office vs works suite 2

[mrpibb]

I am wondering what the differences are between the MS Word that comes with Works Suite and the one that sells by itself? I'm not talking about the stripped-down word processor that comes with the standard Works package, but Word XP that comes with Works Suite. It appears to be the same as the stand-alone version, but it costs much less, so I'm curious if there's a difference. I have a business client that needs it for basic Word Processing tasks, and needs to share files with others on the network who are using Word XP.

 

[Dreamboat]

MrPibb, I do believe that it would be safe for his purposes. I don't believe there's MUCH difference, if any. For instance, the default data source for a mail merge in Office XP (Word) is an Access database. I imagine they still use Word as the default data source in the stand-alone.

Frankly, I hate the Works suite myself. I'd just buy Word by itself. Anne Troy

http://www.TheWordExpert.com

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[ETID]

Does the word in works suite support vba macros?

 

[Dreamboat]

Interesting Q, ETID. No clue. I've never run it myself. Anne Troy

http://www.TheWordExpert.com

http://www.Brainbench.com

 

[mrpibb]

Not sure about the VBA macros thing, but that's not an issue here, anyway. All we need is basic Word Processing and file sharing with other word users. I'm not crazy about Works Suite either, but I can just do a minimal install and then use the Word icon instead of that clumsy "task launcher" or whatever it is. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[Snickle]

Word included with Works Suite is supposed to be the same as the stand-alone version of Word, not the suite-integrated version of Word that comes with Office. Buying the Works Suite is a cheaper way to get Word than the stand-alone version and I haven't seen any differences yet.