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Microsoft has announced plans for a free web-based version of its popular Office software. Computer users will be able to use software such as Windows, Excel and PowerPoint on the Internet. Analysts believe Microsoft has to go online to compete against similar software offered by Google. One expert said: "Microsoft was forced to provide a free product" because of Google Docs, a free, online document and spreadsheet editing programme. The Web-based version of the Office suite will be available next year. There is an intense rivalry between Google and Microsoft. Google has the lion’s share of the search market. Google hopes its Chrome browser will lure people away from Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Microsoft’s latest announcement has raised eyebrows in the technology world. Analysts are surprised it is giving away a free version of one of its most profitable products. They say the software giant looks like it is shooting itself in the foot. The Office suite made $9.3 billion in profit from $14.3 billion in total software sales in 2009. Free versions of Office will surely put a dent in these figures. A Microsoft Office spokesperson, Chris Bryant, said the free version was responding to customer needs, saying: "It's something our users have said they'd like." The Web version of Office 2010 does not yet have a name, but it will have advertising. There will be five different versions on sale for personal, small business and corporate use.
Task 1. True/false sentences
Task 2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
Task 3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
Task 4. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
Computer Vocabulary
Task 1. Fill in the gaps with the words given below.
Of all …1, word processing is the most common. To perform word processing, you need a computer, a special program called a …2, and a printer. A word processor enables you …3 a document, …4 it electronically on a disk, …5 it on a screen, …6 it by entering commands and characters from the keyboard, and …7 it on a printer. The great advantage of word processing over using a …8 is that you can …9 without retyping the entire document. If you make a typing mistake, you simply back up the cursor and …10 your mistake. If you want …11 a paragraph, you simply remove it, without leaving a trace. It is equally easy …12 a word, sentence, or paragraph in the middle of a document. Word processors also make it easy …13 sections of text from one place to another within a document, or between documents. When you have made all the changes you want, you can send the file to a printer to get a …14.
typewriter; to insert; computer applications; to create; hardcopy; display; print; word processor; make changes; store; to delete; modify; to move
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Task 2. Look at this screenshot from Microsoft Word and translate the labeled features and functions into your own language. Task 3. Match the feature and its descriptions
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Date: 2015-01-29; view: 1425
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