What version of Works do you have?
I have MS Works Suite 2006 (which says it is Works 8.5) installed on
VISTA Business and so I just started it up, opened (since I don't yet
have any created in Works) an Excel spreadsheet I could access and
printed it.
It printed OK and Works was still running afterwards so there would
seem to be nothing inherently wrong with Works and VISTA.
Since you spent quite a lot of time preparing the spreadsheet that will
not print I imagine it may be quite large. Perhaps you could try
opening a spreadsheet and just typing some junk into a few cells and
try printing that.
At least you are not alone as you will see if you do a Google on
[Microsoft Works 8 has stopped working]
Have a look at this newsgroup thread:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities.../default.aspx?
dg=microsoft.public.works.win&tid=74ca81f3-f0a9-4598-b658-
b8c69ba81b28&p=1
In this context (and ignoring the last message there saying it is the
fault of WORKS + VISTA <g>) what make and model of printer are you
using? Have you checked to see if there are updated VISTA drivers for
it on the manufacturer's website? Does it work OK with other documents?
What happens if you print a non-spreadsheet from WORKS?