Microsoft Works

Microsoft Works is a discontinued office suite developed by Microsoft and sold from 1987 to 2009. Works was smaller, cheaper, and had fewer features than Microsoft Office or other major office suites available at the time. Its core functionality includes a word processor, a spreadsheet and a database management system. Later versions have 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 ($40 retail, as low as $2 OEM), companies frequently pre-installed Works on their low cost machines.

Version history

Works for MS-DOS

• Microsoft Works 1.05
• Microsoft Works 1.12
• Microsoft Works 2.0 and 2.00a
• Microsoft Works 3.0, 3.0a and 3.0b

Works for Mac OS

• Microsoft Works 1.0
• Microsoft Works 2.0
• Microsoft Works 3.0
• Microsoft Works 4.0

Works for Microsoft Windows

• Microsoft Works 2.0 and 2.0a (Windows 3.x)
• Microsoft Works 3.0, 3.0a and 3.0b (Windows 3.x)
• Microsoft Works 4.0, 4.0a, 4.5 and 4.5a (Windows 95)
• Microsoft Works 2000 (v.5)
• Microsoft Works 6.0 – Last version for Windows 95
• Microsoft Works 7.0 – Last version for Windows 98 (original release)
• Microsoft Works 8.0 – Last version for Windows 98 SE/Me/2000 – Fully compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
• Microsoft Works 8.5 (Free update for Works 8.0 and Microsoft Works Suite 2006 users)
• Microsoft Works 9.0 – First version fully compatible with all versions of Windows Vista.

External links

• Microsoft Works 9 at Microsoft (archived 2007-08-11)
  • Microsoft Works 8 and Works Suite 2006 (archived 2005-10-28)
  • Microsoft Works 7.0 and Works Suite 2003 (archived 2003-02-01)
  • Microsoft Works 6.0 and Works Suite 2001 (archived 2000-10-07)
  • Microsoft Works 2000 and Works Suite 2000 (archived 1999-10-12)
  • Microsoft Works 4.5 and Works Suite 99 (archived 1999-04-29)
• Microsoft Works at Wikipedia

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