Microsoft Works
Microsoft Works was a basic office suite that is smaller, cheaper, and has fewer features than the Microsoft 365 Copilot. Its core functionality included a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database management system.
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
Last version, 9.0, was released on September 2007.
Features
- Database Management Tool
Microsoft Works News & Activities
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Microsoft Works information
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Microsoft Licensing
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What is Microsoft Works?
Microsoft Works was a basic office suite that is smaller, cheaper, and has fewer features than the 
Microsoft 365 Copilot. Its core functionality included a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database management system.
Latest versions had a calendar application and a dictionary while older releases included a terminal emulator.
Works was bundled with many computers for free.
Microsoft Works had built-in compatibility for the Microsoft Office document formats (DOC and XLS), including, but not limited to, the ability of the Works Word Processor to open 
Microsoft Word documents and the ability of the Works Spreadsheet to open 
Microsoft Excel workbooks. Last versions included task panes but do not include significantly updated features.
Comments and Reviews
He he he. No one like Works, I used to use it back in primary school (the late 90's), but it is now surpassed by even low-grade free software, because its when practically unchanged since then. Not to mention the availability of OpenOffice.org which is an excellent suite.
Works... works. It's not a particularly good office suite, but it's pretty much free, despite its "commercial" label. Almost every computer comes bundled with it, so it's like a free (crappy) version of Microsoft Office.