Works vs Office for a beginers practice

AdL2 · 12 Mar 2006 at 12:36

Somebody i know has just finished a basic computing course where they learned Word and Excel Skills. Now they dont want to just not use the software and forget all they have learned so they have asked me about microsoft office.

Now i know that Office is expensive, the cheapest its sold for here is about £135. All they want it for is to practice using Word & Excel so would Works be enough for them?

I know Works has Word on it, but what sort of spreadsheet package does it have? Would it be comparable to what this person i know would be using Excel for?

OcUK have Works 8.5 for ther tiny price of £11.69! or £43 for Works 2006. Can anyone make any recomendations?

Scythe · 12 Mar 2006 at 12:53

Get office, Works is absolute crap. Its a waste of £11 tbh.

AdL2 · 12 Mar 2006 at 12:58

Really that bad? Even the £45 version?

Conrad11 · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:03

I would even go as far to say that OpenOffice (free) is better than Works

PinkPig · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:11

Conrad11 said:
I would even go as far to say that OpenOffice (free) is better than Works

Of course it is. OpenOffice is a full featured office suite and a good competitor to Microsoft Office. Microsoft Works is very limited indeed. Either get them to download OpenOffice or buy office, you'd be wasting £11 or £45 by getting Works.

AdL2 · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:14

Dont suppose it will be much use to someone trying to build up their office skills though. I dont think many employers will be interested in openoffice skills. It still may come in handy in the future though, i didnt know about it until now.

Still though, it dosnt look like Works will be any good for practising office either.

PinkPig · 12 Mar 2006 at 13:48

AdL2 said:
Dont suppose it will be much use to someone trying to build up their office skills though

What are "office skills" though? If it's not much more than making a simple document or entering some formulae in Excel then all is much the same between any software.

Burnsy2023 · 12 Mar 2006 at 14:02

PinkPig said:
What are "office skills" though? If it's not much more than making a simple document or entering some formulae in Excel then all is much the same between any software.

Indeed. If you use the software, its all the same skills just with different looks.

Burnsy