<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
developed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
25	O
,	O
1983	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Word	I-Application
for	O
Xenix	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequent	O
versions	O
were	O
later	O
written	O
for	O
several	O
other	O
platforms	O
including	O
:	O
IBM	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
running	O
DOS	B-Device
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
running	O
the	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
AT&T	B-Device
UNIX	I-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
(	O
1988	O
)	O
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
(	O
1989	O
)	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
(	O
1989	O
)	O
,	O
SCO	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
(	O
1990	O
)	O
,	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
2001	O
)	O
,	O
Web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
(	O
2010	O
)	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
(	O
2015	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
Wine	B-Application
,	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
before	O
2013	O
can	O
be	O
run	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	O
versions	O
of	O
Word	O
are	O
licensed	O
as	O
a	O
standalone	O
product	O
or	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
of	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
purchased	O
either	O
with	O
a	O
perpetual	O
license	O
or	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
subscription	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1981	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
hired	O
Charles	O
Simonyi	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
developer	O
of	O
Bravo	B-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
GUI	B-Application
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simonyi	O
started	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
called	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Word	I-Application
and	O
soon	O
hired	O
Richard	O
Brodie	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
Xerox	O
intern	O
,	O
who	O
became	O
the	O
primary	O
software	O
engineer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
announced	O
Multi-Tool	B-Application
Word	I-Application
for	O
Xenix	B-Application
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
name	O
was	O
soon	O
simplified	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
programs	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
a	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Advertisements	O
depicted	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Mouse	I-Device
and	O
described	O
Word	O
as	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
,	O
windowed	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
undo	B-Application
and	O
display	O
bold	O
,	O
italic	O
,	O
and	O
underlined	O
text	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
could	O
not	O
render	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
not	O
initially	O
popular	O
,	O
since	O
its	O
user	O
interface	O
was	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
leading	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
WordStar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
ported	O
Word	O
to	O
the	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
(	O
known	O
as	O
Macintosh	B-Application
System	I-Application
Software	I-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
made	O
easier	O
by	O
Word	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
having	O
been	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
high-resolution	O
displays	O
and	O
laser	O
printers	O
,	O
even	O
though	O
none	O
were	O
yet	O
available	B-License
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
very	O
fast	O
cut-and-paste	B-General_Concept
function	O
and	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
undo	B-Application
operations	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
piece	B-Data_Structure
table	I-Data_Structure
data	O
structure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
precedents	O
of	O
LisaWrite	O
and	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
,	O
Word	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
added	O
true	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
fulfilled	O
a	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
was	O
more	O
capable	O
than	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Word	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
's	O
sales	O
were	O
higher	O
than	O
its	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
counterpart	O
for	O
at	O
least	O
four	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
release	O
of	O
Word	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
shipped	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
was	O
named	O
Word	O
3.0	O
to	O
synchronize	O
its	O
version	O
number	O
with	O
Word	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
;	O
this	O
was	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
first	O
attempt	O
to	O
synchronize	O
version	O
numbers	O
across	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
MacWrite	B-Operating_System
Pro	I-Operating_System
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
Word	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
never	O
had	O
any	O
serious	O
rivals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
5.1	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
very	O
popular	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
owing	O
to	O
its	O
elegance	O
,	O
