And you could make a case that Microsoft Office's PowerPoint presentation software has too much power--power that is abused by artless employees who use it to craft bloated, incomprehensible presentations.

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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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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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Eikon links to Excel with one click and will soon be fully integrated with the Microsoft Office suite so users can pull data and charts from the system into Word or PowerPoint.

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Microsoft Office is sold as a bundle of computer software, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

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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.

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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.

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