Category: Using Microsoft Works

Moving? Planning a party? Getting ready for the holidays? Microsoft Works helps you with many big projects by offering a ready-made project planner, complete with suggested tasks for each project. TIP Build Your Own If a specific project isn’t listed on the Projects page, click the Blank Project button to build your own custom project…

If you’ve been working with Works for awhile, you can use the History page to reopen documents you previously created. The History page lists all your recently used files, newest files first. TIP Older Files If the file you want isn’t listed on the History tab, Task Launcher lets you search for that file. When…

To create a specific type of document–and have Works automatically load the right program for that task–you use the Templates page. Select a task, and Works will launch the appropriate program with the selected template already loaded. NOTE Tasks Are Templates In older versions of Microsoft Works, the Templates page is called the Tasks page.

You use the Programs page to launch individual Works applications. After you select a program and task, the Task Launcher opens the program you selected with the appropriate task-based template or wizard loaded.

Microsoft Works is a suite of five basic applications, all tied together by an interface called the Task Launcher. The key components of Works are Works Word Processor, Works Spreadsheet, Works Database, Works Calendar, and Address app. (On many systems, the Works Word Processor is replaced by Microsoft Word, a more fully featured program.) Some…