provides an efficient and quick method for users to establish documents with special needs.

Rich help function

The help function of Word software is detailed and rich, and the vivid and convenient help provided by Word software enables users to find solutions when they encounter problems. It provides convenience for users to learn by themselves.

Web tool support

Internet is the most widely used and popular aspect of computer today. Word software provides network support. Users can make Webpages (usually called webpages) quickly and conveniently according to the webpage wizard, and can also use the Web toolbar of Word software to quickly open, find or browse various documents including webpages and web documents.

Super compatibility

Word software can support a variety of documents, and can also save documents edited by Word in other formats, which provides great convenience for information exchange between Word software and other software. You can edit emails, envelopes, memos, reports, web pages, etc. Words.

Powerful printing function

Word software provides print preview function, which has strong support and configuration for printer parameters. [ 1]

function

Use Microsoft Office Word to create and edit text and graphics in letters, reports, web pages or e-mails.

The first generation of Word developed by MS-DOS computer was released at the end of 1983, but the response was poor, and its sales volume lagged behind that of rival products such as WordPerfect. Nevertheless, in the Macintosh system, Word won wide acceptance after the release of 1985, especially the second release of Word 3.0 1 for Macintosh two years later. Like other Mac software, Word for Mac is a real (what you see is what you get) editor.

As MS-DOS is a character interface system, Word for DOS is the first text editor developed for IBM PC. When editing, font identifiers such as "bold" and "italics" are displayed directly on the screen instead of "what you see is what you get". Other DOS text editors, such as WordStar and WordPerfect, use simple text display with identification code or color difference when displaying on the screen.

However, like most DOS software, programs have their own special and usually complex command groups, which users need to remember to perform specific functions. (For example, in Word for DOS, Escape-T-S is needed to save files), but most secretaries can already use WordPerfect, so the company is reluctant to switch to rival products, and the new advantages provided are limited.

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Change of file format

With the continuous upgrading of office series software, such as the latest version of office2007 [2], the file formats of Word, PowerPoint and Excel are changed from doc, ppt and xls to docx, pptx and xlsx respectively. Word documents in docx format cannot be opened directly in Word2003 and earlier versions. Microsoft officials have provided a solution, that is, FileFormatConverters.exe, a plug-in compatible with office documents.

Install it directly after downloading, and then you can open a new version of word document with the suffix docx in office2003 [3].

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Words range from 1990 to 1995.

The first Windows version of Word costs 1989 and $500. One year after the release of Windows 3.0, sales began to improve (Word 1.0 works better with Windows 3.0 than the previous version). The failure to develop a Windows version of WordPerfect proved to be a fatal mistake. It is a version of Word 2.0, but it has developed steadily as the mainstream of the market.

Word has no strong competitor in the Mac market, although some programs like Nisus Writer provide functions such as "discontinuous selection", which were not added until Word 2002 in Office XP. In addition, some users complained that Word did not check the 3.0 1 version of 1987 and the 5.0 version of 199 1. Compared with ease of use and special functions, Word 5. 1 of Mac is the mainstream word processor because of its elegance. However, the 6.0 version of Mac released by 1994 was widely ridiculed. This is the first version of Word based on the common code between Windows and MAC. Many people complain that it is slow, rough and takes up too much memory. Windows version is also included in 6.0 to coordinate product naming for different platforms (although the earliest version of Windows is Word 2.0).

Subsequent versions of Word have more functions than word processing. Drawing tools can perform simple desktop publishing operations, such as adding images to documents. In recent years, collaboration, document proofreading and multilingual support have been added.

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Development history

1983 10, Microsoft officially released Word 1.0 based on Xenix and MS-DOS systems. From the screenshot above, it is difficult to see the difference between Word 1.0 and Word 5.0. The "moded" interfaces of these early versions of Word are often confused, so that the same function key can perform different functions.

Nevertheless, Microsoft has taken a step to compete with WordPerfect for the word processor market.

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An important step.

Mac Word 1985 At the suggestion of Gates, Jeffery Harbers led a Microsoft development team to study how to run Word on Apple's Macintosh machine. Their research results include allowing Word to display different fonts, sizes and thicknesses. Moreover, on Macintosh machine, Word 1.0 has the function of mouse-driven user interface.

