RWAR!

[dramaqueen_23]

Dear Microsoft Works Word Processor

Comments

[dramaqueen_23]

Of course! The dastards!

[sanity_clause]

Yup, Works is the free taste, both so Dell and HP can pretend like they're giving you a working word processor, and so you in frustration will cough up the cash for a retail version of Office (so much more expensive than the OEM version that Dell/etc.. could have bought).

Assuming you aren't going to go shopping for software in the torrent store, you can get Word for pretty cheap, if you want it.

For under $150, you can get the latest versions of Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote with the Office Home & Student 2007 edition.

Or, if you can work the student angle, you can get the whole Office suite for under $70 at the Ultimate Steal promotional site.

Or, you can try http://www.openoffice.org/ for free.

Works sucks!

[dramaqueen_23]

Do you have any knowledge or opinions about Final Draft? Since the overwhelming majority of my word processing is for scripts, I'm wondering if it might be worth the investment.

[sanity_clause]

I haven't looked at it in over a decade, nor did I ever use it, but I think it could be useful. They have a free trial, so I would pick a time period where you're really going to be writing a lot and see how it goes. The story structure tools might be useful, and if you are working on screenplays, the formatting tools will be great

[dramaqueen_23]

Great! Thanks for all the info.

[jits]

Works should be made illegal. It even has its own file type which is very difficult to open in word. Burn it and dance around it in celebration.

[dramaqueen_23]

It also refuses to *open* most .doc files I receive. Let the burning begin!

[xiz111]

Microsoft Works .. actually, it doesn't.

[dramaqueen_23]

No kidding!

[black_cat11]

I still remember the time that someone was giving me a list of oxymorons: Jumbo shrimp, small giant, Microsoft Works....