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10. "time to abandon...Works" - Still have it, and haven't needed to use it much,but is worse with Win10
Wed Mar 7, 2018, 10:31 AM
Mar 2018

What I had on Works was "Word PROCESSOR" (not "Word&quot , which fairly suited my documents needs, with minor episodes when I needed to convert something into Word for other people.

But when I replaced the laptop and installed the Works cd, Processor became very buggy, specifically with the Cut/Pasting from the web text, updating the Processor document: As soon as Paste was tried, the whole document (from before) would disappear. Now I have been using a Gmail draft for building text or Pasting directly into a DU dummy-post until the document is completed and THEN Copy/Pasting into the final document.

Have glanced Google Docs and it looks as good as Word but haven't used it fully yet.

But in Works, the Publisher module has been great for me for editing pictures and Saving into .jpg and am still using it.

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Microsoft Works problem [View all] left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 OP
I use Open Office, and it will open most everything. shraby Mar 2018 #1
Thanks left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #4
Another vote for OpenOffice 4 from Apache ... great free program suite for light office use. mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #9
What I would try: DetlefK Mar 2018 #2
Thanks left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #3
You probably won't like this answer hueymahl Mar 2018 #5
"time to abandon...Works" - Still have it, and haven't needed to use it much,but is worse with Win10 UTUSN Mar 2018 #10
I downloaded now Open Office left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #6
From the menu bar: Insert > Envelope, then follow prompts. Make7 Mar 2018 #7
Thanks left-of-center2012 Mar 2018 #8
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