Office 2003 Family Product Guides and Reading Lists

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Office 2003 Editions Product Guide

Today more than ever people and companies are using software tools to deal with information. Office 2003 Editions include new and enhanced functionality to help people take advantage of this information, enabling them to communicate more effectively, collaborate with coworkers, and improve business processes. Download this product guide to get in-depth information about the new capabilities, technologies, and designs in Office 2003 Editions that help employees and businesses maximize productivity.

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Word 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office Word 2003 is the Office word processor. In response to customer feedback, Word 2003 offers new features to make documents easier to create, share, and read. The review and markup features have been enhanced to address the many ways that you can track changes and manage comments. Word 2003 also supports XML as a file format and serves as a fully functional XML editor. In addition, you can use Word 2003 to save and open XML files to integrate with key business data in your organization.   911 KB

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Excel 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office Excel 2003, the Office spreadsheet program, includes support for XML and new features that make it easier to analyze and share information. You can define a portion of a spreadsheet as a list and export it to a Microsoft Windows® SharePoint Services Web site. Smart tags in Excel 2003 are more flexible than in Office 2003, and enhancements to statistical functions enable you to better analyze information.   836 KB

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Outlook 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 is the Office personal information manager and communication program. Outlook 2003 provides a unified place to manage e-mail, calendars, contacts, and other personal and team information. Key enhancements in Outlook 2003—such as the new cached mode, automatic grouping of messages, junk mail handling, and improved reading views—dramatically improve the way you organize and manage information, and improve performance and user connectivity.  1.57 MB

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PowerPoint 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003, the Office presentation graphics program, allows you to create an impact in person or online. With improvements to the user interface and support for Smart Tags, PowerPoint 2003 makes it easier to view and create presentations. Multimedia support in PowerPoint 2003 is also improved. You can easily save PowerPoint 2003 files to a CD, and integration with Microsoft Windows Media® Player allows you to play streaming audio and video within a slide show.   831 KB

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Access 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office Access 2003, the Office database management program, offers an improved ease of use and an expanded ability to import, export, and work with XML data files. Working in Access 2003 is easier because common errors are identified and flagged for you, and then you receive options to correct them. A new feature also helps database developers identify object dependencies for them.   1.2 MB

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InfoPath 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office InfoPath™ 2003, the Office information gathering and management program, streamlines the process of gathering information. This new program allows you to do three key activities: create dynamic forms, complete the forms, and submit these forms to XML-enabled systems and business processes. It provides a highly efficient and flexible way to gather information, and make it reusable for everyone in your organization. By helping you get the information you need in a timely fashion, InfoPath 2003 can help you make better-informed decisions.   2.73 MB

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Publisher 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003, the Office business publishing and marketing materials program, makes it easier than ever to create, design, and publish professional marketing and communication materials. You can create materials for print, e-mail, and the Web using the same familiar user interface in other Microsoft Office System programs. Publisher 2003 takes creating and publishing marketing materials to a new level.   505 KB

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OneNote 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office OneNote™ 2003, the Office note-taking and management program, enables you to capture, organize, and reuse notes on a laptop or desktop computer, or a Tablet PC. OneNote 2003 gives you one place to capture multiple forms of information, including typed and handwritten notes, hand-drawn diagrams, audio recordings, photos and pictures from the Web, and information from other programs. OneNote 2003 then helps you organize and reuse that information the way you prefer, so you can better manage the deluge of information you face each day.   2.3 MB

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FrontPage 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office FrontPage® 2003, the Office Web site creation and management program, delivers powerful features and controls to help you design better Web sites, generate code faster, and extend your Web capabilities by incorporating XML and connecting to external data sources. FrontPage 2003 can help you broaden your Web publishing beyond static pages into advanced, interactive Web sites.   4.57 MB

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Project 2003 Product Guides

Microsoft Office Project 2003, part of the Microsoft Office System, is a family of products that includes Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003, Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003, and Microsoft Office Project Server 2003. Project Professional 2003 and Project Server 2003 work together to provide the powerful Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution that enables organizations to align business initiatives, projects, and resources for better business results. By using its flexible reporting and analysis capabilities, you can be sure that you have actionable information to help you optimize resources, prioritize work, and align your projects with overall business objectives.

Project Standard 2003 Product Guide   2.05 MB

Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solution Guide   3.2 MB

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Visio 2003 Product Guide

Microsoft Office Visio® 2003, the Office business and technical diagramming program, helps you transform ideas and traditional business data into diagrams. Visio helps you better understand and communicate important information, so you can improve your decision-making process, build consensus across the organization, enhance communication, and make a more professional, lasting impact on your audience.    392 KB

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MapPoint 2004

Microsoft MapPoint 2004 is business mapping and intelligence software that combines powerful mapping and analysis tools with the simplicity of Microsoft Office. Designed for everyday business use, MapPoint makes it easy to visualize business information on maps, communicate and illustrate points on maps, and integrate maps into Microsoft Office documents.

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Data Analyzer Product Guide

Microsoft Data Analyzer—the Office data analysis solution—is an easy-to-use tool that makes sophisticated business intelligence accessible to everyone, regardless of technical expertise. Its innovative graphical analysis interface reveals trends, opportunities, and potential issues in your data at a glance. Use it to get answers to your business questions and put the power of knowledge into the hands of those who need it most—decision-makers at all levels of your organization.   1.4 MB

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