An earlier integrated software package for Windows and Mac from Microsoft. Available from 1987 to 2009 and originally MouseWorks for the Mac, Microsoft Works provided file management with relational-like capabilities, word processing, spreadsheet, business graphics and communications capabilities in one package. It was never as comprehensive as Microsoft Office.
Works for DOS and Windows
In 1987, "Works for DOS" debuted, and "MS Works for Windows" was introduced in 1991. Works software used WKS (spreadsheet), WDB (database) and WPS (document) file extensions rather than the XLS, MDB and DOC extensions in Office; however, it imported Microsoft Office files (see
Microsoft Office).