“Word” was used to write text while “Excel” was an application used to store information in a grid layout and is the most popular Spreadsheet used until now.Īldus PageMaker was the only non-Microsoft application introduced on Windows with the second version of windows. New Windows introduced Microsoft Word and Excel, new graphical interfaces. The version had some features added to the past ones, which made it more interesting. “Windows 2” made debut around sometime in 1987. Apple sued Microsoft for the Copyright Infringement, but lost the case. Windows Paint was a feature that became a hit with the masses. Drop-down menus and the ability to scroll was something that people loved and it was a simultaneous learning for a lot of users during that time. Microsoft put-forth their product Windows as very ‘user-friendly’ system and indeed it proved to be one. This problem was solved with the launch of “Windows.” The ability of Windows to perform multiple tasks was commonly known as “Multi-tasking.” So, you had to exit one program and open a new one and perform tasks, and again close this one, if you wanted to open a new program. The earlier system did not allow the users to go to another program simultaneously, with one program running. This feature was a major simplification to the earlier process. Another important feature that Microsoft created was the ability to switch from one program to another. Microsoft wanted the users to use mouse to perform the majority of the operations, instead of keyboard. The game was supposed to be played by using the mouse, which made users familiar with the device and the technique, also the maneuverability. Microsoft made a nice move by introducing a game called “Reversi” in their system. And one major hurdle was using the mouse, which was very new to the market. Microsoft’s one major challenge was to make Windows 1 very user friendly. The icons on the screen were to be clicked by the cursor, which was to be moved by the mouse, which was an external device.
This cursor could be used to perform all the activities, previously that which were performed using the DOS commands. The major breakthrough that Microsoft achieved by launching Windows, was that it enabled the users to use the computer by using a device called “ mouse.” This mouse enabled the user to move an arrow-like shape called “ Cursor” on the screen. The name was changed to “Windows,” because the user could see a rectangle on the screen when the Graphical User Interface was launched.
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