Please enable cookies and refresh the page. Microsoft Works Wikipedia. Microsoft Works is a discontinued office suite developed by Microsoft. Works was smaller, was less expensive, and had fewer features than Microsoft Office or other major office suites. Its core functionality included a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database management system. Later versions had a calendar application and a dictionary while older releases included a terminal emulator. Works was available as a standalone program, and as part of a namesake home productivity suite. Because of its low cost 4. OEM,1 companies frequently pre installed Works on their low cost machines. HistoryeditMicrosoft Works originated as Mouse. Works, an integrated spreadsheet, word processor and database program, designed for the Macintosh by ex Apple employee Don Williams and Rupert Lissner. 2 Williams was planning to emulate the success of Apple. Works, a similar product for Apple II computers. However, Bill Gates and his Head of Acquisitions, Alan M. Boyd, convinced Williams to license the product to Microsoft instead. 3 Initially it was to be a scaled down version of Office for the then small laptops such as the Radio Shack TRS 8. Model 1. 00 which Microsoft was developing. As laptops grew in power, however, Microsoft Works, as it was to be called, evolved as a popular product in its own right. On September 1. 4, 1. Microsoft unveiled Works for DOS. 4Through version 4. Works used a monolithic program architecture whereby the Works Word Processor and SpreadsheetDatabase documents ran in windows of the same program interface. This resulted in a small memory and disk footprint, which enabled it to run on slower computers with requirements as low as 6 MB of RAM and 1. MB free disk space. 5 Works 2. Version 5. 0 switched to a modular architecture which opens each document as a separate instance and uses the print engine from Internet Explorer. Version 9. 0, the final version, was available in two editions an advertisement free version, available in retail and for OEMs, and an ad supported free version Works SE which was available only to OEMs for preinstallation on new computers. 6In late 2. Microsoft announced it was discontinuing Works and replacing it with Office 2. Starter Edition. FeatureseditMicrosoft Works has built in compatibility for the Microsoft Office document formats DOC and XLS, including, but not limited to, the ability of the Works Word Processor to open Microsoft Word documents and the ability of the Works Spreadsheet to open Microsoft Excel workbooks. Newerwhen versions include task panes but do not include significantly updated features. Even in the final version Version 9. Windows 9. 5 era icons and toolbars were not updated to make them consistent with later application software. While its utility for larger organizations is limited by its use of proprietary native. WKS spreadsheet,. WDB database, and. WPS word processor file formats, the simplicity and ease of integrating databasespreadsheet data into word processor documents e. Version 4. 5a is particularly noted in this respect. The database management system, while a flat file i. A Works Portfolio utility offers Microsoft Binder like functionality. By installing the 2. Office System Compatibility Pack, the Works Word Processor and Spreadsheet can import and export Office Open XML document formats, although they are converted rather than being operated upon natively. The Works Calendar can store appointments, integrates with the Windows Address Book, as well as Address Books successor, Windows Contacts, and can remind users of birthdays and anniversaries. It supports importing and exporting i. Calendar. ICS files. It does not however support subscribing to i. Upcoming Release. Microsoft security updates are released on the second Tuesday of each month. Latest Release. Microsoft has updated its security update publishing model. Microsoft Office 2003 is software where you can use an extended library and regular expressions to define smart tag list in XML. Office 2003. Calendar files or publishing them online via Web. DAV. Up to version 8, using the Works Task Launcher, the calendar and contacts from Windows Address Book could be synchronized with portable devices. In Works 9. 0, the sync capability has been removed. 7File format compatibilityeditMicrosoft makes file format converter filters for Microsoft Word for opening and saving to Works Word Processor format. 