Microsoft Works!
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dhalleron
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The company I worked for in 1996 used Works. When they got bought out in 2000 the new company used Office.
Works is the cheap version and can get the done job sometimes, but is not a standard at many companies and will make it hard to share files. If it?s only for you and you don?t plan to share files with other companies, it can do many of the things you will need it to do.
When I used Works for documents such as letters and such I always saved the files with the RTF extension. Word (the Office equivalent) would open those but not a wps document. I would have thought since bother were Microsoft that the more expensive program would be able to open the cheaper program's files. Maybe that's changed. I haven't used Works in 11 years.
Works is the cheap version and can get the done job sometimes, but is not a standard at many companies and will make it hard to share files. If it?s only for you and you don?t plan to share files with other companies, it can do many of the things you will need it to do.
When I used Works for documents such as letters and such I always saved the files with the RTF extension. Word (the Office equivalent) would open those but not a wps document. I would have thought since bother were Microsoft that the more expensive program would be able to open the cheaper program's files. Maybe that's changed. I haven't used Works in 11 years.
USMC1302
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TKB is right on this. I used Microsoft Works a lot, and it really has been overtaken by Office. Many times I would have to convert a file for someone else to open. The schools around here use a free version called Open Office, that is compatible with the Microsoft version.
petersonra
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Works was touted as a simpler and cheaper general purpose office package. i have used it. It works fine for simple tasks. In fact it is much easier to use for simple tasks than Office is.
The problem is that tasks that go beyond simple are often difficult to do in Works.
These days just about every kid learns office or something similar in school, so there is little reason for Works to even exist.
The problem is that tasks that go beyond simple are often difficult to do in Works.
These days just about every kid learns office or something similar in school, so there is little reason for Works to even exist.
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