relative	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
feature	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
users	O
say	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
best	O
version	O
of	O
Word	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
ever	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
an	O
agreement	O
between	O
Atari	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
brought	O
Word	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
under	O
the	O
name	O
Microsoft	O
Write	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
was	O
a	O
port	O
of	O
Word	O
1.05	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
was	O
never	O
updated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
the	O
following	O
year	O
,	O
sales	O
began	O
to	O
pick	O
up	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
soon	O
became	O
the	O
market	O
leader	O
for	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
for	O
IBM	B-Device
PC-compatible	I-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
capitalized	O
on	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
 '	O
increasing	O
popularity	O
by	O
releasing	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Word	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
version	O
5.5	O
,	O
that	O
replaced	O
its	O
unique	O
user	O
interface	O
with	O
an	O
interface	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
Windows	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Microsoft	O
became	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
Year	B-Error_Name
2000	I-Error_Name
problem	I-Error_Name
,	O
it	O
made	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
5.5	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
available	B-License
for	O
free	O
downloads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
available	B-License
for	O
download	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
embarked	O
on	O
a	O
project	O
code-named	O
Pyramid	O
to	O
completely	O
rewrite	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
versions	O
would	O
start	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
the	O
next	O
versions	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
dubbed	O
version	O
6.0	O
,	O
both	O
started	O
from	O
the	O
code	O
base	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Word	O
6.0	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
again	O
attempted	O
to	O
synchronize	O
the	O
version	O
numbers	O
and	O
coordinate	O
product	O
naming	O
across	O
platforms	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
across	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
(	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Word	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
received	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
from	O
InfoWorld	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
version	O
was	O
widely	O
derided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequent	O
versions	O
of	O
Word	O
for	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
are	O
no	O
longer	O
direct	O
ports	O
of	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
instead	O
featuring	O
a	O
mixture	O
of	O
ported	O
code	O
and	O
native	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
is	O
available	B-License
stand-alone	O
or	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
suite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
files	I-Application
are	O
commonly	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
format	O
for	O
sending	O
text	O
documents	O
via	O
e-mail	O
because	O
almost	O
every	O
user	O
with	O
a	O
computer	O
can	O
read	O
a	O
Word	O
document	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
Word	O
application	O
,	O
a	O
Word	B-Application
viewer	I-Application
or	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
imports	O
the	O
Word	O
format	O
(	O
see	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
Viewer	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
6	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
was	O
the	O
first	O
32-bit	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
released	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
introduced	O
a	O
redesigned	O
user	O
interface	O
that	O
emphasized	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
controls	O
,	O
dividing	O
them	O
into	O
tabs	O
,	O
and	O
adding	O
specific	O
options	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
context	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
selecting	O
an	O
image	O
or	O
editing	O
a	O
table	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
called	O
Ribbon	O
,	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
Excel	O
,	O
PowerPoint	O
and	O
Access	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
later	O
introduced	O
to	O
other	O
Office	O
applications	O
with	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Application
applications	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Paint	O
and	O
WordPad	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
also	O
included	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
save	O
documents	O
as	O
Adobe	B-Application
Acrobat	I-Application
or	O
XPS	B-Device
files	O
,	O
and	O
upload	O
Word	O
documents	O
like	O
blog	O
posts	O
on	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
WordPress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
allows	O
the	O
customization	O
of	O
the	O
Ribbon	O
,	O
adds	O
a	O
Backstage	O
view	O
for	O
file	O
management	O
,	O
has	O
improved	O
document	O
navigation	O
,	O
allows	O
creation	O
and	O
embedding	O
of	O
screenshots	O
,	O
and	O
integrates	O
with	O
online	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
