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- Microsoft Works
- An integrated software package for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It provides file management with relational-like capabilities, word processing, spreadsheet, business graphics and communications capabilities in one package.
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- Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement
- For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...
- Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement
- More information is coming in from various testers regarding the Office Starter 2010 build that Microsoft released to a group of selected testers late last week -- including details on macro and file type support. Do any of these make Office Starter a non-starter, in your book? by Mary Jo...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works, Tester, Office Suites, Microsoft Office, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Microsoft Works 9.0 (Windows)
- Microsoft Works 8 is the home productivity software that helps make everyday tasks easier to accomplish by giving you the essential productivity tools you need, including a word processor, spreadsheet, database, calendar, E-mail/Internet tools and more. Microsoft Works 8 gives you the tools you need to transform your home computer...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works, Tool, Microsoft Works 8, Office Suites, Productivity, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-24
- MS Works Converter 2.20 (Windows)
- Converts Microsoft Works files extension wks and wdb to Excel format. MS Works Converter can convert great numbers of Works files in one go. Microsoft does not provide an import filter for Excel to load Works-WKS and WDB files later than version 2. (for Works-WPD and Word they do). There...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Works, R&L Software, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-11
- Count me out for ad-funded Works
- As Microsoft tests its "Albany" project (essentially ad-funded Microsoft Works), Ed Tech has another choice available in terms of free productivity software. However, since this version of Works isn't a cloud application like Google Apps or a full-blown, highly usable suite like OpenOffice, it leaves one to wonder, "Why?"...
- Tags: Advertisement, Microsoft Works, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-21
- 'Albany': New Microsoft 'home office' in the works?
- Microsoft has begun inviting selected testers to be part of a beta of a new, consumer-focused Office-family product, codenamed "Albany." The beta invitation for Albany is cryptic, according to testers who received the invite and asked not to be named. Albany will be aimed at home PC...
- Tags: Albany, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Microsoft Works, Office Authoring Services, Office Suites, Microsoft Office, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Exploit code surfaces for Microsoft Works, QuickTime
- Exploit code for Microsoft Works--which was just patched on Tuesday--and QuickTime is making the rounds. First up, the Microsoft Works exploit. A hacker dubbed "chujwamwdupe," who also makes Teletubbies references for giggles, posted the following: A vulnerability exists in WPS to RTF convert filter that is...
- Tags: Apple QuickTime, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Works, Office Suites, Digital Music, Digital Media, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- Ad-funded Microsoft Works pilot starting soon
- On the afternoon of August 1, Microsoft finally decided to talk officially about its plans for an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works.Courtesy of a Microsoft spokeswoman, via e-mail:"Microsoft is initiating a pilot program featuring an ad-funded version of Microsoft Works â€" Microsoft Works SE 9.""Since its release in 1986,...
- Tags: Web 2.0, System builders, Office, OEMs, Google, Corporate strategy, Channel, Advertising
- Blog posts 2007-08-01
- Ad-supported free Microsoft Works: competitor to open source office suites?
- Ad-supported free Microsoft Works: competitor to open source office suites?I might use itI use Google Docs quite a bit - not exclusively, but more and more. One reason is the built-in ability to collaborate in real time with others on a document. I bet this feature cuts the...
- Tags: Office suites, Linux, Word processors, OPEN SOURCE, AbiWord, Microsoft Works, OpenOffice, advertisement, Google Inc., collaboration, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- Ad-supported free Microsoft Works: competitor to open source office suites?
- Colleague Mary Jo Foley, who does the All about Microsoft blog, reports that Microsoft may well be working on a free version of Microsoft Works.I've always thought of Works as a poor man's Microsoft Office. There's an older version of Word, a PowerPoint viewer not a PPT creator, addy book,...
- Tags: Predictions and Observations, microsoft, Google
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- News to know: Mozilla patches Firefox; Vista hot fixes; Microsoft Works as a service
- Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Google hires browser hacking guru.Mozilla fixes its end of URL protocol handling saga. Ed Burnette: 10 days from report to patch for new Firefox exploit.David Berlind: Technology Shakedown: McAfee's A/V software runs amok on Windows Vista's tray.Mary Jo Foley: Leaked Vista hot fix list provides SP1 clues....
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded product
- Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded productAd Funded never good.The ads will be annoying especially if they are flashing while you are trying to work.I think microsoft should turn Works into Office express. Word, E-mail, Power Point, Excel, Access, and whatever else is needed.Of course make sure it is...
- Tags: Google Inc., company obviously, development cost, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2007-07-30
- Microsoft Works to become a free, ad-funded product
- Microsoft's next version of its small-business/home productivity suite, due imminently, will be free and ad-funded.Microsoft Works 9.0 -- which will be the new product's name, if Microsoft opts to stick with its current nomenclature -- might also debut at some point as Microsoft-hosted low-end productivity service, as many have been...
- Tags: Systems integrators, Office Live, Office, OEMs, Google, Corporate strategy, Channel, Advertising
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Microsoft Office Live 'Personal' Services: Microsoft Works revisited?
- Microsoft Office Live 'Personal' Services: Microsoft Works revisited?Redmondians?Are the Redmondians one of those new tribes that can run gambling on their tree-lined campus? Do you have to be an enrolled member, or just FTE? Is it something like Scientology with Kool-Aid?Much more to the story..If the eye on...
- Tags: Office suites, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Live, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Microsoft Office Live 'Personal' Services: Microsoft Works revisited?
- Microsoft has big hopes and plans for Office Live, its family of Web-based add-ons to Microsoft Office and SharePoint currently aimed at small- to mid-size business customers.One way the Redmondians plan to grow the Office Live business is by expanding its stable of offerings both up and down market, as...
- Tags: Corporate strategy, Office, Office Live, Web 2.0
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- Should Microsoft Works become a Web-based suite?
- Should Microsoft Works become a Web-based suite?Do not do itI can understand MS wanting to push their weakest productivity app on to the web, but I think there has to be a better way to handle online apps. MS Works is not a very good suite. It's just a dumbed...
- Tags: Microsoft Works, MS-Works, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-09-22
- Should Microsoft Works become a Web-based suite?
- What will Microsoft do with Microsoft Works, its low-end desktop office suite, aimed at home users? That’s been an open-ended question, ever since the Works team was moved under Microsoft Business Division Jeff Raikes almost two years ago. BusinessWeek reported last week that Microsoft has decided to turn Works into...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Works
- Blog posts 2006-09-22
- Online Works might be in the works
- Online Works might be in the worksGoogle stock is on the rise again. It's MS press release time.This article about MS and a competing product was due. More articles and press releases to follow.The problems is, Microsoft can NOT afford to canabalize their cash cowsThere will be...
- Tags: Microsoft Works, Google stock, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Recovery for Works 1 (Windows)
- Recovery for Works is a powerful data recovery software for corrupted Microsoft Works files (.WPS, .XLR, .WDB). Recovery for Works components restore Works Wordprocessor documents, Works Spreadheets and Works Databases. Restores texts, original formatting, formulas. Supports Microsoft Works 5.x, 6.x and 7.x. Easy to use, no special user skills required....
- Tags: Data Recovery, Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Works, Recoveronix, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2006-02-26
- Microsoft Works Suite 2006
- If you like Microsoft software and have light home-computing needs, you should enjoy Microsoft's Works Suite 2006. Its six bundled programs can help you organize photos, plan trips, inventory household items, and manage your finances, among other things. It's easy to zip between these tasks, though the initial layout of...
- Tags: Office suites, Microsoft Works Suite 2006, Microsoft Works Suite, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Corp.
- Product reviews 2006-01-30
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