Word

__**Micosoft Word**__

 **__Definition:__** a word processor designed by Microsoft

__**History:**__ At first it was called Multi-tool Word in 1981. Then its name simplified to Microsoft Word in 1983. It was the first to be used with a mouse and able to display different formatting like bold, italic, and underlined. It was not very popular at fist but it steadily grew better. It released versions 2.0 through 5.0 in the next six years. Word for DOS was then designed which fused high-resolution displays and laser printers.Word for Macintosh, the second release, was shipped in 1987. It was named Word 3.0. Word 3.0 included a lot of new technology and software, including Rich text Format. this allowed you to add pictures into your text. Then Word 3.01 came out because of the bugs in Word 3.0. word 5.1 for Macintosh was released and it was very popular. In 1989 the fisrt version of Word for windows was released. Then Windows 3.0 came out next year, and sales began to rapidly increase. Then they createdMicrosoft 5.5 for DOS which could be downloaded for free. Word 6.0 was released in 1993. then Microsoft began synchronizing the version numbers and product naming across platforms with DOS, Macintosh, and Windows. This led to there being able to have auto correct and auto format.

__**Compare Past and Present Day:**__ In the beginning, Word was very basic and boring. You could basically only type and sometimes add pictures, but not really much else. Today you can do so many more things that it is amazing. You can insert Word Art, format it any way you want, and even make your pictures how you want. You can crop them, change the color, make a shadow, or make it more contrast. You can even use a thesaurus, dictionary or encyclopedia. You can add charts, count how many words you have, or make different themes. 



**__Pupose:__** To be able to easily type and edit a document to print out or send to someone.

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