OneDrive	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
2021	O
added	O
co-authoring	O
,	O
a	O
visual	O
refresh	O
on	O
the	O
start	O
experience	O
and	O
tabs	O
,	O
automatic	O
cloud	O
saving	O
,	O
dark	O
mode	O
,	O
line	O
focus	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
draw	O
tab	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
ODF	B-Application
1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Device
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
January	O
24	O
,	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
introduced	O
Word	O
1.0	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
on	O
January	O
18	O
,	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
versions	O
are	O
quite	O
different	O
from	O
each	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
version	O
was	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
and	O
used	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
far	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
no	O
version	O
2	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
but	O
version	O
3	O
came	O
out	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
1987	O
,	O
as	O
described	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
4.0	O
came	O
out	O
on	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
1990	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
automatic	O
linking	O
with	O
Excel	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
flow	O
text	O
around	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
page	O
view	O
editing	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
5.1	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
68000	O
CPU	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
to	O
be	O
specifically	O
designed	O
as	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
5.1	O
continued	O
to	O
run	O
well	O
until	O
the	O
last	O
Classic	B-Application
MacOS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
people	O
continue	O
to	O
run	O
Word	O
5.1	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
under	O
an	O
emulated	O
Mac	B-Device
classic	O
system	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
excellent	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
document	O
generation	O
and	O
renumbering	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
access	O
their	O
old	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
formed	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Business	O
Unit	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
group	O
within	O
Microsoft	O
focused	O
on	O
writing	O
software	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Word	O
,	O
Word	O
98	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
Office	B-Application
98	I-Application
Macintosh	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
choose	O
the	O
menus	O
and	O
keyboard	O
shortcuts	O
to	O
be	O
similar	O
to	O
either	O
Word	O
97	O
for	O
Windows	O
or	O
Word	O
5	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
2001	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
added	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Office	B-Application
Clipboard	I-Application
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
copy	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
multiple	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
,	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
could	O
only	O
run	O
within	O
the	O
Classic	O
Environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
X	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
,	O
and	O
required	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
introduced	O
non-contiguous	O
text	O
selection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
included	O
a	O
Ribbon-like	O
feature	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
Elements	O
Gallery	O
,	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
select	O
page	O
layouts	O
and	O
insert	O
custom	O
diagrams	O
and	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
included	O
a	O
new	O
view	O
focused	O
on	O
publishing	O
layout	O
,	O
integrated	O
bibliography	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
Intel-based	O
Macs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
2021	O
added	O
real-time	O
co-authoring	O
,	O
automatic	O
cloud	O
saving	O
,	O
dark	O
mode	O
,	O
immersive	O
reader	O
enhancements	O
,	O
line	O
focus	O
,	O
a	O
visual	O
refresh	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
save	O
pictures	O
in	O
SVG	B-Application
format	I-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
Sketched	O
style	O
outline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
's	O
native	O
file	O
formats	O
are	O
denoted	O
either	O
by	O
a	O
.doc	B-Operating_System
or	O
.docx	O
filename	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
.doc	B-Operating_System
extension	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
many	O
different	O
versions	O
of	O
Word	O
,	O
it	O
actually	O
encompasses	O
four	O
distinct	O
file	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
of	O
the	O
era	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
filename	O
extensions	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newer	O
.docx	O
extension	O
signifies	O
the	O
Office	B-Architecture
Open	I-Architecture
XML	I-Architecture
international	I-Architecture
standard	I-Architecture
for	O
Office	O
documents	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
default	O
by	O
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
and	O
later	O
for	O
Windows	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
for	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
and	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
the	O