Due to the addition of these advanced functions at that time, Mac Word has been selling better than MS-DOS Word in the next four years. Until today, Word sales of Apple Mac are still strong.

Windows Era With the advent of Windows Era, Microsoft decided to develop and run Word in its own GUI environment. 1989, Microsoft released the first Word based on Windows system (pictured). Its user interface and function are basically similar to Mac Word, and Microsoft priced it at $500.

1990, with the launch of Windows 3.0 by Microsoft, the sales of Word based on Windows increased steadily. In the following years, Microsoft completely controlled the market of personal computer word processors.

DOS Version Microsoft also introduced two upgraded versions of MS-DOS Word-version 5.5 and version 6.0. Like Word based on Windows, they all have a mouse-driven drop-down menu user interface, while others have a WYSIWYG image mode, which can display font thickness, underline and italic characters.

Other operating systems: 1992, Microsoft introduced a Word based on IBM OS/2, which has similar functions to Word based on Windows. Advantages of Microsoft Word 10

Microsoft Office Word 2007 helps users create and * * * enjoy professional-looking content by combining a full-featured writing tool with an easy-to-use Microsoft Office Fluent user interface. Here are 10 reasons why Office Word 2007 can help you create professional-looking content faster.

1. Reduce formatting time and concentrate on writing documents.

The Office Fluent user interface can provide tools when needed, so that you can format documents easily and quickly. Now, you can find appropriate functions in Office Word 2007 to convey the information in the document more effectively. Using quick styles and document themes, you can quickly change the appearance of text, tables and graphics throughout the document to match your favorite style or color scheme.

2. Use SmartArt icons and new drawing tools to communicate information more effectively.

The new SmartArt icon and the new graphics engine can help you create beautiful content using 3D shapes, transparency, projection and other effects.

3. Quickly build documents using building blocks.

Building blocks in Office Word 2007 can be used to build documents from commonly used or predefined content, such as disclaimer text, important quotes, sidebars, covers and other types of content. This can avoid spending unnecessary time recreating or copying and pasting these contents between documents; It also helps to ensure the consistency of all documents created within the organization.

4. Save directly from Office Word 2007 as PDF or XPS.

Office Word 2007 provides the function of sharing documents with others. You can convert Word documents into Portable Document Format (PDF) or XML File Specification (XPS) format without adding third-party tools, thus helping to ensure extensive communication with users using any platform. 1

5. Publish and maintain blogs directly from Office Word 2007.

Now you can publish your blog directly from Office Word 2007. You can configure Office Word 2007 to link directly to your blog site, and use the rich Word experience to create blogs with images, tables and advanced text formats.

6. Use Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to control the document review process.

Through the workflow service built in Office SharePoint Server 2007, you can start and track the review and approval process of documents in Office Word 2007, which helps to speed up the review cycle of the whole organization without forcing users to learn new tools.

7. Link documents with business information.

Use new document controls and data binding to create dynamic intelligent documents, which can update themselves by connecting to the back-end system. Organizations can use new XML integration features to deploy smart templates to help users create highly structured documents.

8. Delete revisions, comments and hidden text in the document.

Use the Document Inspector to detect and delete unwanted comments, hidden text, or personally identifiable information to help ensure that sensitive information is not disclosed when publishing documents.

9. Compare and merge documents using the three-pane review panel.

By using Office Word 2007, you can easily find the changes made to the document. It helps you view two versions of a document through the new three-pane review panel, and clearly marks deleted, inserted and moved text.

10. Reduce the file size and improve the ability to recover damaged files.

The new Ecma Office Open XML format can significantly reduce the file size and improve the ability to recover damaged files. These new formats can greatly save storage and bandwidth requirements and reduce the burden on IT personnel.

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system requirements

When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2003 to 2007, you may need to upgrade to a supported operating system, but you don't need to upgrade your hardware. When upgrading from Microsoft Office 2000 or Office XP to the 2007 edition, you need to ensure that your hardware and operating system meet the minimum requirements of the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

We strongly recommend that you evaluate your computer before installing the 2007 Microsoft Office system products to verify that your computer meets or exceeds the minimum system requirements.

