Did you know that 80% of Fortune 500 businesses utilize Microsoft Office? Or that a recent IDC study discovered that Microsoft Office skills were the third most sought-after skill desired by employers, preceded only by strong oral and written communication skills?

Microsoft Word has been the victim of its own ubiquity. Word 1.0 came out in 1983, meaning that many workers today have never worked in a world without Word. Today's high school students have used Word since they first sat down at a computer for academic work.