Office 2003 Editions can help organizations and their employees transform information into impact. New and familiar products, features, and functionality improve how people and organizations connect to people, information, and business processes. Advances in intranet collaboration through integration with the collaboration and information-sharing portal, Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003, enable employees to access and share information both internally and externally. Support for information rights management (IRM) and industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) provide a platform on which to quickly build cost-effective solutions that can have an immediate impact.

New Features Include:

Document Workspaces
Simplify the process of working with others to co-author, modify, and review files using Document Workspaces. Document Workspaces are centralized Web-based repositories that provide files, tasks, and lists of links and team members and are accessible through the Shared Workspace task pane.

Shared attachments
Send shared attachments in Microsoft Outlook�, and recipients can choose to open a local copy to work from, or check the shared workspace to find and download a more current version.

Shared Workspace task pane
Check for updated versions of files, see if team members are online, see related links and files, and view file properties. You can receive an e-mail alert when any of the items in the shared workspace change. When you make an update in the Shared Workspace task pane your change is automatically made in the shared workspace.

Online presence awareness
There is no need to leave your program in Office 2003 Editions to find out if a team member is online so that you can quickly confer with them. Online presence information is available in Outlook and in the Shared Workspace task pane.

Integration with Windows SharePoint Services
Create a team intranet site, and then upload files using your browser or Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, or Microsoft Office PowerPoint� 2003. Integration with Microsoft Windows� SharePoint� Services enables you to use the Shared Workspace task pane, Document Workspaces, and shared attachments.

Shared contacts
Share contacts with others to ensure that your team members have the contacts they need to reach people and conduct business and much more.

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