glamdrng@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Rocky Lhotka) (09/21/89)
Has anyone had any experience with 'The Works Platinum' or any of the previous
'The Works' stuff? Are they any good? Are they worth the $250-$300 pricetag?
I am looking in particular for a decent spreadsheet which does acceptable
graphing of the data... Thanks!
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Has anyone had any experience with 'The Works Platinum' or any of the previous
'The Works' stuff? Are they any good? Are they worth the $250-$300 pricetag?
I am looking in particular for a decent spreadsheet which does acceptable
graphing of the data... Thanks!
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I have read a review recently of THE WORKS...It seems to be a decent program
but the price of $250-300 dollar price range is out of my buget range...
I have seen it ALOT CHEAPER mail order...... $100-200 range ..
They basicallly put previously released programs together in one package
and released them as THE WORKS... I cannot recall the names of all the programs
but ONLINE is the communications program and I think SCRIBBLE is the word
processor...
Richard Casebolt
205-544-2966
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\/ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) (09/23/89)
In article <24636@louie.udel.EDU> somebody writes: >Has anyone had any experience with 'The Works Platinum' or any of the previous >'The Works' stuff? Are they any good? Are they worth the $250-$300 pricetag? >I am looking in particular for a decent spreadsheet which does acceptable >graphing of the data... Thanks! If you are just looking for a decent spreadsheet, then you may want to look at spreadsheets, rather than a software collection such as The Works. I believe the spreadsheet in The Works is Analyze!. (May not be identical to Analyze!, but close) Decent spreadsheets that come to mind are PlanIt (a rewrite of MaxiPlan) and Superplan (a rewrite of Logistix). I can't speak for PlanIt or Maxiplan, but I've found Superplan's graphics to be reasonable, and the output is very good, as it generates bitmaps at the resolution of your printer (as opposed to simple screen dumps, which is what some of the earlier spreadsheets did.) -- Eric Kennedy ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu
840445m@aucs.uucp (Alan McKay) (11/16/89)
I am about to purchase "The Works Platinum" from someone sight unseen for $100 Canadian ($85 US) and want to know if this is a good deal. Could someone give me a bit of a review of the product? How is the word processor that comes with it? I hear it is just Scribble. I now have Excellence but am not happy with it. Is the WP in "The Works" better than the regular old Scribble that used to be sold? Is it WYSIWYG? Is it better than Excellence? How are the database and spreadsheet? Are they "Amigaized"? Thanks in advance for any information you can give me. -- + Alan W. McKay + VOICE: (902) 542-1565 + + Acadia University + "Courage my friend, it is not yet too late + + WOLFVILLE, N.S. + to make the world a better place." + + 840445m@AcadiaU.CA + - Tommy Douglas +