Microsoft Word, the Word-Processing Software, Was So Easy to Use

question 58

True/False

Microsoft Word, the word-processing software, was so easy to use and had so many useful features, that no other software could compete with it. Therefore, at the time of its introduction, Microsoft Word could be described as a killer application.

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