default	O
Word	O
document	O
format	O
(	O
.DOC	B-Operating_System
)	O
became	O
a	O
de	O
facto	O
standard	O
of	O
document	O
file	O
formats	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
binary	O
word	B-Application
file	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Compound	O
File	O
,	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
file	B-Application
system	I-Application
within	O
a	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
all	O
OLE	O
Compound	O
Files	O
,	O
Word	O
Binary	O
Format	O
consists	O
of	O
"	O
storages	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
analogous	O
to	O
computer	O
folders	O
and	O
"	O
streams	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
computer	B-Operating_System
files	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
and	O
later	O
continue	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
DOC	B-Operating_System
file	I-Operating_System
format	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
the	O
default	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
.docx	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
introduced	O
in	O
Word	O
2003	O
was	O
a	O
simple	O
,	O
XML-based	O
format	O
called	O
WordProcessingML	B-Operating_System
or	O
WordML	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
XML	B-Protocol
formats	O
are	O
XML-based	O
document	O
formats	O
(	O
or	O
XML	B-Language
schemas	I-Language
)	O
introduced	O
in	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
prior	O
to	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
introduced	O
a	O
new	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
for	O
storing	O
Excel	O
spreadsheets	O
and	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
added	O
an	O
XML-based	O
format	O
for	O
Word	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
formats	O
were	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
(	O
ECMA-376	B-Operating_System
)	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	B-Application
permitting	O
the	O
Windows	O
versions	O
of	O
Word	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
formats	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
natively	O
support	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
international	O
standard	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
(	O
ODF	B-Application
)	O
(	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300:2006	I-Application
)	O
,	O
are	O
available	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
until	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Service	O
Pack	O
2	O
(	O
SP2	O
)	O
for	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
,	O
Word	O
did	O
not	O
natively	O
support	O
reading	O
or	O
writing	O
ODF	B-Application
documents	O
without	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
,	O
namely	O
the	O
SUN	O
ODF	B-Application
Plugin	B-Application
or	O
the	O
OpenXML/ODF	O
Translator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
SP2	O
installed	O
,	O
ODF	B-Application
format	O
1.1	O
documents	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
and	O
saved	O
like	O
any	O
other	O
supported	O
format	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
those	O
already	O
available	B-License
in	O
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
implementation	O
faces	O
substantial	O
criticism	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
Alliance	O
and	O
others	O
have	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
third-party	O
plugins	B-Application
provide	O
better	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
later	O
declared	O
that	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
support	O
has	O
some	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
one	O
year	O
before	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
suite	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
declared	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
insufficient	O
demand	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
customers	O
for	O
the	O
international	O
standard	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
format	I-Application
support	O
and	O
that	O
therefore	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
included	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
an	O
answer	O
,	O
on	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
petition	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
demand	O
ODF	B-Application
support	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
declared	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
no	O
relationship	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
plugin	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2006	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
Translator	O
project	O
–	O
tools	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
technical	O
bridge	O
between	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
Formats	O
and	O
the	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
ODF	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
work	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
government	O
requests	O
for	O
interoperability	O
with	O
ODF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
not	O
to	O
add	O
ODF	B-Application
support	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
,	O
but	O
only	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
plugin	B-Application
and	O
an	O
external	O
toolset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
this	O
project	O
released	O
a	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
ODF	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
Sun	O
released	O
an	O
initial	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
