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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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Question What's The Difference Between MS Works And MS Office?

Ummm...as above, really!

Are documents/spreadsheets created in one, compatible with the other?
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 06:48 PM
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MS Works is a very simple suite of applications & is aimed at home users. MS Office is a "professional" suite with a much higher level of functionality & much higher price. They are usually semi-compatible with each other, but Works may not load some advanced documents that were created in Works. Works is usually shipped with full MS Word out of the Office suite.

http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/default.asp

http://office.microsoft.com/home/default.aspx
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 07:06 PM
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Cheers, Nick

I've just got a new puter and it has come with Works 7.0. Just wondering whether to use it or "find" a copy of Office? We don't do anything major at home, just the usual letters and simple spreadsheets, really.
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 08:58 PM
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If you've used Office and have to revert to works, you'll throw the pc out of the window.

Half the functions don't exist in works, and you will end up not completing too much work.

If you only use 'sum' (the sigma sign), you'll be ok with works !!!
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by velohead66
If you've used Office and have to revert to works, you'll throw the pc out of the window.
Agreed!

I've already told you its crap Iain
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Old Jun 23, 2004 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ScoobyJawa
Agreed!

I've already told you its crap Iain
And if you checked the time on the thread, you'd see it was BEFORE we spoke!
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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by V5
And if you checked the time on the thread, you'd see it was BEFORE we spoke!
Ah buggernuts.

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