Microsoft Works 9.0

Other products by Microsoft

Product Features

• Use the Works Word Processor to easily create letters, resumes, greeting cards and more, with customizable templates, improved proofing tools and a built-in dictionary.
• Keep to-do's organized, plan home improvements, or track your personal budget with the Works Spreadsheet.
• Combine up to 32 different calendars into one view to keep track of everyone's plans with the Works Calendar.
• Store addresses, lists, or home inventories in the Works Database.
• Share & edit Works Word Processor and Spreadsheet files with Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Excel and vice versa.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 2 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000Q6ZK3K
• Item model number: 070-03545
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 14, 2007
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #89 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

  Popular in this category: (What's this?)

  #1 in

  Software > Business & Office > Project Management

Product Description

Product Description

Works 9.0 Win32

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars faster than microsoft office word, June 2, 2008

By	sonnsett Radius "Sonn'" (chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

After struggling with Microsoft Word 2007, I immediately ordered Microsoft Works 9.0 simply because it is easy to handle and I love some of the updates that has been added. I love the way it saves your letters and documents. It has a lot of other great features as well. You can make your own personal stationary, all occasion cards, budgets, and personal business forms etc. I especially love the history tab which helps me to find all of my letter/documents or anything else that I might have saved. It is easy to change letter size, and style or to print letters in different color ink.

When I bought a new computer it came with microsoft office word 2007. It was too complicated when you just want a simply letter or want to add headers and footers to your letter. I will have to take a class or take some time to learn microsoft word 2007. That is what I love about Microsoft Works 9.0 it is very easy to manuver without a lot of reading and studying. For me, it is self explanatory. Although, almost every company and most of my teachers wants me to use microsoft office word 2007, I generally get permission to use Microsoft Works 9.0 because Microsoft Word 2007 is too time consuming if you don't know how to use it or you don't have the time to learn it -- it becomes a waste of time.

Yes, I would highly recommend Microsoft Works 9.0 because it is a great product.

51 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars more over-priced nonsense, January 27, 2008

By	Martin (Nashville) - See all my reviews

First, you should know that Open Office from Sun Microsystems blows away MS Works and is absolutely free.

Second, Works still has features that it can't support. For example, it has greeting card templates, but does not have features like "rotate" that are absolutely necessary if you're going to make a greeting card!

In fact, Works is sadly lacking in features. It looks fancy, but its functionality is very poor.

I'm just glad it came free with my computer and I didn't pay money for it.

54 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money, February 12, 2008

By	Brian Kehew (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have had previous Microsoft Office programs for over a decade. I thought "Why not just use WORKS? It's so much cheaper and compatible". Bad idea - it saves ALWAYS in unusual Works formats, so other people cannot read your work without Works. There is no (known) way to save always in another form - EVERY time you want to save as another (more compatible form) you have to go a select it - it does not remember, and it tries to force you into the Works format.

Similarly, if I have just gone to the trouble to SAVE in .rtf or .txt form and then close the file right away, it asks if I want to save the changes I just made! But it means "as a Works" file. Lame, too much work. Very slow to work this way. I have had to change to another word processing and spreadsheet program because this was TOO incompatible with their own formats. It CAN be compatible, but it takes far too long.