Tag: MICROSOFT-WORKS

While I haven't had any customers ask to purchase Microsoft Works in years, it still appears on the odd retail boxed laptop. With the coming release of Office 2010, Microsoft has decided it's high time to tag and bag Works and replace it. Stepping in to fill the void will be Office 2010 Starter, which will be targeted at the average consumer's needs. Starter will package only Word and Excel with ...

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 ...