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Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

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Describe the Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint applications, then point out why and for what purpose we can use them.

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Microsoft Word

It is a word processing program for creating documents which will look the same on different computers.
Used by individuals and business to write professional as well personal letters.
Creating reports for schools and work
Making notes in seminars and classes
It is most widely used, so it reduces the concern of whether other person or professionals will be able to open it.

MS word is better than any other WordPad or text editors due to features like mail merges, spell checker, styling, headers and footers, margins and many more.

Microsoft Excel

It is a spreadsheet program, used to create grids of text, numbers, formulas etcetera.
Used for creating expenditure records, incomes, planning budgets, generating charts, graphs, sorting and storing data etcetera.
It contains capabilities to develop sophisticated financial as well as scientific computation.
Like MS word, Excel is the ultimate standard in business world to exchange data and performing calculations.

MS Excel can be used for any kind of work like billing, data analysis, business tasks, computing complex calculations, understanding the expenditure patterns, sorting and storing data, all these uses makes it a must use application for individuals as well as companies.

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