How to Open Microsoft Works With Word. Microsoft Works is the smaller cousin of Microsoft Office. Works is not as expensive as the full Office suite yet it still contains a word processor, a ...

Microsoft Works v9, the red-headed stepchild of Microsoft Office, is a free, ad supported office package offering word processing, spreadsheet and slideshow (PowerPoint) functionality.

If you're unsure whether you have MS Works on your computer, go into your Control Panel's section for uninstalling programs -- the list of programs therein will include Microsoft Works if the ...