Microsoft Office is an office suite of desktop applications, servers and services, released by Microsoft on August 1, 1989 for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. Originally, the first version of Microsoft Office contained Microsoft Word, a word processor and was previously considered the main program in Office; Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet program that originally competed with the dominant Lotus 1-2-3; and Microsoft PowerPoint, a popular presentation program for Windows and Mac.; a marketing term for a bundled set of applications. As years passed by, Office applications have grown significantly closer with shared features such as a common spell checker, Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) data integration and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. Microsoft also positions Office as a development platform for line-of-business software under the Office Business Applications brand. The current versions are Office 2010 for Windows, released on June 15, 2010; and Office 2011 for Mac OS X, released October 26, 2010.The new Office 2013 (version 15 of the Office suite) is reported to be released around December 2012.
Microsoft Office for Mac is an office application intended for Mac users, which creates professional documents and presentation with the most-used productivity software for Mac. It is compatible with Office for Window that enables the user to work on documents with virtually anyone, anywhere. In Microsoft Office for Mac, users can work well with others, just by being on the same page with Office for Mac and Office for Windows, including new features in Office 2010. It is easy for users to share files or to work online, since Office for Mac is now compatible with Office for Windows. It has familiar command, formats and interfaces, enabling the user to immediately start working and not to consume time in learning and familiarizing the new features. It is simple and easy to switch from Mac and PC and vice versa. This software offers almost a complete feature package, making its output document presentable and professional-looking.