Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Office 2003

Clockwise from top-right: Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Excel, on Windows 10.
Developer(s) Microsoft
Initial release August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19)
Last release Service Pack 3 (11.0.8173.0)[1] / September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Development status Discontinued
Operating system Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008[2]
Platform Microsoft Windows
Type Office suite
License Trialware and software as a service (Microsoft Software Assurance)
Website office.microsoft.com

Microsoft Office 2003 is an office suite written and distributed by Microsoft for their Windows operating system. Released to manufacturing on August 19, 2003[3] and launched on October 21, 2003,[4] it was the successor to Office XP and the predecessor to Office 2007. It is the final version of Office to have the 97-2003 format as default across all applications, as well as being the final version to include the toolbar and menu interfaces across the core applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and parts of Outlook). A compatibility pack was released for Office 2003 for new OOXML formats in 2007.

A new Office logo was debuted as part of a rebranding effort by Microsoft,[5] as well as two new applications: InfoPath and OneNote. OneNote is a note-taking and organizing application for text, handwritten notes or diagrams, recorded audio and graphics, and InfoPath is an application for designing, distributing, filling and submitting electronic forms containing structured data. Office 2003 was the first version to use Windows XP style icons, visual styles and colors. However, Office 2003 could automatically match colors of Windows XP themes.

Office 2003 runs only on NT-based versions of Windows; it is not supported on Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows NT 4.0. It is the last version of Office compatible with Windows 2000, as Office 2007 requires Windows XP or newer. It is listed as being "Not Compatible" with Windows 8 by the Microsoft Windows 8 Compatibility Center, although most users have claimed it is compatible.[6]

Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 was released on July 27, 2004, Service Pack 2 was released on September 27, 2005, and Service Pack 3 was released on September 17, 2007. The last cumulative update for Office 2003, Service Pack 3 resolved several compatibility and stability issues with Windows Vista and later operating systems, and is a roll-up release that contains Service Packs 1 and 2 along with other updates previously released under Windows Update. Mainstream support for Office 2003 ended April 14, 2009, and extended support April 8, 2014, the same times as Windows XP.[7]

New features

The core applications, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, had only minor improvements from Office XP. Outlook 2003 received improved functionality in many areas, including better email and calendar sharing and information display, complete Unicode support, search folders, colored flags, Kerberos authentication, RPC over HTTP, and Cached Exchange mode. Another key benefit of Outlook 2003 was the improved junk mail filter. Tablet and pen support was introduced in the productivity applications. Word 2003 introduced a reading layout view, document comparison, better change-tracking and annotation/reviewing, a Research Task Pane, voice comments and an XML-based format among other features. Excel 2003 introduced list commands, some statistical functions and XML data import, analysis and transformation/document customization features. Access 2003 introduced a backup command, the ability to view object dependencies, error checking in forms and reports among other features.

Office 2003 features improvements to smart tags such as smart tag Lists, which are defined in XML, by using regular expressions and an extended type library.[8] Smart tag recognition was added to PowerPoint and Access. FrontPage 2003 introduced conditional formatting, Find and Replace for HTML elements, new tools for creating and formatting tables and cells, dynamic templates (Dreamweaver), Flash support, WebDAV and SharePoint publishing among other features. Publisher 2003 introduced a Generic Color PostScript printer driver for commercial printing.[9] Information Rights Management capabilities were introduced in document productivity applications to limit access to a set of users and/or restrict types of actions that users could perform. Support for managed code add-ins as VSTO solutions was introduced.

Office 2003 was the last version of Microsoft Office to include fully customizable toolbars and menus for all of its applications, the Office Assistant, the ability to slipstream service packs into the original setup files, Office Web Components, and the Save My Settings Wizard, which allowed users to choose whether to keep a locally cached copy of installation source files and several utility resource kit tools. It was also the last Office version to support Windows 2000. A new picture organizer with basic editing features, called Microsoft Office Picture Manager, was included.

Only basic clipart and templates were included on the disc media, with most content hosted online and downloadable from within the Office application. Microsoft advertised Office Online as a major Office 2003 feature "outside the box".[10] Office Online provides how-to articles, tips, training courses, templates, clip art, stock photos and media and downloads (including Microsoft and third-party extensibility add-ins for Microsoft Office programs).

Office 2003 features broad XML integration (designing customized XML schemas, importing and transforming XML data) throughout resulting in a far more data-centric model (instead of a document-based one). The MSXML 5 library was introduced specifically for Office's XML integration. Office 2003 also has SharePoint integration to facilitate data exchange, collaborated workflow, and publishing. InfoPath 2003 was introduced for collecting data in XML-based forms and templates based on information from databases.

Removed features

Applications

Editions

Application Office
Basic *		 Student and
Teacher Edition **		 Standard Small Business Professional Edition
Word Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Excel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Outlook Yes Yes Yes Yes
with Business Contact Manager[15]		 Yes
with Business Contact Manager[15]
PowerPoint No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Publisher No No No Yes Yes
Access No No No No Yes
InfoPath No No No No Volume edition only
OneNote No No No No No
FrontPage No No No No No
Visio No No No No No
Project No No No No No

Notes:

All Office 2003 applications can be bought independently.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How to check the version of Office 2003 products". Microsoft. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  2. ↑ https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/822129
  3. ↑ "Core Microsoft Office System Products Are Complete, Released to Manufacturers". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  4. ↑ "Steve Ballmer Speech Transcript - Microsoft Office System Launch". Microsoft.com. 2003-10-21. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  5. ↑ Wilcox, Joe (March 9, 2003). "Microsoft rebrands Office for enterprises". CNET. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Microsoft Office 2003 Professional". Windows 8 Compatibility Center. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Microsoft Support Lifecycle". Microsoft. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  8. ↑ Jurden, Dan (January 8, 2004). "Using Smart Tags in Office 2003". DevX. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Install the Generic Color PS for Commercial Printing printer driver". Microsoft. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  10. ↑ "The newest feature of Office isn't in the box-it's on the Web - Help and How-to - Microsoft Office Online". Web.archive.org. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Differences between Office XP and Office 2003". Technet.microsoft.com. 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  12. ↑ Microsoft Knowledgebase http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827740
  13. ↑ "Deprecating WinHelp". Assistance Platform Team Blog. May 20, 2005. Archived from the original on June 16, 2009. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Office Shortcut Bar is not included in Office". Support.microsoft.com. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
  15. 1 2 "Install Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2003". Microsoft. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
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