Microsoft Word is a word processor program developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other … See more

Among its features, Word includes a built-in spell checker, a thesaurus, a dictionary, and utilities for manipulating and editing text. It supports creating tables. Depending on the version, it can perform simple calculations, and supports formatting See more

Initial releases of Word were met with criticism. Byte in 1984 criticized the documentation for Word 1.1 and 2.0 for DOS, calling it "a … See more

Origins
In 1981, Microsoft hired Charles Simonyi, the primary developer of Bravo, the first GUI word processor, which was developed at See more

Filename extensions
Microsoft Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx filename extension See more

Word for mobile
Word Mobile is a word processor that allows creating and editing documents. It supports basic … See more

Three password types can be set in Microsoft Word:
• Password to open a document
• Password to modify a document
• Password … See more