ODF	B-Application
plugin	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2007	O
(	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
)	O
supports	O
(	O
for	O
output	O
only	O
)	O
PDF	B-Application
and	O
XPS	B-Device
formats	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
after	O
manual	O
installation	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
'	O
Save	O
as	O
PDF	B-Application
or	O
XPS	B-Device
 '	O
add-on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
its	O
features	O
,	O
Word	O
includes	O
a	O
built-in	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
,	O
a	O
thesaurus	O
,	O
a	O
dictionary	O
,	O
and	O
utilities	O
for	O
manipulating	O
and	O
editing	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
creating	O
tables	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Word	O
include	O
the	O
ability	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
formatting	O
templates	B-Protocol
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
define	O
a	O
file	O
in	O
which	O
:	O
the	O
title	O
,	O
heading	O
,	O
paragraph	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
element	O
designs	O
differ	O
from	O
the	O
standard	O
Word	O
templates	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
find	O
how	O
to	O
do	O
this	O
under	O
the	O
Help	O
section	O
located	O
near	O
the	O
top	O
right	O
corner	O
(	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2013	I-Operating_System
on	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Normal.dotm	O
is	O
the	O
master	O
template	B-Protocol
from	O
which	O
all	O
Word	O
documents	O
are	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
will	O
change	O
other	O
documents	O
which	O
were	O
created	O
using	O
the	O
template	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
common	O
SVG	B-Application
vector	O
image	O
format	O
in	O
2017	O
for	O
Office	B-Operating_System
365	I-Operating_System
ProPlus	O
subscribers	O
and	O
this	O
functionality	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2019	I-Operating_System
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WordArt	O
enables	O
drawing	O
text	O
in	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Word	I-Operating_System
document	I-Operating_System
such	O
as	O
a	O
title	O
,	O
watermark	O
,	O
or	O
other	O
text	O
,	O
with	O
graphical	O
effects	O
such	O
as	O
skewing	O
,	O
shadowing	O
,	O
rotating	O
,	O
stretching	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
shapes	O
and	O
colors	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
including	O
three-dimensional	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
also	O
spell-check	B-Application
text	O
that	O
uses	O
visual	O
effects	O
and	O
add	O
text	O
effects	O
to	O
paragraph	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
documents	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
files	I-Application
can	O
include	O
advanced	O
macros	O
and	O
even	O
embedded	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
originally	O
WordBasic	B-Language
,	O
but	O
changed	O
to	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
for	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
as	O
of	O
Word	O
97	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tendency	O
for	O
people	O
to	O
exchange	O
Word	O
documents	O
via	O
email	O
,	O
USB	O
flash	O
drives	O
,	O
and	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
made	O
this	O
an	O
especially	O
attractive	O
vector	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
macro	O
viruses	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
known	O
cross-platform	O
threats	O
between	O
Windows	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
they	O
were	O
the	O
only	O
infection	O
vectors	O
to	O
affect	O
any	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
system	O
up	O
until	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
video	B-Application
codec	I-Application
trojans	I-Application
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
patches	O
for	O
Word	O
X	O
and	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
that	O
effectively	O
eliminated	O
the	O
macro	O
problem	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
by	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
(	O
Word	O
14	O
)	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
correctly	O
handle	O
ligatures	O
defined	O
in	O
OpenType	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
ligature	O
glyphs	O
with	O
Unicode	O
codepoints	O
may	O
be	O
inserted	O
manually	O
,	O
but	O
are	O
not	O
recognized	O
by	O
Word	O
for	O
what	O
they	O
are	O
,	O
breaking	O
spell	B-Application
checking	I-Application
,	O
while	O
custom	O
ligatures	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
font	O
are	O
not	O
accessible	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
program	O
now	O
has	O
advanced	O
typesetting	O
features	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
enabled	O
,	O
OpenType	O
ligatures	O
,	O
kerning	O
and	O
hyphenation	B-Algorithm
(	O
previous	O
versions	O
already	O
had	O
the	O
latter	O
two	O
features	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
support	O
of	O
complex	O
scripts	O
was	O
inferior	O
even	O
to	O
Word	O
97	O
and	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
did	O
not	O
support	O
Apple	O
Advanced	O
Typography	O
features	O
like	O
ligatures	O
or	O
glyph	O
variants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
is	O
only	O
awkwardly	O
suitable	O
for	O
some	O
kinds	O
of	O
technical	O
writing	O
,	O
specifically	O
,	O
that	O
which	O
requires	O
mathematical	O
equations	O
,	O
figure	O
placement	O
,	O
table	O
placement	O
and	O
cross-references	O
to	O
any	O
of	O
these	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Figures	O
