Microsoft KB Archive/49354

Works 2.00: New Features

PSS ID Number: Q49354 Article last modified on 06-12-1996

2.00

MS-DOS

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The following is a list of new and improved features available in Works version 2.00:

Feature Description ——- ———–

Improved on-line help Help on over 220 topics is available from anywhere within Works.

Improved on-line training Training on over 50 topics and tasks is available from anywhere within Works. Each lesson includes a demonstration and interactive practice.

Multiple overlapping windows Up to eight different files can be viewed at the same time, in side-by-side or overlapping windows. Windows can be zoomed to full size, and can be split into two or four panels to see different parts of the same file without scrolling.

Print preview Works can display a word processor, spreadsheet, database, or Chart file on the screen with graphics, exactly as it will appear when printed.

WYSIWYG styles Character styles (e.g., italics, etc.) can be displayed on the screen in graphics mode. (In text mode, styles are distinguished by color, e.g. bold is bright white.)

Thesaurus The Works Thesaurus has 300,000 synonyms for over 30,000 keywords.

File management Eight common file and disk operations can be performed without leaving Works or using DOS. You can copy, rename, or delete files, create or remove directories, format or copy disks, or set your computer’s date and time.

Run other programs With the Run Other Programs command, you can run your most commonly used programs without leaving Works.

Calculator An on-line calculator is available from anywhere within Works. You can perform simple calculations, (using a number from your document, for example) then insert the result back into the document.

Alarm clock Works displays an alarm on screen, at any time, with any message that you specify. A “snooze” option is included.

Expanded memory support Works supports LIM 3.2 and 4.0 expanded memory, so the size of a spreadsheet or database is limited only by the amount of disk space and available expanded memory. (The word processor does not take advantage of expanded memory.)

Footnotes You can insert footnotes and print them at the end of a document. Works automatically renumbers and rearranges footnotes as you edit your document.

Forms generation Works prints database forms, not just lists and reports. You can print both field names and values, just field values for preprinted forms, or just field names for creating blank forms.

Paragraph borders Headers, titles, and paragraphs can have boxes around them, horizontal lines between them, or vertical lines to either side.

Communications buffer Incoming communications data is stored in a scrollable buffer. You can review the received information or copy it directly to other tools.

Autodialer Works automatically dials the selected phone number in a spreadsheet, database, or document, for voice communication.

Bookmarks You can place named bookmarks in a word processing document, then go to them from anywhere else in the document, just as with named spreadsheet ranges.

Fill series The Fill Series command fills selected spreadsheet or database cells with a series of numbers or dates, to speed data entry. Date series can be incremented by days, weekdays, weeks, months, or years.

Spreadsheet sorting Selected spreadsheet rows can be sorted on any number of sort fields or columns just as in the database.

Multi-lined fields Fields in a database form can be several lines long and hold up to 256 characters. Works automatically wraps long comments of notes in multi-lined fields.

Improved file backup You can tell Works to automatically back up a file whenever it is saved.

File conversion Without leaving Works, you can convert word processing files to Microsoft Word, DCA, or RTF formats. This means you can share files directly with WordPerfect, MultiMate, DisplayWrite, or any other word processor that uses DCA or RTF format.

Built-in macros You can record long or repetitive tasks once and than play them back as often as you like with a single keystroke.

Templates You can define template files with your own default fonts, margins, line and column spacing, and boilerplate text. When you start a new document, spreadsheet, or database, Works uses the appropriate template.

Printing Printer drivers now support both text and graphics, so separate drivers for text and graphics printing are not required. In addition, Print Merge skips blank lines.

Video modes You have the option of using video modes (text or graphics) to display more than 25 lines of text on screen.

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