<P> Unless stated otherwise, desktop apps are available for Windows and macOS . </P> <Ul> <Li> Microsoft Word: a word processor included in Microsoft Office and some editions of the now - discontinued Microsoft Works . The first version of Word, released in the autumn of 1983, was for the MS - DOS operating system and had the distinction of introducing the mouse to a broad population . Word 1.0 could be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required . Following the precedents of LisaWrite and MacWrite, Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer WYSIWYG features into its package . Word for Mac was released in 1985 . Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word . Initially, it implemented the proprietary doc format as its primary format . Word 2007, however, deprecated this format in favor of Office Open XML, which was later standardized by Ecma International as an open format . Support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and OpenDocument (ODF) was first introduced in Word for Windows with Service Pack 2 for Word 2007 . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Excel: a spreadsheet editor that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1 - 2 - 3, and eventually outsold it . Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac OS in 1985, and the first Windows version (numbered 2.05 to line up with the Mac) in November 1987 . </Li> <Li> Microsoft PowerPoint: a presentation program used to create slideshows composed of text, graphics, and other objects, which can be displayed on - screen and shown by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Access: a database management system for Windows that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software development tools . Microsoft Access stores data in its own format based on the Access Jet Database Engine . It can also import or link directly to data stored in other applications and databases . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Outlook (not to be confused with Outlook Express, Outlook.com or Outlook on the web): a personal information manager that replaces Windows Messaging, Microsoft Mail, and Schedule+ starting in Office 97, it includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager and address book . On the Mac OS, Microsoft offered several versions of Outlook in the late 1990s, but only for use with Microsoft Exchange Server . In Office 2001, it introduced an alternative application with a slightly different feature set called Microsoft Entourage . It reintroduced Outlook in Office 2011, replacing Entourage . </Li> <Li> Microsoft OneNote: a notetaking program that gathers handwritten or typed notes, drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries . Notes can be shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network . OneNote was initially introduced as a standalone app that was not included in any of Microsoft Office 2003 editions . However, OneNote eventually became a core component of Microsoft Office; with the release of Microsoft Office 2013, OneNote was included in all Microsoft Office offerings . OneNote is also available as a web app on Office Online, a freemium (and later freeware) Windows desktop app, a mobile app for Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and Symbian, and a Metro - style app for Windows 8 or later . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Publisher: a desktop publishing app for Windows mostly used for designing brochures, labels, calendars, greeting cards, business cards, newsletters, web site, and postcards . </Li> <Li> Skype for Business: an integrated communications client for conferences and meetings in real time, it is the only Microsoft Office desktop app that is neither useful without a proper network infrastructure nor has the "Microsoft" prefix in its name . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Project: a project management app for Windows to keep track of events and to create network charts and Gantt charts, not bundled in any Office suite . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Teams: a platform that combines workplace chat, meetings, notes, and attachments . Microsoft announced that Teams would eventually replace Skype for Business . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Visio: a diagram and flowcharting app for Windows not bundled in any Office suite . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Microsoft Word: a word processor included in Microsoft Office and some editions of the now - discontinued Microsoft Works . The first version of Word, released in the autumn of 1983, was for the MS - DOS operating system and had the distinction of introducing the mouse to a broad population . Word 1.0 could be purchased with a bundled mouse, though none was required . Following the precedents of LisaWrite and MacWrite, Word for Macintosh attempted to add closer WYSIWYG features into its package . Word for Mac was released in 1985 . Word for Mac was the first graphical version of Microsoft Word . Initially, it implemented the proprietary doc format as its primary format . Word 2007, however, deprecated this format in favor of Office Open XML, which was later standardized by Ecma International as an open format . Support for Portable Document Format (PDF) and OpenDocument (ODF) was first introduced in Word for Windows with Service Pack 2 for Word 2007 . </Li> <Li> Microsoft Excel: a spreadsheet editor that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1 - 2 - 3, and eventually outsold it . Microsoft released the first version of Excel for the Mac OS in 1985, and the first Windows version (numbered 2.05 to line up with the Mac) in November 1987 . </Li>

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