With the release of Microsoft Office 2010, we thought it would be fun to list a few “lesser known facts” about Office. Why would you want to know Office trivia? That’s a fair question. How about for some good ammunition for those early morning “chats” around the water cooler! Read and enjoy!
- The 1st version of Microsoft Word was released in 1984. (I wonder if George Orwell would have approved.)
- Microsoft Outlook 97 was originally codenamed: “Ren and Stimpy”. (Why they named it after an asthmatic Chihuahua and a dimwitted cat, I have no idea.)
- The average user of Microsoft Office reads 1,800 emails each month and deletes an average of 1,500 emails each month. (How do you compare?)
- Your favorite animated BFF, “Clippy” was first introduced in the Office 97 suite.
- More than 1 billion people worldwide rely on Microsoft Office to get things done at work, home and school. (Yes, that’s BILLION)
And completely unrelated but fun to know:
- It took radio 38 years to reach 50 million listeners
- It took television 13 years
- It took the Internet 4 years
And Facebook?
- In nine months Facebook added 100 million users.
(Powerful stuff…)
There you go. Now you know some facts about Microsoft Office that most of your co-workers don’t! Have fun tomorrow morning!
