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 spreadsheet and a database management system ...

You can read older files with a little sleuthing Better yet, find a modern alternative Tip of the week: PDF as last stop for old data Question: I just got a .wps file in my e-mail, and I can't open it ...

As far as I can determine, MS Works is needed to open .wps files, or a converter to allow opening with MS Word - but I don't have either program.<BR><BR> Is there another way to open such files?

People keep sending me .wps files attached to emails, which I cannot open on my Windows XP laptop. They take no notice of my suggestion that they should send .rtf or at worst .doc versions. Some other ...