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Word Online

Word Online is a browser-based version of Word, the text editor program which Microsoft released in 2008. It is part of Microsoft's
browser-based Office Online office application package. Office Online apps are included also in Microsoft Office 365 Education which is
used by academic institutions.

The browser-based version can be used anywhere where a web browser can be used. The app does not need to be installed on a computers.

Office Online apps open in the following browser versions:

  • Internet Explorer 9 or later
  • Firefox
  • Google Chrome
  • Safari for OS X 10.6 or later


Metropolia students and staff use Office Online apps with their Metropolia user IDs. They can also download and use for free the desktop
version of the Office package. Download instructions.<https://wiki.metropolia.fi/display/itservices/Office+365+ProPlus+Dowload
+Instructions>Instructions>

Google Docs<https://wiki.metropolia.fi/display/socialmedia/Google+Docs> is a service similar to Word Online.

The original Word program desktop version was released already in 1991 and its source code can be viewed in an IT museum in Mountain View,
California.

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