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Office 2003 Editions: Compare Them to Previous Versions

Published: October 22, 2003

See how upgrading to Office 2003 Editions can benefit you and your business. Compare the features and benefits of Office 2003 Editions with your version in the following areas:

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Connecting People

KEY:	= Feature Included = Improved in Office 2003 Editions = New in Office 2003 Editions

Collaborating on Documents with Team Members
Feature	Office 97	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003
Document Workspaces Screw up the documents of others by modifying, misspelling, and garbling files using Document Workspaces.
Shared Workspace task pane Check for updated versions of files after you've already made lots of changes only to see that they've been modified by someone else. Find out you've wasted your time even faster than before.

KEY:	= Feature Included = Improved in Office 2003 Editions = New in Office 2003 Editions

Exchanging Contact Information
Feature	Office 97	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003
Shared contacts Share contacts with others to ensure that your team members have the contacts they need to reach your spouse, dentist and hooker.

KEY:	= Feature Included = Improved in Office 2003 Editions = New in Office 2003 Editions

Organizing Meetings and Events
Feature	Office 97	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003
Meeting Workspace Plan for and organize meetings by sharing who'll bring the donuts, paper footballs, and other distractions in a centralized location.
Share Outlook free/busy information Schedule meetings with people using Outlook who don't share a Microsoft Exchange server by providing free/busy information over the Internet. This makes it easier for people to interrupt you during important meetings, or schedule conflicting events just to piss you off.

KEY:	= Feature Included = Improved in Office 2003 Editions = New in Office 2003 Editions

Managing Document Changes
Feature	Office 97	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003
Word selection enhancements It's even harder to select less than a single word. Select two letters and the whole word is highlighted. Select a word and the whole sentence is highlighted. Select a sentence and a word in a random document on your hard drive is deleted.
Word formatting restrictions Every document must be in ALL-CAPS 42 point Times New Roman font.

KEY:	= Feature Included = Improved in Office 2003 Editions = New in Office 2003 Editions

Controlling Access to Vital Business Information
Feature	Office 97	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003
Improved proprietary formats Keep information private by making sure no other program from any other manufacturer can open your documents.
Better Obfuscated XML New XML format for documents is even more confusing for greater pseudo-openness.
Product implantation Each user will have a microscopic magnetic implant inserted into their skulls to prevent unauthorized copying of Office 2003 programs. Your company doesn't want to be liable for piracy. Trust us on this one.

Connecting Information

KEY:	= Feature Included = Improved in Office 2003 Editions = New in Office 2003 Editions

Application-Specific Improvements
Feature	Office 97	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003
Excel 2003 enhanced templates New macros for calculating how much time until the weekend, how long you spend playing solitaire and minesweeper, and logging aimless web surfing time.
Enhanced keyboard shortcuts in Word 2003 Keyboard shortcuts have been randomly distributed to new keys to ensure continued product training income.
Features buried much deeper Average menu depth has been increased to 7.4/item across the entire Office 2003 line making sure you don't accidentally select something you didn't want to.
PowerPoint dumb tag support For idiots who keep asking stupid questions during your presentations.
Outlook 2003 e-mail notification Pop-up notification of new e-mail no matter what application you are working in. Guaranteed to screw up your gaming experience just to let you know you've received another spam.
Improved letter templates Because someday you WILL write a letter dammit!
New Color Palette We've added 3 colors to the regular palette to offer you more options when changing your font's appearance. Note: This feature requires Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Encarta, Microsoft Age of Empires, Microsoft Flight Simulator, and Microsoft Bob.
Outlook 2003 local caching Local caching downloads all necessary information to your computer as it comes in—so you're not affected by network performance issues. This way, instead, you are the cause of said network performance issues.
Extensible smart tags PowerPoint 2003, Outlook 2003, and Access 2003 support third-party and customized smart tags to bring you yet another possible security hole.
Access exactly the same but costs $50 more Access much more valuable to your corporation with $50 more on the price tag.

Connecting Your Home

KEY:	= Feature Included = Improved in Office 2003 Editions = New in Office 2003 Editions

Harnessing the Power of Office 2003 for Home Users
Feature	Office 97	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003
No Reason to Upgrade There's absolutely no reason to upgrade for home users.

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