Question re MS Works/MS Word

hawthorn · Jan 6, 2008

Im getting my laptop tomorrow and have decided to go for Vista. Also I notice the laptop will have MS Works on it. I used to have Works Suite but lost the disk. I never used AutoRoute and Encarta etc but did find that the MS Word word processor was good as people with office (most people!) could open attachmants i sent.

Does Works have the Word word processor? I think I recall it was just called MS Works word processor, and an attachment wouldnt open in Word (office). This would be bad! But while playing with it in the pc shop I now think it has the MS Word wp, but Im not sure.

Right now I use Open Office, but while good, it wont open old Works spreadsheets or databases.

Q2, unrelated (sorry!) i do believe my new laptop has Windows Media Player 11. I have 10 on my current laptop and heard some bad things about 11, about not being able to retrieve licenses etc. And I vaguely remember some other negative things. Whats your opinions? Am i stuck with it? Actually I mainly use i-Tunes.

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DavidGP · Jan 6, 2008

Hi

Yes Works has a form of MS Word, but has some of its own propietory saving formats that other office apps dont like, MS Word and the full Office package is great and worth having BUT Open Office works well in Vista, so stick with that is my advice. But the compatibility issue with Works own formats is as you know a PITA, which is why I wouls always advise saving your Works docs in recognised formats ( .doc, .rtf etc ) and not the default ones.

Yes your stuck with WMP11, but never listen to others grumbles, as I have not had one issue with licences in WMP11 and I been using Vista now for 2yrs ( beta program for my sins ) but if you use iTunes then again that works great in Vista.

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