Office 2003

tefleming

Got my quarterly Action Pack update last week. Just now got around to installing Office 2003. It looks sweet... I haven't really used it that much yet..?..

Anyone used it and have tips or reactions?

SimGuy

Stand-Alone functionality wise, it's the same as Office 97 with a little bit of updated eye candy.

When you introduce it with Microsoft's Office Server application (I can't remember the name), it becomes a power collaborative tool that actually works.

So far, Office 2003 Professional edition is very stable. I haven't had an Office application hang/crash on me yet.

reelbigfish

I have the standard edition, and I really like the redesign of Outlook. The rest is not really much different from XP.

Optimus-Matrix

If your in the market to upgrade from xp to 2k3 don't do it. It's not even worth it. Only a few changes

shwaip

I have the pro version (part of the software i get from school), and it seems that the biggest change is to outlook, and not that much to the other programs. However, I have not had much time to much around with it.

reelbigfish

I think the voice recognition software is a little better too. Of course it still makes a lot of mistakes, but hey, its included in office xp/2k3 and it's better than typing all those huge papers.

CyrixInstead

The new Infopath application for making XML forms is good, I use it at University for writing down lecture notes.

~Cyrix

dak125

reelbigfish had this to say
I have the standard edition, and I really like the redesign of Outlook. The rest is not really much different from XP.

I agree. Just installed the Pro version and the update of Outlook is very welcomed.