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Microsoft Works Converter makes your Works documents useable
It's happened to everyone at one time or another. You buy a shiny new computer, take it home, and realize that it doesn't have Microsoft Office installed. How are you going to write your term paper, letters, or other office documents?So you fish around in the box and find a copy of Microsoft Works. The computer maker must have thrown it in there as a freebie. And hey, it's got a word processor and spreadsheet. What more could you need?
Well, for basic office tasks, Works does fine. But if and when you decide you need a bit more oomph, you'll find that many other office suites just don't know what to do with documents created in Works. Fortunately, Microsoft has updated its free Works Converter to support Works 6-9.
Now the real problems arise when you find old Works 2.0 documents lying around on a floppy disk. Sure, you can open those documents in Excel or Word. But where are you going to find a floppy disk drive?
[via ActiveWin]
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Subscribe to commentsjccalhounOct 24th 2007 5:40PM
"You buy a shiny new computer, take it home, and realize that it doesn't have Microsoft Office installed. How are you going to write your term paper, letters, or other office documents?
So you fish around in the box and find a copy of Microsoft Works. "
If only there were a free open source office suite that you could download. Some sort of Office that was Open or something. An OpenOffice if you will...
pillerOct 24th 2007 6:14PM
does anyone even use Works anymore?
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2271912
freexOct 24th 2007 6:10PM
see here for a good and free office suite :
www.openoffice.org
CuproxOct 24th 2007 6:33PM
"Fortunately, Microsoft has updated its free Works Converter to support Works 6-9."
Fortunately??? That is a bunch of crap - M$ Word should read Works documents, regardless. There should be no need for an extra download of a converter, etc.
CuproxOct 24th 2007 6:31PM
"Fortunately, Microsoft has updated its free Works Converter to support Works 6-9."
Fortunately??? That is a bunch of crap - M$ Word
should read Works documents, regardless. There should be no need for
an extra download of a converter, etc.
michaelOct 24th 2007 7:22PM
@jccalhoun & freex:
OpenOffice seriously sucks. Ok?
You can't get to the level of customization as MS Office, you don't get the bazillion clip art files, and templates, and other extras.
You also don't get protection if something bad happens to OO.
Plus OO doesn't have as many features, or the beautiful UI that Office 07' has.
So for you OO users, I feel bad for you guys.
jccalhounOct 25th 2007 8:02AM
no one is talking about ms office. The article is talking about ms works. Call me crazy but I think openoffice.org is a better option than ms works...
SakesaruOct 25th 2007 8:04AM
Even if M$ Works was free, I'd still say OpenOffice is better.
DustinOct 25th 2007 10:16AM
The article isn't to point out what Office Suite is better than the others. So put down you damn swords and look past your fanboyism.
Its about what if I do somehow have this Works Document that it doesn't matter who created it or where, but how do I get in another document format that my Office Suite can read it.
sohbetNov 20th 2007 3:16PM
hi
The article isn't to point out what Office Suite is better than the others.
;)
http://www.misschat.net
JohnDec 1st 2007 6:29PM
Will that converter open works files/documents in word?
I once had works and word on my computer, but when my computer got serviced, works got removed and an older version of word got installed, as a replacement for word 2003. Can anyone possibly help me?