Microsoft Word is a
word processor program
from
Microsoft. It was originally written for
IBM PC computers running
MS-DOS.
Later versions were created for the Apple
Macintosh
and
Microsoft Windows, and
became part of the
Microsoft Office
suite.
Word was the first popular word processor for the
IBM-PC that used a graphic display mode to show
typeface markups such as bold and italics directly
on the screen while editing (WYSIWYG). Previous word processors such
as WordStar used simple text-only display
with markup codes on the screen or sometimes,
at the most, alternate colors.
People should always exercise caution before they open a Microsoft Word document? as they can contain computer viruses. Because of this users should have [anti-virus software]? installed to avoid being infected by such a virus or acting as a source of infection. The first virus known to affect Microsoft Word documents was called the Comcept virus, and it first appeared on a CD that was published by Microsoft.
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