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    Works Vs Office

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    Can anyone tell me the main differences between Works and Office?
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    AFAIK there are different versions of Works.

    The cheap bundles are like a peasant's version of Office, with apps that are about as cross-compatible as DDR RAM is with a Pentium MMX.

    Somebody is bound to have more info on how Works breaks down compared to Office, however.
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    the cost - works is cheaper
    the ui - works sucks
    interoperability - last i checked, works would refuse to touch msoffice formats
    features - works misses some things that you may like to do, though the very basics are there

    if you're on a budget, consider openoffice.org - the ui is closer to that of msoffice, interoperability is far superior, it's free, and the featured sifferences between OOo and office may be preferable to those between works & office

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    Works does a lot of the functions that Office does, such as spreadsheets and word processing, but they have very few features compaired to the full blown versions in Office.

    http://www.microsoft.com/products/wo...ve_tab=Compare

    this URL shows the main differences between the standard Works 8 and Works Suite 2006. Couldn't find anything that compaires works directly with Office

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    as Directhex said , if cost is an issue , then I'd choose OpenOffice every time - its probably more compatilbe with office than works
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    Quote Originally Posted by directhex
    the cost - works is cheaper
    the ui - works sucks
    interoperability - last i checked, works would refuse to touch msoffice formats
    features - works misses some things that you may like to do, though the very basics are there

    if you're on a budget, consider openoffice.org - the ui is closer to that of msoffice, interoperability is far superior, it's free, and the featured sifferences between OOo and office may be preferable to those between works & office
    It seems we agree on something

    Deffo go for openoffice rather than Works. I cant believe people ask for money for works!
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    Ok guys - many thanks for those answers - provided me with some more ammo
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