Who did they hire in 1981?
Charles Simony
What did he do?
developer
what did he develope?
Bravo
what is that?
first GUI word processor
What is Microsoft word?
a word processor
What magazine were distributed demo copies?
PC World
when?
November 1983
Name a few other platforms that it was written for later.
IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Classic Mac OS (1985),
when was it first released?
1983
what month?
Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983 under the name "Multi-Tool Word" for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T Unix PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft Windows (1989), SCO Unix (1994), and macOS (2001). Commercial versions of Word are licensed as a standalone product or as a component of Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsoft Works suite. Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online are freeware editions of Word with limited features.
what was it called?
Multi-Tool Word
who did Simonyi hire?
Richard Brodie
where was he from?
Xerox
what was he there?
primary software engineer
what did Microsof announce in 1983?
Multi-Tool Word for Xenix and MS-DOS
what versions are licensed?
Microsoft Office, Windows RT or the discontinued Microsoft Works suite
which ones are freeware editions?
Microsoft Word Viewer and Office Online
do they have unlimited features?
No
what platform was it released on in 2001?
macOS
and what year did it demonstrate word on windows?
Microsoft Windows