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"If the shoe fits..."
onSummary This product is great for its target audience; its just a matter of determining whether you fit in that category or not. In grammar school, I used only MS Word; in high school, I learned Excel and Powerpoint. Now that I'm in college, I used these products a good amount. It is worth noting that the bundled spreadsheet and presentation programs do a fair amount of what Excel and Powerpoint do, but its just not enough. I like to think that the needs of an average K-12 student are increasing in terms of software, and a full office suite is a definate necessity for college students. This product represents a slight understanding of this at Microsoft, however, this product does not stand up to OpenOffice and other free competitors. If you're comfortable with the limited features go out and buy it. I just can't see how the shoe could fit for many students like myself.
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"Works is incompatible and obsolete."
on by uhhnoPros Simple to use. Has all the essentials. Free. Convenient for files you don't want to keep a long time.
Cons Works isn't included in Win 7 and there are no converters for Office and older Works files. I can't access my old Works files. Works is obsolete or will be soon..
Summary There really is no reason to use Works when you can use Open Office.org. OOo is open source,free, just as easy to use, but much more robust, and 100% MS Office compatible.
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"Recommend only for Word"
onPros I like the works package for only one reason. Word 2002. The biggest issue I have with Works is the incompatibility of one series of apps with each other. Here is what I mean. Open and save a word doc in any version of Word and open that same doc in a
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"Its a standalone product"
onCons I can't figure out why you can't convert any works applications, like spreadsheet or database, into office applications, or if you can its a complete headache. You'd think they would design these suites to have some cross-functionality. So if you have t
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"It has MS Word, but it costs less..."
onPros OK. Works Suite 2003 has MS Word, which is still the best Word Processor out there (for a number of reasons, and I'm a M$ Hater BTW) for less than what Word costs on it's own. Sure, M$ is ripping people off with Word standalone, but this Suite is a good d
Cons Well, it's M$, which sucks, but no one else has released a comparable Word Processor. I use Lotus Smartsuite, not nearly as good, I've used Corel Wordperfect, also not as good. OpenOffice sucks on account of it being slower than M$ bloatware usually is, a
Microsoft Works Suite 2003 user reviews
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