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    LARGEST DIAMOND
    January 26, 1905 - Premier mine, South Africa

    The world's largest gem-quality diamond was discovered in the Premier mine in the Transvaal (a British crown colony that later became part of South Africa). It weighed 3,106 carats, or about 1-1/3 pounds, and was named the Cullinan Diamond in honor of Sir Thomas Cullinan, owner of the mining company. The Transvall Government purchased the diamond and presented it to the British monarch, King Edward VII, on his 66th birthday. When the rough diamond was cut, it produced nine large stones and nearly 100 smaller ones. All of these stones were flawless. Now part of the British crown jewels, the largest cut gem, named the Great Star of Africa, was set in the English sculptor; the second largest was added to the gems in the imperial state crown.

    HYDROPLANE
    January 26, 1911 - North Island, San Diego, California, U.S.A.

    Glenn Curtiss piloted the first hydroplane flight at North Island, San Diego, California, with a successful take-off from water and landing on water. Rose six feet and flew about two or three hundred yards. The airplane Flying Fish had pontoons in place of wheels. The rear pontoon was 6-ft wide and 5-ft long. The front one was narrower. He had made his first flight on his 30th birthday, 21 May 1908, in White Wing, a design of the Aerial Experiment Association, the group led by Alexander Graham Bell. Curtiss began building his own aircraft. He pioneered the design of the floatplane and the flying boat. Curtiss established an aviation school on North Island in San Diego Bay, Dec 1910. On 17 Feb 1911, He demonstrated the first hydroplane flight to a ship, the USS Pennsylvania.

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The article focuses on Microsoft Office Word developed by Microsoft Ltd. It also covers the history of development, highlights its importance in everyday use as well as introduces the 2010 version.

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The speedily growing competition and advanced IT technologies have made marketers pay attention to efficiency and proficiency of all work processes. As a result, there have been introduced diverse programmes to optimize companies' work. Microsoft Word is one of the most widely used file formats. Microsoft Word is a word processing application designed for creation of documents, for instance resumes, newsletters, fax cover sheets, audit reports, legal documents, brochures, instruction manuals and more.

Microsoft Word is frequently deployed by companies, community agencies, and can be found in most schools and colleges. Students deploy it daily and business people use it for creating office documents. The Word was introduced by Microsoft Ltd. It was invented under the name Multi-Tool Word. The first addition was launchedin the 1980s. Since that time, there have been developed several other versions, including the latest version that appeared in 2008. The next addition of Word is thought to be introduced in the coming 2010. It will include many new features common to other programmes in the Office 2010. The 2010 version will have new WordArt styles and effects supplanting the old ones.

Although Word is a constituent of the Microsoft Office system, it is also sold as a standalone software package and included in Microsoft Works Suite. Beginning with the 2003 version, the branding was altered to emphasise Word's identity as a constituent within the Office Suite. Microsoft Ltd. Renamed Microsoft Word into Microsoft Office Word.
The application allows users to type, format and modify text to be printed out or viewed electronically. The Word Format is a low-cost word processing program. The application offers a large number of tools and features, and many users are familiar and comfortable with its Microsoft toolbars.

Microsoft Word offers tools to format fonts, add clipart, add page numbers, and create tables and headers. Word's file formats are denoted either by a. doc or. docx file extension. The newer ".docx" extension denotes the Office Open XML international standard for Office documents and is deployed by Word 2007 for Windows, Word 2008 for the Macintosh.

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