and	O
tables	B-Application
must	O
be	O
placed	O
manually	O
;	O
there	O
is	O
an	O
anchor	O
mechanism	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
designed	O
for	O
fully	O
automatic	O
figure	O
placement	O
and	O
editing	O
text	O
after	O
placing	O
figures	O
and	O
tables	B-Application
often	O
requires	O
re-placing	O
those	O
items	O
by	O
moving	O
the	O
anchor	O
point	O
and	O
even	O
then	O
the	O
placement	O
options	O
are	O
limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
supports	O
bullet	O
lists	O
and	O
numbered	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
features	O
a	O
numbering	O
system	O
that	O
helps	O
add	O
correct	O
numbers	O
to	O
pages	O
,	O
chapters	O
,	O
headers	O
,	O
footnotes	O
,	O
and	O
entries	O
of	O
tables	B-Application
of	O
content	O
;	O
these	O
numbers	O
automatically	O
change	O
to	O
correct	O
ones	O
as	O
new	O
items	O
are	O
added	O
or	O
existing	O
items	O
are	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
if	O
one	O
were	O
to	O
cut	B-General_Concept
the	I-General_Concept
first	I-General_Concept
item	I-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
the	I-General_Concept
listed	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
it	I-General_Concept
as	O
another	O
item	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Available	B-License
in	O
certain	O
versions	O
of	O
Word	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
)	O
,	O
AutoSummarize	O
highlights	O
passages	O
or	O
phrases	O
that	O
it	O
considers	O
valuable	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
quick	O
way	O
of	O
generating	O
a	O
crude	O
abstract	O
or	O
an	O
executive	O
summary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoSummarize	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
2011	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
present	O
in	O
Word	O
for	O
Mac	B-Device
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AutoSummarize	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
release	O
version	O
(	O
14	O
)	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
Mobile	O
is	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
that	O
allows	O
creating	O
and	O
editing	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
ca	O
n't	O
open	O
password-protected	O
documents	O
;	O
change	O
the	O
typeface	O
,	O
text	O
alignment	O
,	O
or	O
style	O
(	O
normal	O
,	O
heading	O
1	O
)	O
;	O
create	O
bulleted	O
lists	O
;	O
insert	O
pictures	O
;	O
or	O
undo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
Mobile	O
is	O
neither	O
able	O
to	O
display	O
nor	O
insert	O
footnotes	O
,	O
endnotes	B-Library
,	O
page	O
headers	O
,	O
page	O
footers	O
,	O
page	O
breaks	O
,	O
certain	O
indentation	O
of	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
certain	O
fonts	O
while	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
document	O
,	O
but	O
retains	O
them	O
if	O
the	O
original	O
document	O
has	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
spell	B-Application
checker	I-Application
,	O
word	O
count	O
tool	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
"	O
Find	O
and	O
Replace	O
"	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Word	O
Mobile	O
became	O
available	B-License
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
version	O
ended	O
in	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
is	O
a	O
free	O
lightweight	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
available	B-License
as	O
part	O
of	O
Office	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
includes	O
web	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Excel	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
PowerPoint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
views	O
available	B-License
in	O
the	O
Word	O
desktop	O
app	O
(	O
Outline	O
,	O
Draft	O
,	O
Web	O
Layout	O
,	O
and	O
Full-Screen	O
Reading	O
)	O
are	O
not	O
available	B-License
,	O
nor	O
are	O
side-by-side	O
viewing	O
,	O
split	O
windows	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ruler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
password	O
types	O
can	O
be	O
set	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
encryption	O
of	O
documents	O
that	O
are	O
protected	O
by	O
such	O
passwords	O
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
protection	O
system	O
saves	O
a	O
hash	B-Error_Name
sum	I-Error_Name
of	O
a	O
password	O
in	O
a	O
document	O
's	O
header	O
where	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
easily	O
accessed	O
and	O
removed	O
by	O
the	O
specialized	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Password	O
to	O
open	O
a	O
document	O
offers	O
much	O
tougher	O
protection	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
steadily	O
enhanced	O
in	O
the	O
subsequent	O
editions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Use	O
of	O
rainbow	B-Algorithm
tables	I-Algorithm
reduces	O
password	O
removal	O
time	O
to	O
several	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
2007	I-Application
offers	O
significantly	O
more	O
secure	O
document	O
protection	O
which	O
utilizes	O
the	O
modern	O
Advanced	B-Algorithm
Encryption	I-Algorithm
Standard	I-Algorithm
(	O
AES	B-Algorithm
)	O
that	O
converts	O
a	O
password	O
to	O
a	O
128-bit	O
key	O
using	O
a	O
SHA-1	B-Algorithm
hash	I-Algorithm
function	O
50,000	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	O
's	O
2010	O
protection	O
algorithm	O
was	O
not	O
changed	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
increasing	O
number	O
of	O
SHA-1	B-Algorithm
conversions	O
up	O
to	O
100,000	O
times	O
and	O
consequently	O
,	O
the	O
brute-force	O
attack	O
speed	O
decreased	O
two	O
times	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Byte	O
in	O
