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In article <1992Jul31.171854.3087@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, buckc@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Carolyn Buck-Gengler) writes:
> 
> In response to a previous posting where I said I'm looking at MS
> Word and MS Works (due to the fact that I *know* I can read files
> back and forth between them), one helpful reader gave his opinion
> that Claris works is much better than MS Works, and felt that CW
> ought to be compatible with MSWord.  On the other hand, last Sat at
> Denvers CWElectronics, a salesdroid spent quite a bit of time trying
> to get files to read in back and forth, and could not.  (I don't
> KNOW that he tried every last thing possible -- he was going too
> fast to follow everything he did.)
> 
> So, specific question about these two works programs and MSWord.
> I would like responses dealing with actual experience, not "well
> they are the same company so they should work together" or "well
> claris says it works with popular mac sw so they should work
> together" or "well they are NOT the same company so obviously you
> should get both MS products" -- I have gotten all those responses
> from salesdroids over the last several days, at several stores.  I
> want real experience, the only demonstration I've seen of it says
> it won't work.
> <this is not to discount the experience of my original correspondent
> in this matter! but I wasn't able to duplicate it, and I'd like to
> before I am stuck with CW and it won't deal with word!>
> 
> so, for those who have used both works, which do you prefer and why?
> and for those who successfully (and without more conversion sw) use
> CW and MSWord, please let me know.

Well, I work for Claris, so I am not exactly objective about this.
However...  ClarisWorks can read and write MS Word 3.0, 4.0, and 5.0
(and also 1.0 by using the MW Write translator) files using XTND.
It ignores anything that it doesn't understand, though--so it will
not import some aspects/features (e.g., it will import only the first
header or footer in the document, and will ignore formatting changes
in sections).  I have used it, and speak from experience.

I don't know what features MS Works 3.0 will have (they are intro-
ducing it today at MacWorld Boston), but CW has MSW 2.0 beat
every which way but loose, IMO.  In MS Works, you have to have a
seperate document for each feature, and can't mix them.  With CW,
you can have any feature (except terminal emulation) in any
document.  You can put a spreadsheet, for example, in a word
processing document, or you can have graphics in a data base
document.  When you click on an element, the menus and tools change
to reflect the environment you're in.

I hope that I've been of some help.  If you have any specific
questions, please ask them.

--Mike