Upgrader's Guide to Microsoft Office System 2003

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Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2004-08-10
Publisher(s): Que Publishing
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Summary

- Quickly find the information you need to maximize your productivity. - Unveils the new, revised, moved, and improved features in Office 2003 Professional. - Includes only relevant content for those upgrading to Office 2003 - no fluff, no extra stuff. - Enables upgraders to quickly learn the new version.

Author Biography

Mike Gunderloy is an independent developer and author who has been working with computers for 25 years. His experience with Microsoft Office dates back to Office 4.3 which, despite the number, was the very first version of the integrated suite. In the intervening years, he has worked closely with the Office product team, participating in focus groups and even contributing some code to the finished product. Mike has written or contributed to more than 20 books on development topics. He's currently the editor of the weekly Developer Central newsletter. You can reach Mike at MikeG1@larkfarm.com or visit his Web site at http://www.larkware.com.

Susan Sales Harkins is an independent consultant with an expertise in Access. With Mike, Susan has written two Access books: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Access 2003 and Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Access 2002, both from Que. Currently, Susan writes for a number of technology-based publishers and magazines, including Element K Journals, builder.com, and devx.com. Her most recent books, also with Mike, include Exam Cram 2 ICDL and ICDL Practice Questions Exam Cram 2, both from Que.

Table of Contents

Introduction
What's New in Office 2003
The Office System
Collaboration
XML
XML Support in Word, Excel, and Access
InfoPath
Rights Management
Servers, Services, and Solutions
Shared Office Features
Touring the New Look and Feel of Office
Icons, Menus, and Toolbars
Customizing the User Interface
Tapping into Task Panes
Using the New Office Help System
The Help Menu
The Help Task Pane
Working with the Research Task Pane
Understanding Document and Meeting Workspaces
Using Document Workspaces
Using Meeting Workspaces
What's New in Outlook 2003
New Look and Feel
The New Menus
Three Panes-Lots of Options!Quick Access to Favorite Folders
Using Outlook As a Personal Information Manager
Quick Flags for Recognition
Search Folders Create Unique Views
Intelligent Grouping
Picturing Your Contacts
Email Management Features
Improved AutoComplete
Intuitive Arrangements
Dynamic Distribution Lists
Filtering Junk Email
Multiple Signatures
Attachment Freedom-Sort of...
Rules Rule!Productivity Enhancements
More Storage Room
Exchange Server 2003 and SharePoint Integration
Working Offline Using Cached Exchange Mode
Let Me Check Your Calendar
Corporate-Level Filtering
Managing SharePoint Alerts
Planning Meetings
Business Contact Manager
For the Developer
What's New in Word 2003
User Interface Changes
Menu Changes
The New Task Panes
Reading Layout
Compare Side by Side
Using Word As an XML Editor
Editing an XML Document
XML Schema Support
Using XSL Transformations
Understanding WordProcessingML
Other New Features
What's New in Excel 2003
Changes to the User Interface
The New Menus
New Look and Feel
The New Workbook Task Pane
Side-by-Side Workbooks
Extensible Markup Language Support
What's XML?Opening an XML File
Importing XML into an Excel List
Adding an XML Map to a Workbook
About Repeating XML Elements
More About the XML Source Task Pane
About SpreadsheetML
Productivity
Document Recovery
Excel Lists
Creating an Excel List
Working with Excel Lists
Collaboration Improvements
List Integration with SharePoint
What's New in PowerPoint 2003
Changes to the User Interface
The New Menus
New Look and Feel
Productivity Enhancements
Downloading New Templates
Using Ink to Mark a Presentation
Smart Tags
Packaging a Presentation and PowerPoint Viewer
Packaging a Presentation
Using the PowerPoint Viewer
Multimedia Support
Supported Media Formats
New Online Broadcasting Options
Full-Screen Playback
What's New in Access 2003
Changes to the User Interface
The New Menus
The New Task Panes
Productivity
Viewing Object Dependencies
Smart Tags
Automatic Backup
Local Linked Tables
Sorting Control Lists
New Service Options
Enhanced XML Support
Exporting and Importing Relationships
Applying Transforms
Changes to Security
SharePoint Integration
Exporting a Table or Query to a SharePoint List
Importing SharePoint Data into Access
What's New in FrontPage 2003
Changes to the User Interface
The New Menus
The New Task Panes
Two New Views
Two New Toolbars
Introducing Scripting Behaviors
Better Design and Graphic Tools
Layout Tables and Cells
Interactive Buttons
Dynamic Web Templates
Browser and Resolution Reconciliation
Accessibility Checking
Other Layout Tools
Working with Code
Quick Tag Selector and Editor
Optimizing HTML
Other New Coding Perks
SharePoint Services Integration
Data Source View and Web Parts
Web Package Templates
What's New in Publisher 2003
Changes to the User Interface
The New Menus
The New Task Panes
New Publication Types
New Design Sets
Layout and Graphics Improvements
The Graphics Manager
The Design Checker
The New Apply Master Page Task Pane
More Layout Guides
A Few More
The New Catalog Merge Feature
New Web Wizards and Tools
The Easy Web Site Builder
New Web Site Page Types
For Good Measure
Improved Productivity
Page Sorter
Improved Find and Replace
Enhanced Zooming
More Powerful Commercial Printing Features
New CMYK Support
Improved Print Separations
Introdu
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