At that point, the virus installs a program that renders the computer unable to launch any "executable" applications, such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
For instance, four years ago Google launched online knockoffs of Microsoft Word and Excel (albeit with less functionality), with no response from Microsoft to protect those franchises.
Google ( GOOG - news - people ) launched online knockoffs of Microsoft Word and Excel (albeit with less functionality), with no response from Microsoft to protect those franchises.
It helped push programs like Microsoft Word and Excel past once-seemingly invincible competitors such as WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3.
The program then destroys a host of files based on file extension, specifically targeting C language code files, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, among others.
After all, professionals are among our most robust users and providers of feedback for software like Microsoft Word and Excel, as well as communication and collaboration applications like Outlook and SharePoint.
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Simonyi later designed Microsoft Word and the Excel spreadsheet program, and hired many of the company's early big thinkers.
Surface comes pre-loaded with full (not trial) versions of high quality Microsoft productivity apps Word, Excel and Powerpoint, so the basics of productivity are covered.
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Microsoft's hardware partners in the venture-- Philips Electronics ( PHG) , Sony (nyse: SNE - news - people) and Mitsubishi--are working on new WebTV units that run Windows CE and, like palmtop computers, can run stripped down versions of Microsoft Excel and Word.
Like other products in the MimoMonitors.com line of USB mini-monitors, the Mimo Magic Touch also allows users to de-clutter their crowded, primary desktop monitor and offload popular business applications such as web browsers, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Skype, and instant messaging.
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Mr. Pichai also said that people will be able to use the touch screen to work on documents created by Microsoft Office programs such as Word and Excel.
Applications: Microsoft's productivity suite of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Having Microsoft Office Mobile built-in means using Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote from your phone to create, edit and view documents.
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Charles Simonyi is a former Microsoft guru who helped create popular office programs such as Word and Excel.
In another sign of the times, Microsoft is much more generous in offering free online versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, though these come with very limited functionality and carry (for now) in-house ads seeking to make you a subscriber.
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As for office management software, Microsoft Office Small Business--with its suite of tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook--is still the standard.
While we don't do lab tests, in our real office tests of transferring Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Word and Excel files, the machines equipped with Airport Extreme cards clearly outpaced those using the older ones.
In some ways, that's not so different from Microsoft's strategy: put its operating system, and applications such as Word and Excel, onto hardware from HTC, and later on, other manufacturers.
Microsoft says that Office Home and Student 2013 RT, which contains new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote applications, will be included on ARM-based Windows 8 devices, including Microsoft Surface.
I've never run the Mac version of Microsoft Office and am a bit nervous about seamless compatibility with Windows versions of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
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