Microsoft KB Archive/69741

Works: History of Upgrades PSS ID Number: Q69741 Article last modified on 03-08-1991 PSS database name: D_WorKs

1.00 1.05 2.00

MS-DOS

Summary:

The following is a history of upgrades for Microsoft Works.

Version 1.05 (4/88)
  Network support was added.   Buttons do not close dialog boxes. The following buttons will leave the dialog box on the screen: Tabs command (WP): Set, Change, Clear & Clear All Name command (SS): Delete button Charts command (SS): Rename, Delete, Copy Reports command (DB): Rename, Delete, Copy Data format command (chart): Format and Format All Legends command (chart): Create Button Series and data label commands (Chart): Delete where WP is word processor, SS is spreadsheet, and DB is database.   Change All and Ignore All commands have been added to the spelling checker.   Insert/Delete commands (SS/DB) ask between rows & columns.   Additional printer support (including PostScript) was added.   A monochrome EGA screen driver was added. 

Works Version 2.00 (9/89)
(See article Q49354, “Works 2.00: New Features,” for a description of the following features.)


 * 1) Online help was improved.
 * 2) Online training was improved.
 * 3) Multiple overlapping windows were added.
 * 4) Print Preview was added.
 * 5) WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) styles were added (bold, italic, and underline can be seen in graphics mode).
 * 6) The Thesaurus was improved.
 * 7) File management operations were improved.
 * 8) Run Other Programs command was added.
 * 9) Calculator was added.
 * 10) Alarm clock was added.
 * 11) Expanded memory support was added.
 * 12) Footnote command was added.
 * 13) Forms generation was added.
 * 14) Paragraph borders were added.
 * 15) A communications buffer was added.
 * 16) Autodialer was added.
 * 17) Edit Bookmark Name command was added.
 * 18) Fill Series command was added.
 * 19) Sort Rows command was added for spreadsheets.
 * 20) The ability to have multilined fields in the database was added.
 * 21) File backup was improved.
 * 22) File conversion from within Works was added.
 * 23) Built-in macros were included.
 * 24) The ability to have user defined templates was added.
 * 25) The ability to print text and graphics with the same printer driver was added.
 * 26) Print Form Letters command skips blank lines.
 * 27) Graphics modes and more lines per screen capabilities were added.

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