After struggling with Microsoft Word 2007, I immediately ordered Microsoft Works 9.0 simply because it is easy to handle and I love some of the updates that has been added. I love the way it saves your letters and documents. It has a lot of other great features as well. You can make your own personal stationary, all occasion cards, budgets, and personal business forms etc. I especially love the history tab which helps me to find all of my letter/documents or anything else that I might have saved. It is easy to change letter size, and style or to print letters in different color ink.

When I bought a new computer it came with microsoft office word 2007. It was too complicated when you just want a simply letter or want to add headers and footers to your letter. I will have to take a class or take some time to learn microsoft word 2007. That is what I love about Microsoft Works 9.0 it is very easy to manuver without a lot of reading and studying. For me, it is self explanatory. Although, almost every company and most of my teachers wants me to use microsoft office word 2007, I generally get permission to use Microsoft Works 9.0 because Microsoft Word 2007 is too time consuming if you don't know how to use it or you don't have the time to learn it -- it becomes a waste of time.

Yes, I would highly recommend Microsoft Works 9.0 because it is a great product.

First, you should know that Open Office from Sun Microsystems blows away MS Works and is absolutely free.

Second, Works still has features that it can't support. For example, it has greeting card templates, but does not have features like "rotate" that are absolutely necessary if you're going to make a greeting card!

In fact, Works is sadly lacking in features. It looks fancy, but its functionality is very poor.

I'm just glad it came free with my computer and I didn't pay money for it.

I have had previous Microsoft Office programs for over a decade. I thought "Why not just use WORKS? It's so much cheaper and compatible". Bad idea - it saves ALWAYS in unusual Works formats, so other people cannot read your work without Works. There is no (known) way to save always in another form - EVERY time you want to save as another (more compatible form) you have to go a select it - it does not remember, and it tries to force you into the Works format.

Similarly, if I have just gone to the trouble to SAVE in .rtf or .txt form and then close the file right away, it asks if I want to save the changes I just made! But it means "as a Works" file. Lame, too much work. Very slow to work this way. I have had to change to another word processing and spreadsheet program because this was TOO incompatible with their own formats. It CAN be compatible, but it takes far too long.

I have always used MsWorks but having Vista I had to purchase this software and it was easy to install and easy to use. You won't be disappointed if you just want the simple basic MSWorks!

Wanna' learn accounting, bookkeeping, keep all of your "stuff" in an organized data base, are you a writer, want to tell us all about your life, or write about events, history, how's about calendars, greeting cards, or perhaps put together an auction in minutes, using graphics, pictures from file, with every color available in the RAINBOW, and FONTS GALORE......then, you should hook yourself onto WORKS (by MICROSOFT) v. 9.0. It's doable, inexpensive, does everything that a child, teenager, or adult might need when the time is right to GET IT ALL DOWN, spell check, grammar, add those IMPACT GRAPHICS..........print, and PUBLISH! IT "WORKS" - believe me IT "WORKS" (by Microsoft) v. 9.0. Thank you for this opportunity to comment.

I've always liked the programs available on Microsoft Works. Word of advice: If you've just bought a computer and the time has run out on the sample Microsoft Works, make sure you delete the sample version before trying to download your new one. I incorrectly assumed that when I downloaded the purchased version, it would automatically overwrite the sample version. There are no instructions in my purchased version telling me to delete the old version, and nothing happened when I inserted the new program disc into my laptop. Very frustrating!

This 62 year old gal stepped out of her comfort zone and into Microsoft Works 9.....It's a pussycat and I have her purring like a kitten. In no time, I whipped out a database for the church and a Honey Do list for Pappy.

And all 500 recipes are now easy to find and to hand out to friends. My next adventure will be the Christmas Card List.

Yup, Works 9 and me are getting on just fine. Thanks Microsoft....

Microsoft Works 9.0
Would have liked it better if it came with Streets and Trips, as the previous Works Suites versions came with. Microsoft probaly did this for more money. Making you buy the Streets and Trips seperatly.

I am a Third Grade teacher, and I love the Microsoft Works templates, and calendar. Recently I also published a class book with Student Treasures, and the cells were excellent to create science biweely measurement of native Hawaiian plants that improve the oxygen in the water of an anchialine pond and make the muck go down. What makes this product 5 stars, is that once you create the table, you can pick bar graph and /or line graph, edit within the table to revise info and produce high quality information in a varity of formats. You are also able to add to lables and mark specific necessary info, once again edit revise as necessary. Many more templates still to be discovered in the near future...

I'm a stay at home mom who does the paperwork and pays the bills and I find this fine for home use. I also own Office 03 and its wonderful but 9 times out of 10 I'm opening works instead. I love the calendar and the way it incorporates your contacts. The dictionary is an A+ I do agree with a viewer about the formats it uses but you can save in .doc format you just have to do a "save as" when you close your docs. Its nowhere near Office but for 40.00 it does the job... If your looking for hi tech and super bells and whistles go Office but keep in mind the price difference... If you are a beginner to office suites or just type the occasional letter then Works will be fine for you.