Basic edition

Component requirements

Computers and processors 500 megahertz (MHz) or faster processors

RAM with memory of 256 megabytes (MB) or more1

Hard disk 1.5 gigabytes (GB); If the originally downloaded software package is deleted from the hard disk after installation,

Some disk space will be freed.

Drive a CD-ROM or DVD drive

A monitor with a display resolution of 1024x768 or higher.

Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 2, Windows Server.

2003 SP 1 or higher version of operating system 2 needs to run some other ink functions.

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC version or later.

Speech recognition requires a close microphone and an audio output device. Information rights management

The function requires access to the running Windows Rights Management service.

Windows 2003 Server SP 1 or later.

Some advanced features in Outlook 2007 require

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Connect to Microsoft Exchange

Server 2000 or later. Dynamic calendars require a server connection.

Instant search requires Microsoft Windows Desktop Search 3.0.

Some advanced collaboration features require a connection to SharePoint running Microsoft Windows.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 sp1or later service.

Some advanced features require Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, only for 32-bit browsers. internet

This feature requires Internet access (fees may apply).

Other information Actual requirements and product features may vary depending on your system configuration and operating system.

It's different.

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use

1.Word XP basic word processing skills and understanding screen tools

2. Quickly type Chinese punctuation marks

3. Enlarge and reduce Chinese characters, and write notices and official letters in Chinese.

4. Use various traditional/simplified Chinese fonts and commonly used fonts in Hong Kong;

5. Line spacing, paragraph alignment, list bar creation and tab setting.

6. Use headers and footers to add document titles and page numbers.

7. Forms and multi-column production are convenient for making quotations, meeting agendas and work schedules.

8. Insert pictures, charts, wordart and other Chinese desktop prints to make illustrated documents or company newsletters.

9. A lot of different materials are combined to print letters.

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format

Microsoft Word X (Apple OS X)

Microsoft Word is an advantageous Word processor in use at present, which makes the word file format (. Doc) is actually the most common standard. The details of the Word file format are not disclosed. There is more than one Word file format, because with the update of Word software itself, the file format will be modified more or less, and the new format may not be read by the old version of the program (probably because the old version has no built-in ability to support the new format). Microsoft has published the DOC format of Word 97 in detail, but the newer version information has not been made public yet, and only companies, governments and research institutions can know it. It is rumored in the industry that the characteristics of some Word file formats are not clear to Microsoft itself.

Other office software competing with Word must support the most common file format dedicated to Word. Because the details of Word file format are not disclosed, this compatibility is usually achieved through reverse engineering. Many Word processors have special conversion tools for exporting and importing word files, such as AbiWord. (Refer to the descriptions of other competing software in the text editor. Apache Jakarta POI is an open source Java database, whose main goal is to access the binary file format of Word. Not long ago, Microsoft provided its own viewer, which can view Word documents without Word programs. For example: Word Viewer 2003.

Word file formats before Word 97 to Word 2003 are all binary file formats. Not long ago, Microsoft announced that they would use XML-based file format as the format of its office suite software. Word 2003 provides options for WordprocessingML. This is an open XML file format, which has been recognized by the Danish government and other institutions. Word 2003 Professional Edition can directly handle non-Microsoft document specifications.

Like other Microsoft Office programs, Word can be highly customized by using a fixed macro language. (Originally WordBasic, it became Visual Basic from Word 97. However, this performance can also embed a computer virus similar to Melissa worm in the document. This is another reason why computer users need to install firewalls and antivirus software. Microsoft's security advice

The first virus known to infect Microsoft Word documents is called concept virus, which is a relatively harmless virus. Its appearance proves the possibility of macro virus.

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version

The versions of DOS include:

1983 165438+ October word 1

1985 Word 2

1986 No.3

1987 word 4, also known as Microsoft word4.0, is suitable for personal computers.

1989 Word 5

199 1 year 5.5

Version 2.2. Apple Macintosh computers include:

1985 65438+ October Word 1 for Macintosh computers.

1987 No.3

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1989 Word 4

199 1 year No.5

1993 No.6

1998 No.98

2000 Word 200 1, compatible with the last version of Mac OS 9.

Word v.X is at 200 1, and the first version is only compatible with MAC OS X.

