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Grizzly said:
IS MS works not the same as word.
No, they are two different products. Microsoft Works is an
inexpensive entry-level program that contains light
word-processing, spreadsheet, etc. applications.
Microsoft Word is Microsoft's industrial-strength word processor,
which is far more popular among those who need greater word
processing capabilities.
Microsoft Word is sold by itself, or as part of Microsoft Office,
which also includes Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
There is also a sort of hybrid product--Microsoft Works Suite.
That's Microsoft Works, but with Microsoft Word added, and is the
least expensive way to buy Word.
I cannot send email with my cv
attached as .wps attachment to apply for jobs as it cannot be
read as
word document at remote end.
A .wps file is the native format of a Microsoft Works text
document. Your recipients are apparently using Microsoft Word,
not Works (most large corporations will be using Word, not Works)
and are unable to read your .wps file.
Do I need to get Word loaded to be able
to do this so it files docuemnts as .doc?
That's *a* choice, but you don't *need* to do that. Here are some
choices:
1. Buy Word (or Office or Works *Suite*), as you suggest, and use
that instead of Works.
2. Continue to use Works, but save your document as an .rtf (rich
text format) file. Almost any word processor can read .rtf files.
The downside here is that you will lose a lot of formatting
capability with .rtf.
3. Acquire one of the other Office Suite packages which are
fairly compatible with Word, and can write .doc files (Word's
native format). Choices include the freeware OpenOffice and the
inexpensive StarOffice.