89 Microsoft Office Excel can import newer Works Spreadsheets because the newer Works Spreadsheet also uses the Excel format but with a different extension. There is an import filter for older Works 2. Microsoft Office. Service packs. 1. As far as Works Spreadsheet 3. Works database any version of Microsoft does not provide an import filter for Excel or Access. There are third party converters available for converting these filetypes to Excel spreadsheets For database files A general C library, libwps,1. Microsoft Works. Open. Office. org variants such as Go oo, Libre. Office, Neo. Office and Oxygen. Office1. 7 have included libwps. A commercially available solution for converting to and from Microsoft Works files on the Macintosh platform is the Mac. Link. Plus product from Data. Viz. Free online conversion services are also available. 1. Version historyedit. Microsoft Works 2. DOSWorks for MS DOSeditMicrosoft Works 1. Microsoft Works 1. Microsoft Works 2. Microsoft Works 3. Works for Mac OSeditMicrosoft Works 1. Microsoft Works 2. Microsoft Works 3. Microsoft Works 4. Works for Microsoft WindowseditMicrosoft Works 2. Windows 3. xMicrosoft Works 3. Windows 3. xMicrosoft Works 4. Windows 9. 5Microsoft Works 2. Microsoft Works 6. Last version for Windows 9. Microsoft Works 7. Last version for Windows 9. Original releaseMicrosoft Works 8. Last version for Windows 9. SEMe2. 00. 0 Fully compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista, Windows 7 and later versions of Windows. Microsoft Works 8. Free updatecitation needed for Works 8. Microsoft Works Suite 2. Microsoft Works 9. First version fully compatible with all versions of Windows Vista. Works SuiteeditIn 1. Microsoft introduced Microsoft Home Essentials, which packaged several of its home productivity titles into a single suite that was sold for a then low price described in a review by the Chicago Tribune as one of the best bargains ever offered. 1. Home Essentials continued to evolve and beginning with the 1. Works becoming Works Suite. A slimmer version of the suite dubbed Works Deluxe was also offered for that year, but discontinued thereafter. As the programs within Works Suite were developed separately and sold individually, each had a unique look and feel. They were integrated by a task plane, which picked the appropriate program for the user to accomplish each task. In addition to the core programs, each version of Works Suite also included programs such as Fone. Sync in 2. 00. 1, and Power. Point Viewer beginning in 2. Later editions of Works Suite prompted users to upgrade to more featured versions of its inclusions at a discounted rate. In addition to retail sales, Works Suite was included with the purchase of a new computer by several manufacturers, notably Dell and Gateway. Works Suite was discontinued after the 2. Works was later bundled with Word as Works Plus 2. OEMs. Comparison of bundled Works home productivity suites Product. Suggested Retail Price. Home Essentials 9. Works 4. 0. Word 9. Encarta 9. 7Greetings Workshop 1. Microsoft Arcade. Home Essentials 9. Works 4. 5. Word 9. Encarta 9. 8Money 9. Greetings Workshop 2. Entertainment Pack Puzzle Collection. Works Suite 9. 92. Works 4. 5. Word 9. Encarta 9. 9Money 9. Basic. Graphics Studio Greetings 9. Expedia Streets 9. Picture It Express 2. Works Deluxe 9. 98. Works 4. 5. Money 9. Basic. Graphics Studio Greetings 9. Picture It Express 2. Works Suite 2. 00. Works 5. 0. Word 2. Encarta Standard 2. Money 2. 00. 0 Standard. Home Publishing 2. Expedia Streets Trips 2. Picture It Express 2. Works Suite 2. 00. Works 6. 0. Word 2. Encarta Standard 2. Money 2. 00. 1 Standard. Streets Trips 2. Picture It Publishing 2. Works Suite 2. 00. Works 6. 0. Word 2. Encarta Standard 2. Money 2. 00. 2 Standard. Streets Trips 2. Picture It Photo 2. Works Suite 2. 00. Works 7. 0. Word 2. Encarta Standard 2. Money 2. 00. 3 Standard. Streets Trips 2. Picture It Photo 7. Works Suite 2. 00. Works 7. 0. Word 2. Encarta Standard 2. Money 2. 00. 4 Standard. Streets Trips 2. Picture It Photo Premium 9. Works Suite 2. 00. Works 8. 0. Word 2. Encarta Standard 2. Money 2. 00. 5 Standard. Streets Trips 2. Picture It Premium 1. Works Suite 2. 00. Works 8. 0. Word 2. Encarta Standard 2. Money 2. 00. 6 Standard. Streets Trips Essentials 2. Digital Image Standard 2. Works Plus 2. 00. OEM only. Works 9.