RSSMicrosoft Updates Works Suite
By Nate Mook | Published August 16, 2004, 3:04 PM
Version 8 of Microsoft Works, the company's low-cost productivity suite, has been released and will ship this month. Works includes a word processor, spreadsheet and database applications, along with e-mail tools. The new release adds an improved calendar, PowerPoint viewer and a new stand-alone dictionary. Works 8 will retail for $49.95 USD, with a $10 rebate available to some customers. But Microsoft's academic version of Office remains a better deal for most households.
Works has always been underrated for the price, esp. when Word is its word processor. I'd still take it any day over OpenOffice. But others are right — with MSOffice Student/Teacher Edition being so cheap, why bother? Just get MS Office!
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|For most households, OpenOffice.org remains a better deal. :-)
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|It was meant for the WinXP SP2 discussion.
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|You may need to read the whole article, specially the section that says "The programs that are listed in this article *MAY* experience issues after you upgrade to Windows XP SP2"
In most of the cases, what you'll see is a dialog box asking if you want to allow the application to access the internet or if you want to block it.
I think controlling what applications are sending or require sending information over the internet is the best thing it could happen.
I've found WinXP SP2 to be much more reliable and user friendly regarding applications that need a little tweak to work on it.
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|Don't you have to be in the education "industry" to qualify legally to purchase and use the academic version of Office?
http://www.microsoft.com...gible.aspx#institutions
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|I see Best Buy advertises it and wonder if anybody can buy it?
Do they require proof?
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