Word 2004

Word 2007

2007 Word 2008

3 .. The versions of Microsoft Windows include:

1989 165438+ October Word for Windows

199 1 year Word 2 for Windows

1993 Word 6 for Windows (the windows version of word was changed to word6 because it was consistent with the version numbers of competitors DOS, Macintosh and WordPerfect at that time).

1995 word 95, also known as word 7.

1997 word 97, also known as word 8.

1999 Word 2000, also known as Word 9.

200 1 year Word XP, also known as Word 2002 or Word 10.

In 2003, Word 2003 was still called Word 1 1, but it was officially called Microsoft Office Word 2003.

2006 Word 2007 is also called Word 12, and its official name is Microsoft Office Word 2007.

SCO UNIX versions include:

4.Microsoft Word for UNIX system version 5. 1

The versions of OS/2 include:

1992 Microsoft word for OS/2 version 1. 1B

substitute

A free substitute for Microsoft Word.

wps2010

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relevant information

The story of the version number

Word 1.0 based on Windows system was launched, and Microsoft Company launched its upgraded version of Word 2.0 at 199 1. At this time, WordPerfect also launched its version 6.0 word processing software, which was a great success. What is puzzling is that in order to compete with it, Microsoft has done enough articles on the version number of Word. 1993, Microsoft decided to keep the version number of Word based on Windows system consistent with that of MS-DOS and Mac, and brazenly decided to launch Word 6.0 based on Windows system.

Later, Microsoft came up with the retreat of this version number competition-the next version number of Word based on Windows system is named after the year, such as Word 95, which was later introduced. But since Microsoft controlled the word processor market, the absurdity surrounding its office software has followed.

The birth of "big eye clip"

Users of Word 97( 1997) are very picky about one function of this software-office assistant. This function is called "big eye clip" (usually called "little assistant"). It is a talking and dancing paper clip that squints at the user's progress from time to time. Whether the user needs it or not, the "big eye clip" will always tell you how to use Word in its own way.

The user's inadaptability to the "big eye clip" may be just as richard brodie, the creator of Word 1.0, said: It's like a cat falling into the water!

Drop-down menu default settings

In Word 2000, Microsoft changed the interface design and added the so-called "personalized menu" function to make the function of Word easier to operate. It can track and record the most commonly used menu items of users, make them displayed in the drop-down menu by default, and hide the remaining options.

Multiple functions

One of the most common criticisms of Word is its complex function. Over the years, Microsoft has been trying to meet everyone's needs and constantly adding various functions. When you open all the items in the toolbar of word 2000, we may only have a feeling of being dazzled.

Bye, big eye clip.

In Word 2002, Microsoft removed the "big eye clip" function. The slogan of Word 2002 is: Word 2002 removes the outdated "big eye clip".

New generation Microsoft Word

Word has ushered in a new competitor-open source office software (maybe even Google Docs online office software).

In the latest version of Microsoft Office Word 2065438+00Beta, the familiar text editor is completely new. The traditional menu bar and toolbar have also changed greatly. They put the same function items related to functions in an easy-to-find position through the "ribbon" interface. Of course, there is no annoying "big eye clip" in Office Word 20 10Beta. [4]

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Words. Words.

noun

1. word, single word [C]

2. (short) sentence

He interposed a word or two from time to time. He interposed a word or two from time to time.

3. Text, dialogue; Words; Lyrics [S 1][P 1]

I can't remember the lyrics of this song. I forgot the lyrics of that song.

4. News and audio; Legend [U][E][(+of)]

He sent us a message that he couldn't come. He brought a letter saying that he couldn't come.

5. the most appropriate word [S]

6. Password; Code word [S]

7. command [S]

The general ordered the execution of deserters. The general ordered the execution of deserters.

8. Promise

He is a man of his word. He is a man of his word.

9. quarrel, argue

Sarah quarreled with her brother this morning. Sarah had a quarrel with her brother this morning.

10. Religious (capital) Bible, Gospel. Express [O] in words

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Word type

WORD and DWORD types defined in win32SDK are integer classes. Where WORD is an unsigned integer with 16 bits, that is, only 16 bits; DWORD is a 32-bit unsigned integer, which means there are 32 bits. The number of digits of the two will not change with the number of digits of the computer.

WORD is included in the windows.h file, and the size of this type can be viewed through sizeof(WORD).