Description from the Publisher:

Microsoft Works Suite includes six popular Microsoft home products in one, easy-to-use package. Works Suite includes Microsoft Works, Microsoft Word and the latest versions of Microsoft Money Standard, Microsoft Encarta standard, Microsoft Streets & Trips, and Microsoft Picture It! Photo Premium. It's one of the best software values you can find!

Microsoft Works Suite 2004 gives you more than applications, the Task Launcher brings all six products into an easy-to-use interface.

With more than 500 pre-designed templates to help easily complete almost any personal, household, school, and community related tasks, as well as help with managing larger projects with the My Projects project organizer tool, microsoft works suite 2004 is the one-stop software solution for a home PC.

• Word 2002 Use the same premier word processor featured in Microsoft Office XP. Word 2002 features—such as smart tags and task panes, and improved technology for formatting—make it easy to create professional-looking documents. Enhanced reliability ensures that you spend your time working, not re-creating the work you've completed.
  
• Works 7.0 Organize your household with spreadsheets, a calendar, an address book, a database, and more. Open and edit documents created with Microsoft Excel and exchange data with your Pocket PC or Palm-based device.
  
• Picture It!® Photo Premium 9.0 Use photos from digital cameras, scanners, photo CDs, and e-mail attachments. Organize your photos, correct common photo problems, create great photo projects, and share your photos online.
  
• Encarta® Encyclopedia Standard 2004 Access more than 38,000 up-to-date articles, plus photos, illustrations, hundreds of videos, animations, and audio files. Encarta is the ideal multimedia encyclopedia for everyday use.
  
• Money 2004 Standard Organize and manage your personal finances quickly and easily. If you're new to personal finance management software, Money Standard is a great way to get started.
  
• Streets & Trips 2004 Find maps, points of interest, routes, and driving directions without waiting for an Internet connection. Create and download maps to your Pocket PC.

Features

• Works Suite provides software for productivity, communication, personal finances, learning and reference, getting directions and planning trips, and photo editing all in one package.
  
• Works Suite is an incredible value. If acquired separately, these products would cost more than $200 dollars (USD) but Works Suite has an estimated retail price of just $99.99. If you purchase Works Suite and find your needs grow and you need upgrade to Microsoft Office, you qualify to purchase discounted price, upgrade versions of Microsoft Office 2003.
  
• What's New Balance your checkbook, pay bills, track expenses and reduce debt with Microsoft Money

• 500 template for letters, newsletters, flyers, business and address cards, household management, budgets, fundraising projects, research and reports, travel planning, cards and crafts, photo projects and much more.
  
• Learning Up-to-date, accurate, and interesting multimedia learning with Encarta Encyclopedia
  
• Picture it! benefit Easily fix photos and turn them into creative cards, calendars, photo frames and more with Picture It! Photo Premium
  
• Streets and Trips Get door-to-door driving directions and maps for anywhere in the U.S or Canada with updated route, construction and even one-way streets indicators in Streets & Trips.

Benefits

• Works Suite provides software for productivity, communication, personal finances, learning and reference, getting directions and planning trips, and photo editing all in one package.
  
• Works Suite gives you more than applications…the Task Launcher brings all six products into and easy-to-use interface, gives you more than 500 pre-designed templates to help easily complete almost any personal, household, school, and community related tasks, and helps you manage larger projects with the My Projects project organizer tool.
  
• Works Suite is an incredible value. If acquired separately, these products would cost more than $200 dollars (USD).
  
• If you purchase Works Suite and find your needs grow and you need upgrade to Microsoft Office, you qualify to purchase discounted price, upgrade versions of Microsoft Office 2003.

• Computer/Processor Multimedia PC with a Pentium 500 MHz or higher.
• Memory 64 MB of RAM required for Windows 98 or Windows ME Systems. 128 MB of RAM is recommended. Minimum of 128 MB of RAM for Windows 2000 or Windows XP systems. Other applications running simultaneously may require additional memory.
• Hard Disk Hard drive requirements will vary by configuration. 1400 MB of available hard disk space is required for a typical installation of Works Suite 2004. Up to an additional 115 MB is required on the hard disk where the operating system is installed for Word 2002.
• Drive Quad-speed or faster CD-ROM drive.
• Display Super VGA, 16-bit color monitor supporting 800 x 600 or higher resolution.
• Operating System Windows® 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 2 or greater, Windows Me, Windows XP, or higher.
• Peripheral - Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse®, or compatible pointing device. - 16-bit sound card with speakers or headphones.
• Miscellaneous 4 MB or more of video memory. 33.6Kbps or higher-baud modem required for Internet connectivity.