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Summary: MS Works 7.0
Review: I had to upgrade to MS Works 7.0 due to Y2K issues. I am not nearly as satisfied with MS Wortks 7.0 as I was with MS Works 4.5. I am now searching for a replacement.
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Summary: Under-rated, over-criticized
Review: I have used MS WORKS from about the time it was born, when it was quite primitive and sometimes unstable. But I have continued to use it, primarily for databases, because it has become progressively more stable and easy to use. These are not all small and simple databases--many include several thousand items, each with 20 to 30 fields of data. It is easy to "find" single items or to assemble groups of items ("filter"), and to print customized reports. So if you don't need (or want) the super sophistication of ACCESS, I have found WORKS to be a friendly and helpful--and inexpensive--alternative.
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Summary: Very Nice, Very Cheap
Review: I put MS Works on all systems that I make for other people. It has everything they need, and it dosen't break the bank. The only thing I don't like is that there is no Presentation software, or PowerPoint clone. Then again, if they included that, MS Office sales would go down A LOT!!!
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Summary: Not much to offer
Review: If you are buying this to use the spreadsheet option it is fairly ok. It doesn't have alot of the features that Microsoft Excel has. The calender is a so-so option. It would be nice if on the calender it would let you see one month at a time without running some of the remainder of other months on the screen at the same time. Also on the calender option when you go to enter a Birthday you have to put a starting time and an ending time. I didn't realize that birthdays had a starting and an ending time. I usually consider the birthday to be the whole day. Also as far as the spreadsheet it is not much to speak of because unless you know a little about spreadsheets they do give you some templates on the web but a very limited amount. Not much to choose from there. But then agan what do you expect with such a low purchase price. I agree with the earlier reviewer think twice about buying this one. I suggest you do your homework wisely. I am pretty sure that you can find other companies products for just a little more dollars that packs a much bigger punch.
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Summary: Works 2003, if you are desparate!
Review: If you are really cheap or totally bankrupt when it comes to buying a set of productivity tools, here's a saviour or option. This is really low end software and I really don't recommend it, but it is commendable enough to do simple task such typing a one page document, adding numbers in the spead sheet programme. But the database is just not good at all. It's unreliable and not powerful to handle complex task such as creating complex queries or even reports. The product cost forty dollars but if you have an extra thirty dollars, buy Star Office 6.0, if you were to compare that to Works, Star Office would look more like Microsoft Office. It is a full featured productivity suite that includes a satisfactory word processor, spreadsheet, presentation graphics and drawing prgram. The only time I can recall when I really appreciated Works was version 4.5, that was the ultimate works, the Wizards were intuitive and easy to use. It guided you along the way, this really made Works more friendlier and useful than recent versions.So as I said before if you have the extra 30 dollars go for Star Office you won't regret it or just save and buy WordPerfect Office or Microsoft Office.
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Summary: Everything I need for less than $50!
Review: Microsoft Works sometimes gets a bad rap. If you never used it, you may not know that includes a database, spreadsheet, word processor, and more. What's even better, is that the spreadsheet and word processor are compatible with Microsoft Office. So you can save files so that they can be opened in Microsoft Office AND you can open files that someone else sent to you if they were created in MS Word or Excel. This is perfect for the work I do for the humane society that I volunteer for as well as planning my daughter's girl scout troops activities and camping trips.
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Summary: passable for general use but...
Review: Originally I thought the idea of offering a set of the most popular applications at an affordable price was great. Recently, however, computer makers have started to offer MS Works as the standard suite on new machines.Users who need more than very very basic features will need to buy more dependable softwares such as those contained in Office. The word processor in Works, for instance, doesn't have most of the special characters that are necessary to transcribe foreign languages (French etc.). So the cheap price of MS Works ends up being a way to save money to computer makers and to squeeze out extra money from buyers who will need to upgrade to better products anyway.
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Summary: Zero stars would be more like it.
Review: This product isn't any better than version 3.0 for Windows 3.1. In fact, the only big differences between the two products are that this one is more bloated and more buggy. It's too expensive for what it is, and they should really be paying me for using this piece of garbage. There's a title for Microsoft Works 7.0 users, and that title is "beta tester."
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Summary: Zero stars would be more like it.
Review: This product isn't any better than version 3.0 for Windows 3.1. In fact, the only big differences between the two products are that this one is more bloated and more buggy. It's too expensive for what it is, and they should really be paying me for using this piece of garbage. There's a title for Microsoft Works 7.0 users, and that title is "beta tester."
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Summary: More stuff than I will ever use.
Review: When I loaded it and saw all of the templates, I thought that I would finally get my life organized. Turns out I am too lazy.
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