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Stephen Larivee wrote:

> I agree with Beauregard. Word (and Office) are still the standard
> in the work force. The Office products are more expensive,
> certainly, but well worth it, IMHO. But if you are doing work at
> home and do not need PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc., Works might
> be the way to go. Works actually uses Word as its word
> processor!!!

Works uses Word? Granted, I haven't looked at Works for a few years,
but last time I did, it seemed more like WordPad With Enhancements
than Word. Have they added stuff to it?

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In article <cp1m0m$q8q$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, "Jim \(Guitar Centre
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> Hi,
>
> I know this is a little off-topic but I just wondered if anyone could tell
> me if Word (the Microsoft word processing program) is any longer a generally
> used program. I notice that most new computers come with Works now instead.
> Is Works better, do you think, or is it still best to get Word?
>
> Cheers
>
> Jim
>
>
>
>
"most" new computers only come with Works in the private user category.
We buy them in hundreds with no office software and have a site licence
for Office, so we use Word - mainly.
We still have a lot of users who are happy with WordPerfect, and we do
push StarOffice at students as our licence doesn't let them take Word
home (unless they pay an arm and a leg for a licence of their own).
OpenOffice on Linux would be better still, for varying values of
"better", depending on the situation.
I haven't had to clean up a Word virus for a while now, but they're
still around, with new ones still appearing now and then.
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> I agree with Beauregard. Word (and Office) are still the standard in the
> work force. The Office products are more expensive, certainly, but well
> worth it, IMHO. But if you are doing work at home and do not need
> PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc., Works might be the way to go. Works
> actually uses Word as its word processor!!!

NOBODY _needs_ PowerPoint!
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The latest versions of Works actually use Word as the word processor. The
files work seamlessly with the Office Word.

I liked this approach. It allows people to get a low cost Office package
(Works) but use the most popular of the Office programs (Word).


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> Stephen Larivee wrote:
>
>> I agree with Beauregard. Word (and Office) are still the standard
>> in the work force. The Office products are more expensive,
>> certainly, but well worth it, IMHO. But if you are doing work at
>> home and do not need PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, etc., Works might
>> be the way to go. Works actually uses Word as its word
>> processor!!!
>
> Works uses Word? Granted, I haven't looked at Works for a few years, but
> last time I did, it seemed more like WordPad With Enhancements than Word.
> Have they added stuff to it?
>
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Dave Budd wrote:

> OpenOffice on Linux would be better still, for varying values of
> "better", depending on the situation.

OpenOffice on Windows could fit there as well. All you need is time
for a 46MB download. <g> While I own MS Office 97 Pro, I'm getting to
like OOo more and more.

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Thanks all!
Jim

"Jim (Guitar Centre Records)" <Jim DeleteThis @gcvinylrecords.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I know this is a little off-topic but I just wondered if anyone could tell
> me if Word (the Microsoft word processing program) is any longer a
generally
> used program. I notice that most new computers come with Works now
instead.
> Is Works better, do you think, or is it still best to get Word?
>
> Cheers
>
> Jim
>
>
>
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