Hello Russk2t,
There is plenty of info about Works 9 available on the Works webpage at Microsoft.com:
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/default.mspxIf your main concern is to have the latest edition of Microsoft Word, perhaps purchasing Office Home and Student 2007 would be a better option. Office Home & Student 2007 includes Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. If you live in the USA, you can watch the sales at the Big Box stores and sometimes get a copy of Office Home and Student 2007 for as little as $79.99 (regular retail price seems to be about $149). Since the retail license for H&S allows you to install it on up to three computers in the same household when used for noncommercial purposes, that works out to less than $30 for each computer.
If you are not 100% satisfied with any Microsoft retail product, and you reside in North America, if your reseller will not accept a return of the product, you can send the product to Microsoft for a refund within 45 days of purchase:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/productrefund/refund.mspx This article at PCWorld Magazine blogs might be of interest:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/173382/adsupported_office_starter_2010_to_replace_ms_works.html
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