I have always used Word and Excel. The laptop I am considering only comes
with Works. What is the difference - is there a compatability issue between
the two? I do a tremendous amount of word processing and do not want
something that is going to cause problems.

Not so much compatibility as capability. Works is a nice little program that
does simple things well. It does not include all the functions of Office. If
you have Works Suite, then you have a full version of Word but nothing
comparable to Excel. If you are used to using Word and Excel, you will want
to get Office. It can peacefully coexist with Works provided you don't have
Works installed as part of Works Suite. If you do, uninstall it before
installing Office; otherwise Office won't install Word over the existing
version, and you'll end up with Office components that require different CD
keys for reinstallation or modification.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"cdusty" wrote in message
...
I have always used Word and Excel. The laptop I am considering only comes
with Works. What is the difference - is there a compatability issue
between
the two? I do a tremendous amount of word processing and do not want
something that is going to cause problems.

[AdrienneJennings]

I need to convert some documents into Word documents that were originally
created in MS Worksprocessor. Help! I am a student at Kaplan U and I need
this terribly. Send links for downloads if you know of any Thanks Adrienne
Jennings
or

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Not so much compatibility as capability. Works is a nice little program that
does simple things well. It does not include all the functions of Office. If
you have Works Suite, then you have a full version of Word but nothing
comparable to Excel. If you are used to using Word and Excel, you will want
to get Office. It can peacefully coexist with Works provided you don't have
Works installed as part of Works Suite. If you do, uninstall it before
installing Office; otherwise Office won't install Word over the existing
version, and you'll end up with Office components that require different CD
keys for reinstallation or modification.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"cdusty" wrote in message
...
I have always used Word and Excel. The laptop I am considering only comes
with Works. What is the difference - is there a compatability issue
between
the two? I do a tremendous amount of word processing and do not want
something that is going to cause problems.

[Graham Mayor]

You can get the Works converters for Word (probably not Word 2007) from the
downloads page of my web site.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


AdrienneJennings wrote:
I need to convert some documents into Word documents that were
originally created in MS Worksprocessor. Help! I am a student at
Kaplan U and I need this terribly. Send links for downloads if you
know of any Thanks Adrienne Jennings
or

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Not so much compatibility as capability. Works is a nice little
program that does simple things well. It does not include all the
functions of Office. If you have Works Suite, then you have a full
version of Word but nothing comparable to Excel. If you are used to
using Word and Excel, you will want to get Office. It can peacefully
coexist with Works provided you don't have Works installed as part
of Works Suite. If you do, uninstall it before installing Office;
otherwise Office won't install Word over the existing version, and
you'll end up with Office components that require different CD keys
for reinstallation or modification.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.

"cdusty" wrote in message
...
I have always used Word and Excel. The laptop I am considering
only comes with Works. What is the difference - is there a
compatability issue between the two? I do a tremendous amount of
word processing and do not want something that is going to cause
problems.