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Collaborate on Documents with Team Members
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Available only on FrontPage 2002 as an integration tool with SharePoint Services
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With Office 2003 teams can create co-author, modify, and review files using "Document Workspaces". Separately, shared attachments can also be co-authored using Outlook 2003. A "Shared Workspace" task pane is available on Office Excel 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003. SharePoint Services is still available.
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Exchanging Contact Information
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Available only through SharePoint services.
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Now also available through Outlook 2003.
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Organizing Meetings and Events
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Viewing multiple calendars next to one's own, scheduling a meeting, and exporting event information is available through Outlook Calendar.
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"Meeting Workspaces" (as a shared document) has been added. All applicable parties can now share in planning.
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Managing Document Changes
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Viewing changes by specific reviewers with markups in both Word and Powerpoint is available. Acceptance or rejection of changes can be done one at a time or all at once.
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An additional lock down of specific passages in Word 2003 is now available using a "Protect Document" task pane.
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Controlling Access to Vital Business Information
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Digital certification showing originater and simple password security is available on Word and Excel.
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Information Rights Management (IRM) is now available restricting who can open files on Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003. Also, documents can now have an expiration date in which they can no longer be viewed. And, one can create IRM organizational policy templates to control document exchange per organizational policy.
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Preventing E-Mail Overload
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An E-Mail Viewing Pane, email filtering (including block sender), spam filtering, and folderization of incoming mail are available.
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All features are enhanced, and a "ghost" pop-up announcement of incoming mail is now available. This new announcement pop-up allows one to do basic functions without opening Outlook.
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Organizing Your E-Mail Inbox
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Outlook priortizes Inbox by only date, from, to, and a few other fields.
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Outlook 2003 offers arranged by "Conversation" option which shows only unread or marked e-mail specific to a conversation. Also, six color coded "Quick Flags" are available to find email automatically put in folders from a "For Follow Up" folder. There's also a "Search Folder" to use when needed eliminating rerunning searches.
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Saving Time with Tools
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One can save time by using integrated tools among Office Products and Office Online Services.
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The integration tools have been improved with the addition of "Research and Reference" task frame which brings online information directly into Excel 2003, Outlook 2003, PowerPoint 2003, and Word 2003.
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Application-Specific Improvements
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Excel has enhancements in calculation detection.
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Word 2003 offers a Reading Layout View. Excel 2003 offers a list integration with Windows SharePoint Services. PowerPoint 2003 offers a direct-to-CD burning of a PowerPoint slide-show. PowerPoint 2003 offers smart tag support to provide clickable "further information".
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Improving Performance and Administration
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Outlook stays connected even when one roams between network connection. Saving work after an error occurs is available. Backward compatibility is available on all Office products.
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The traditions of the past continue with the added feature of local caching of all downloaded information as it comes in.
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Working Mobile
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Tablet-type devices can convert handwriting into text.
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Added is annotation to files using a digital pen.
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Harnessing Information from the Programs You Use Most
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There is no XML import capabilities to create documents using schema.
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Word 2003, Excel 2003, and InfoPath 2003 offer XML tools in WYSIWYG ("What you see is what you get") format.
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Customizing Office 2003 Editions Programs
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There are paste, auto-correction, and context-sensitive tools.
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Smart Tags are available to automatically recognize information types, paste from one source to another, and modify auto-correction for future use.
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