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Microsoft First to Offer Family of General Business Applications for
Microsoft Windows Version 3.0
REDMOND, Wash. -- MAY 22, 1990 -- Microsoft Corporation today
announced that each of its Microsoft(R) Windows(TM) applications is
fully compatible with the Microsoft Windows graphical environment
version 3.0. Three of these products, Microsoft Word for Windows,
Microsoft Excel for Windows and Microsoft Project for Windows, are
available now. The Microsoft PowerPoint(R) for Windows desktop
presentations program is expected to be available June 1990. Microsoft
is the first developer to deliver a broad line of full-featured
business applications running under the Microsoft Windows environment
version 3.0.
"With Windows version 3.0, the world of personal computing has crossed
an important threshold. Graphical computing is here to stay," said
Mike Maples, vice president of applications at Microsoft Corporation.
"The strength of our Windows family reflects Microsoft's experience in
developing several generations of applications under the graphical
user interface. Over the years, we've learned how to build a group of
products that implement GUI elegantly, while providing integration
never before possible on the PC platform."
The current version of each of Microsoft's Windows-based applications
is fully compatible with version 3.0. The Windows graphical
environment with common menu structures and icons makes these programs
easy to learn and use. Features such as the Windows Clipboard and DDE
(dynamic data exchange) make it easy to share text, data and graphics
between applications.
In focus group research conducted by Microsoft, users consistently
cited the ability to work with multiple applications and the ability
to combine text, graphics and data as the capabilities they most
wanted from their business applications. The technology in the Windows
environment version 3.0 has enabled Microsoft to develop a family of
applications with superior integration features specifically designed
to meet this need.
Enhanced Applications Integration
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The Microsoft family of Windows applications takes advantage of
Microsoft Windows version 3.0 enhanced memory management, which
enables all four applications to remain open and run simultaneously,
to automate all kinds of computing tasks. For example, a user can
prepare a report in Microsoft Word that can be automatically updated
when new data is entered into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet linked
with that report. Using Microsoft PowerPoint to prepare a presentation
based on a Microsoft Word outline or Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
eliminates the need to re-enter information. And project-cost
information generated using Microsoft Project can be easily
transferred into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for use in completing
financial analyses.
Microsoft Announces Two New Applications for Windows
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Microsoft Project for Windows, a graphical project management tool
announced May 7, exploits the Windows graphical interface to provide
project managers with tremendous flexibility and power to manage
schedules and resources. The memory management capabilities in version
3.0 allow Microsoft Project for Windows users to work with large and
multiple files and still achieve superior performance. Microsoft
Project for Windows version 1.0, with a suggested retail price of
$695, is available now.
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, a new desktop presentations program
designed especially for the business user, takes full advantage of the
performance, memory and color capabilities of Windows version 3.0.
PowerPoint provides built-in charting, word processing and drawing
tools, and offers access to millions of colors so that users can
design professional quality presentations. Microsoft PowerPoint for
Windows version 1.0, with a suggested retail price of $495, is
expected to be available in June 1990.
Microsoft Windows Version 3.0 Brings Even Greater
Performance to Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel
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The overall performance of Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft's
full-featured, graphical word processor, is dramatically enhanced
under the Windows environment version 3.0. Because of the new Windows
memory management system, menu response is significantly faster,
editing and scrolling in PageView is quicker, and macro execution is
two or three times faster than under the previous version. Microsoft
Word for Windows version 1.0, with a suggested retail price of $495,
has been available since December 1989.
Microsoft Excel for Windows version 2.1C also takes advantage of the
Windows memory management system and improved interface. The Microsoft
Windows version 3.0 protect-mode capability gives Microsoft Excel
users access to as much as 16 MB of conventional and extended memory
to easily work with huge worksheets. Microsoft Excel for Windows
version 2.1C, with a suggested retail price of $495, has been
available since March 1990. The 2.1C update, which is required to take
advantage of the benefits of the Windows environment version 3.0, is
available to any Microsoft Excel owner at no charge.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ "MSFT") develops, markets and supports a
wide range of software for business and professional use, including
operating systems, languages and application programs, as well as
books, hardware and CD-ROM products for the microcomputer marketplace.
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Microsoft, the Microsoft logo and PowerPoint are registered
trademarks, and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.