Works' database app, though simplistic compared to Microsoft Access, handles typical at-home and microbusiness chores, such as mail-merge lists, customer databases, and holiday card lists.

Microsoft's next version of its small-business/home productivity suite, due imminently, will be free and ad-funded. Microsoft Works 9.0 -- which will be the new product's name, if Microsoft opts ...

With the launch of Works Suite 2003, Microsoft is chasing productivity package buyers on a budget. Can the software recover from recent snubs by Dell and HP?

How to Change an MS Works Spreadsheet to MS Excel. Microsoft discontinued the lower-priced Microsoft Works suite, but you can convert old documents to use current Microsoft Office formats.