Everything About ___
Live briefing

Everything about Microsoft Works

Productivity software suite

Microsoft Works is a discontinued productivity software suite developed by Microsoft and sold from 1987 to 2009. 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, companies frequently preinstalled Works on their low-cost machines. Works was smaller, less expensive, and had fewer features than contemporary major office suites such as Microsoft Office. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Microsoft WorksA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Microsoft Project Standard versus Microsoft Project Professional, features, benefits and workingsInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Introducing ComputersThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Mailmerge using microsoft worksCited 0 times
  5. Go sideways: List of software that supports Office Open XMLA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: List of software that supports OpenDocumentA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. History
  2. Features
  3. File format compatibility and other issues
  4. Version history
  5. Works Suite

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics