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Compare Office 2003 Editions to Previous Versions

Published: December 23, 2003

There are lots of great new things in the latest release of Microsoft Office. See how upgrading to Office 2003 Editions can improve the ways you do your work.

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Preventing E-Mail Overload
Feature	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003 Editions
E-mail notification E-mail desktop alerts inform you immediately of new e-mail messages.
E-mail Reading Pane Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 makes it easier to read e-mail messages, especially long ones. The Reading Pane displays twice as much content.
Junk e-mail filters Keep junk e-mail messages from cluttering your Outlook 2003 Inbox. The improved Junk E-Mail Filter develops through use by learning which messages you keep and delete.
Arrange by conversation Arrange your Inbox by conversation (or thread) to see all messages on a single topic conveniently grouped together.

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Easier to Learn and Use
Feature	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003 Editions
PowerPoint Package for CD Transfer a Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003 presentation, all associated graphics, and audio or video files to a CD. You can also include a free PowerPoint 2003 Viewer.
Research task pane Easily find and incorporate information from electronic dictionaries, thesauri, and online research sites into Microsoft Office Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Microsoft Office Word 2003 files using the Research task pane. Note Some resources available in the Research task pane require a connection to the Internet.
Document recovery In the event of a program error, Microsoft Office Access 2003, Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003 can save the files that are open when the error occurs.
Digital Ink support for the Tablet PC If you have a Tablet PC you can use a pen input device to annotate Office 2003 Editions files in your handwriting. Easily take notes and send comments to others.

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Sell and Market Products and Services (Office Small Business Edition 2003 only)
Feature	Office 2000	Office XP	Office 2003 Editions
Account, contact, and opportunity history Easily consolidate customer data—e-mails, appointments, phone calls, tasks, notes, and files—in one place using Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager.
Opportunities Stay on top of sales opportunities by tracking leads and sales prospects in Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager.
Professional-looking marketing materials Use Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 to create impressive sales and marketing materials in-house for desktop printing, commercial printers, Web, and e-mail.