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The main work in an office from the early 20th century has been collecting , sorting, processing and reporting information, a task which needed considerable human resources.
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To manage this information they used typewriters, calculators, handwritten texts, ledgers, sheets, large filing cabinets‌ And paper‌ tons of paper!
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So, when technology evolved and made it possible to have computing power available in working desks, using it to ease and enhance this information management was a natural step
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Very quickly the availability of personal computers and printers completely changed the way things were done in offices: No more hand writing or typewriters on desks‌ -> a word processor on your computer and, if necessary, a printer.
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No more calculators, tables, lists and ledgers‌ -> a spreadsheet on your PC.
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No more slide or overhead projectors, or even blackboards for explanations, schemas, maps, or sales graphs‌ -> a presentation program on your PC and a connection to a projection device.
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No more product or customer files, sheets, or paper filing‌ -> a database manager on your PC.
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Office suites are Collection of bundled productivity software used to produce, manage, edit or just present information. Some of them include other components for email and schedule management. The components are generally distributed together, have a consistent user interface and can usually interact easily with each other. The components included let you work with: Documents Worksheets Presentations Database files Notes Images, graphs, charts, music, video‌
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…and why a “suite”? Because they can work closely together, easily share information between them, share a common set of characteristics, similar graphical user interface, ways to do things… Working with them, you feel you are in a common environment, and when you acquire a few skills on any of them you feel comfortable and productive on the others
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Word processor Spreadsheet Presentation program Database manager In terms of relative usage, word processors are by far the most used tools, almost by every user, whereas database managers are used only for very specific purposes by a few users. In the middle, the presentations tool and the spreadsheet are very useful for its specific tasks.
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In any office work, ranging from our own personal needs (at home, at school‌) to the work in a company, nowadays office suites offer us powerful tools to manage information, mainly in the form of rich documents, useful worksheets, effective presentations or powerful databases.
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