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11 Oct 2004, 11:19
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cynic
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i might be showing my ignorance here but...
why are microsoft works and word incompatible? is there some specific reason or is it just microsoft being cnuts?
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11 Oct 2004, 11:37
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
Can't you import the works stuff into word/excel etc ?
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11 Oct 2004, 11:45
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cynic
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
dunno, just trying quickly at work for someone as i have never used works before, works comes in a .wps format so i tried changing it to .rtf and .doc but it just came out as gibberish.
it was just the fact that word and works were not compatible that threw me slightly
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11 Oct 2004, 11:47
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
works = cheap for stupid home users
word = business so they can milk more money.
incompatible so business doesnt use cheaper works.
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11 Oct 2004, 11:50
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
I never used to have problems importing one to the other back in the days when i had Works. iirc you can save a Works file as a Word file and vice versa.
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11 Oct 2004, 11:50
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
Yeah. Valid point. I have just tried it. You can save from Word document as .wps and opened in it works but not the other way.
I think it is another aspect of the limiting that Works offers.
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11 Oct 2004, 11:52
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
i didnt even know that works is still in production.
my word-version (thats 2002) can open works-2000-files, not sure if that is of any use, but if you click file -> open you can select a file-type below the field that shows the filename.
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11 Oct 2004, 12:01
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
work is still bundled with a lot of oem pc's
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11 Oct 2004, 13:41
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
ah, cheers all
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11 Oct 2004, 14:01
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
You could try Open Office instead of works, it's actually pretty good
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11 Oct 2004, 15:11
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Vaio
You could try Open Office instead of works, it's actually pretty good
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11 Oct 2004, 15:14
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
i use office2k3 and i must say that i am rather happy about it, as in, i do not know any other program which enables me to work together with other people on an essay so easily. it is not perfect, but it helps me doing what i need to do
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11 Oct 2004, 15:15
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
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why are microsoft works and word incompatible? is there some specific reason or is it just microsoft being cnuts?
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M$ wants to make money. So let people buy Works, find out it's utterly useless in the current world and then buy M$ office.
The fix is indeed simple, Open Office
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11 Oct 2004, 16:05
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
i hasten to add that i havent got any of these things installed on my comp, wordpad does everything i need
this was for a problem at work
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11 Oct 2004, 16:36
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
OpenOffice is pretty shit really. It might be a good replacement for Works (I've never used the latter) but is nowhere close to Office/Word). You can get a student/teacher version of MS Office for under £100 I believe, which I don't think is particularly expensive. Or, for reports/documents etc. use latex (through Lyx if you're not into self-harm).
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11 Oct 2004, 17:38
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Re: i might be showing my ignorance here but...
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OpenOffice is pretty shit really. It might be a good replacement for Works (I've never used the latter) but is nowhere close to Office/Word). You can get a student/teacher version of MS Office for under £100 I believe, which I don't think is particularly expensive. Or, for reports/documents etc. use latex (through Lyx if you're not into self-harm).
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I would have to disagree with your opinion of Open Office.
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