Thread: Works and Microsoft Word on the same computer?

Can I install Microsoft Works and Microsoft Word on the same computer?

There is no issue for installing and running Microsoft-Works and Microsoft-Word on one computer. The 2 programs use various preference files and, then, should not interfere with each other. But it also means that your user settings and parameters can be another, meaning you will have to customize them in together Works and Word.

Various Windows-based computers come with Microsoft Works installed, and people sometimes decide to upgrade to the stronger Microsoft Word program for word processing. Word can be installed by itself, but is most commonly installed as part of Microsoft Office. If you select to use Word instead of Works, you can save your documents from Word as a Microsoft Works file so that Works will have no problem opening it. Though, since Word has different formatting options than Works, you can lose some advanced formatting when saving the file as a Works document. Documents with basic formatting should look the same way no matter how you save them.