Microsoft Office shared tools
Microsoft Graph supports many different types of charts, but its output is dated.
Microsoft Graph still exists for compatibility reasons, but the entry points are removed.
The simple graphs (pies, bars, lines) were drawn on the screen in graphics mode (which was not available on entry level computer models), and could not be printed on some dot matrix devices.
The main drawback of Microsoft's solution at the time was the need to exit Multiplan and then load Chart to compose and draw a graph, because MS-DOS was not a multitasking operating system.
WordArt is a text-styling utility, created by Scott Forstall and Nat Brown (later Apple employees) while interning for Microsoft in 1991.
[4] It allows users to create stylized text with various "special effects" such as textures, outlines, and many other manipulations that are not available through the standard font formatting.
SmartArt, found under the Insert tab in the ribbon in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Outlook, is a new group of editable and formatted diagrams.
There are 115 preset SmartArt graphics layout templates in categories such as list, process, cycle, and hierarchy.
In addition, SmartArt graphics change their colors, fonts, and effects to match the document's theme.
[8] Small Business Customer Manager (SBCM) was an Access-based tool which combined accounting data from most popular accounting software and Outlook contacts and allowed user to track customer profiles and maximize revenue.
Small Business Financial Manager (SBFM) was an Excel-based tool which allowed users to analyze data and create reports and charts based on a created from user's accounting data from popular accounting packages (i.e. QuickBooks).
An enhanced version called DAZzle Express was available from Envelope Manager Software.
Business Planner (MSBP) contained business-planning resources, templates, articles, advice from experts.
It can convert scanned images to text under program control, using its built-in OCR engine.
A simple example in Visual Basic .NET follows: MODI uses a proprietary format with .mdi Filename extension for storing scanned documents together with optional annotations or metadata which can include the text generated by OCR process.
However, programmers can use a combination of third-party products, Excel Services, or Visual Studio Tools for Office to provide similar functionality.
[20] In many cases the problems are related to the new security settings in IE and can be solved by relaxing the restrictions in the relevant Internet Zone, allowing ActiveX controls and possibly cross-domain access.
If the page is hosted locally in the computer, the settings for the zone are not accessible through the IE interface, and can be changed by editing the registry (under key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Zones\0]).
It comes with a variety of stock media clips and offers more selection on the Microsoft Office Online website.
Equation Editor was a formula editor developed by Design Science that allowed users to construct math and science equations in a WYSIWYG environment, and was included in Microsoft Office and several other commercial applications.
[22] Instead, a reengineered equation editor is included, which is built into the document-editing part of the Fluent User Interface on core Office 2007 programs and all Office 2010 and 2013 programs, rather than accessed through a separate dialog and being treated as an OLE object in the document.
