When did this software first come out? Anyone know what the Windows version was back then?
2006-08-24 15:35:20 · 5 answers · asked by pamgissa 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Microsoft Word is a word processing application from Microsoft. It was originally written by Richard Brodie for IBM PCs running DOS in 1983.
Excel first came out for Windows in 1987
2006-08-24 15:40:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The precursor to Excel was Lotus 1-2-3, and I think it came out in the early 80s. Word Perfect was the dominant word processor for DOS until Microsoft Word, which I think was offered with the first versions of Windows.
2006-08-24 22:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by heffinator 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I switched to Word and Excel when I bought a 80386 computer with Windows 3.0 in 1989.
Prior to that I used Lotus 1-2-3 for spread sheets, and Word Perfect for word processing. Both of these were DOS programs. I thought the new Windows programs were pretty neat. I've been using them ever since.
2006-08-24 22:43:29 · answer #3 · answered by Wicked Mickey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've been around since at least 1984. I remember selling the first Mac version of both programs that year. So we're still talking MS-DOS for the PC version.
2006-08-24 22:42:47 · answer #4 · answered by Claude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say either 1988 or 1989. I remember using the first Excel and Word. Looking back, I wonder how I got anything to work on those. LOL!!!
2006-08-24 22:45:27 · answer #5 · answered by worldneverchanges 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