The Best-selling Integrated Software for Windows
Create professional documents easily and quickly
- Microsoft® Works for Windows® 95 provides the essential tools
you need—word processor, spreadsheet, database, drawing, and communication tools—to make everyday computing tasks easier!
- Select a task from the Works Task Launcher (create a letter,
address book, invoices, school tests, mailings, etc.), and a TaskWizard gets you started instantly.
- Use the Letter TaskWizard to create a letter, insert an appealing letterhead, and even add letter content with the click of a button. Choose from more than 100 sample letters.
- New Easy Formats lets you insert a stylish format with the
click of a button. Give your document flair with new bullet styles,
page and paragraph borders, and shading. Add your choice of images
from the ClipArt Gallery, and use WordArt to create fancy headlines and fun font effects.
- Use the mailing labels and envelope checklists to make mailings
a breeze. Works walks you through the process quickly and easily.
- The Address Book keeps detailed information on business contacts
and friends, and it's always available at the click of a toolbar
button.
- New Easy Calc makes financial calculations in the Works Spreadsheet
a snap. And, with OLE technology, it's easy to link your worksheet
or chart to a word-processing document and have it updated automatically.
- The Works Toolbar gives you quick access to the most common
formatting options, your Works Address Book, and reference products
such as the Microsoft Bookshelf® CD-ROM reference library and Microsoft
Encarta® Encyclopedia, if you have them on your computer.
ToolTips remind you what each toolbar button does.
- Step-by-step Help is always waiting at the side of the screen
with the help you need.
- Access the Works Forum on MSN™ The Microsoft Network* directly from Works to get product information and templates, talk to other Works users, and much more.
System requirements
To use Microsoft Works, you need:
- Personal computer with a 386DX or higher processor (486 recommended)
- Microsoft Windows 95 operating system or Microsoft Windows NT® Workstation operating system version 3.51 or later (will not run on earlier versions of Windows)
- 6 MB of memory for Windows 95 (8 MB recommended); 12 MB of memory for Windows NT Workstation
- Hard-disk space
- Minimum installation: 5 MB
- Full installation: 20 MB
- One 3.5" high-density disk drive
- VGA or higher-resolution video adapter (Super VGA 256-color recommended)
- Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device recommended
- 2400 or higher baud modem required to use communication tools and to access the Works Forum on MSN The Microsoft Network* (9600 baud modem recommended)