Microsoft Office tool
- noun
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herramienta de Microsoft Office
- The training course covers several Microsoft Office tools, including Excel and PowerPoint.
Examples
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Many businesses rely on Microsoft Office tools to manage documents and data efficiently.
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Integrating Microsoft Office tools with cloud storage makes team collaboration easier.
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I need a Microsoft Office tool for creating reports.
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The Microsoft Office tools are essential for my work.
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Many businesses rely on Microsoft Office tools to manage documents and data efficiently.
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The training course covers several Microsoft Office tools, including Excel and PowerPoint.
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Integrating Microsoft Office tools with cloud storage makes team collaboration easier.
Synonyms
A tool on a computer that helps you do tasks like writing documents or using spreadsheets
How Complex
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Morphology
Knowing 'Microsoft' (a technology company) and 'tool' (something used to achieve tasks) lets a learner infer this refers to a thing from Microsoft for doing work. However, the sense 'Microsoft Office' as a specific suite of productivity applications is a product-specific/brand meaning of 'Office' that is not derivable from the literal word 'office', so the phrase is only partly predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
The name Microsoft Office tool comes from the picture of computer programs as tools people use in an office. Microsoft grouped programs like Word, Excel and PowerPoint into an Office set, so a tool here means a 'program' you use to do office work, which is why the phrase means a software program for office tasks.