1984	O
criticized	O
the	O
documentation	O
for	O
Word	O
1.1	O
and	O
2.0	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
complete	O
farce	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
review	O
was	O
very	O
mixed	O
,	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
've	O
run	O
into	O
weird	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
before	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
one	O
's	O
nearly	O
knocked	O
me	O
down	O
for	O
the	O
count	O
"	O
but	O
acknowledging	O
that	O
Word	O
's	O
innovations	O
were	O
the	O
first	O
that	O
caused	O
the	O
reviewer	O
to	O
consider	O
abandoning	O
WordStar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
review	O
cited	O
an	O
excellent	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
display	O
,	O
sophisticated	O
print	O
formatting	O
,	O
windows	O
,	O
and	O
footnoting	O
as	O
merits	O
,	O
it	O
criticized	O
many	O
small	O
flaws	O
,	O
very	O
slow	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
documentation	O
produced	O
by	O
Madame	O
Sadie	O
's	O
Pain	O
Palace	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Apple	O
Applications	O
in	O
1987	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
despite	O
a	O
certain	O
awkwardness	O
"	O
,	O
Word	O
3.01	O
"	O
will	O
likely	O
become	O
the	O
major	O
Macintosh	B-Device
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
"	O
with	O
"	O
far	O
too	O
many	O
features	O
to	O
list	O
here	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
criticizing	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
true	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Word	O
is	O
marvelous	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
approved	O
of	O
improvements	O
to	O
text	O
mode	O
,	O
described	O
the	O
$75	O
price	O
for	O
upgrading	O
from	O
an	O
earlier	O
version	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
deal	O
of	O
the	O
decade	O
"	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
high-octane	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
Word	O
is	O
worth	O
a	O
look	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
1996	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
accounted	O
for	O
80%	O
of	O
the	O
worldwide	O
word	O
processing	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
release	O
history	O
Year	O
released	O
Name	O
VersionComments	O
1989	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
1.0	O
Code-named	O
OpusOpus	O
Development	O
Postmortem	O
1990	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
1.1	O
For	O
Windows	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Code-named	O
Bill	O
the	O
Cat	O
1990	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
1.1a	O
On	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
made	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
1.1a	O
available	B-License
to	O
the	O
public	O
via	O
the	O
Computer	O
History	O
Museum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1991	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
2.0	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
3.0	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
1993	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
6.0	I-Application
Version	O
numbers	O
3	O
,	O
4	O
,	O
and	O
5	O
were	O
skipped	O
,	O
to	O
bring	O
Windows	O
version	O
numbering	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
and	O
WordPerfect	B-Application
(	O
the	O
main	O
competing	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
a	O
32-bit	O
version	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
NT	I-Device
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1995	O
Word	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
95	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
95	I-Operating_System
1997	O
Word	O
97	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
97	I-Operating_System
1998	O
Word	O
98	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
97	I-Operating_System
1999	O
Word	B-Application
2000	I-Application
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
2001	O
Word	O
2002	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
2003	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2003	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
2006	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
2007	O
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
;	O
released	O
to	O
businesses	O
on	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
released	O
worldwide	O
to	O
consumers	O
on	O
January	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
Included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2010	I-Operating_System
;	O
skipped	O
13.0	O
due	O
to	O
triskaidekaphobia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
version	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
only	O
2004	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
Part	O
of	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
2008	O
Word	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
Part	O
of	O
Office	B-Operating_System
2008	I-Operating_System
2010	O
Word	O
2011	O
Part	O
of	O
Office	O
2011	O
;	O
skipped	O
13.0	O
due	O
to	O
triskaidekaphobia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
+	O
Word	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
release	O
history	O
Year	O
released	O
Name	O
VersionComments	O
1983	O
Word	O
1	O
Initial	O
version	O
of	O
Word	O
1985	O
Word	O
2	O
1986	O
Word	O
3	O
Removed	O
copy	O
protection	O
1987	O
Word	O
4	O
1989	O
Word	O
5	O
1991	O
Word	O
5.1	O
1991	O
Word	O
5.5	O
First	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
Windows-like	O
user	O
interface	O
1993	O
Word	O
6	O
Last	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
