When I bought my Dell in 2003 it had Works 2002. I then bought Microsoft Office 2003 for the Word, Excel (I was disgusted with their spreadsheet), Power Point. With my new HP came Microsoft Works, which I never installed. I used the Office trial which was the same as the 2003 I had bought. I don't think their has been a later version until the 2007 Beta which is a whole new ballgame and so much different. It is really great. The color schemes are different and the drop down menus are replaced with ribbons and tabs. I plan to convert to the new 2007 as soon as it is released. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 3:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Word 2003 versus Microsoft Works Hi Paul How old was your Works Word? As I said before the older version of Works had an inferior word processor, then some time ago (I do not know exactly when) they added Word the standard version, depending on the version of Works (in this present thread its Works 8 that has Word 2002), which as Bob has said is pretty much the same as 2003, the later version has a few more bells and whistles. If you go to Microsoft's web site it tells you what is included in Works. Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK)

Well Paul you are ahead of me as I am still rumbling on with Office 2000 I am afraid the cost of Office 2003 is offputting, perhaps when I change this laptop of mine I may go for a later version, till then I shall put up with it. I have to say it does all I want it to do. As I understand it, Works added Word but the other parts are still lesser items to the Office components. I recall the hassle I had when changing from an early Works to Office and finding that Word would not read the documents I had saved in Works. Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) > When I bought my Dell in 2003 it had Works 2002. I then bought Microsoft > Office 2003 for the Word, Excel (I was disgusted with their spreadsheet), > Power Point. With my new HP came Microsoft Works, which I never > installed. > I used the Office trial which was the same as the 2003 I had bought. I > don't think their has been a later version until the 2007 Beta which is a > whole new ballgame and so much different. It is really great. The color > schemes are different and the drop down menus are replaced with ribbons > and > tabs. I plan to convert to the new 2007 as soon as it is released.