Word Processing - making tables, etc.

I have Works 4.5 and like it for a lot of things...I have been trying to find an easy way to make tables, charts, etc. I use these for my job, and need to make a variety of charts with different numbers and sizes of rows and columns. These are for printing, not for web page design. Is there anyone out there who can recommend a good word processing program for this purpose? Works has limited templates for tables, but I want something that's fairly open to my input as to what I want it to look like...plain, nothing fancy, mind you. But mainly easy to use! Help, anyone???
Thanks in advance!!
Barb

 

Word allows you to make tables, etc but if you're looking for something with a few more options, then maybe SmartDraw would fit the bill?