About the Book
Your exclusive, insider’s
preview of the newest Microsoft Office System!
What’s inside the newest Microsoft®
Office System? How can your business put its new capabilities to work right
away? With FIRST LOOK MICROSOFT OFFICE 2003, you get exclusive, advance
insights and straight talk from a well-known author and columnist who works
closely with the Microsoft Office team. Get the edge on understanding how
to exploit the many enhancements in Office Professional 2003—including
two new programs in the Microsoft Office System. It’s the practical, focused
information you need to start planning—and hit the ground running—with
the next generation of Office.
Get a head start on planning, deployment,
and everyday productivity.
• See how the easy-to-use programs and
services you know offer new ways to capture and share ideas
• Explore—and take advantage of—the built-in
privacy and security enhancements
• Communicate easier and faster with integrated
messaging, more intuitive e-mail, and other innovations
• NEW—Meet Microsoft Office OneNote™,
a digital note-taking and whiteboarding tool for managing ideas and data
on the fly
• NEW—Discover how Microsoft Office InfoPath™
unlocks the potential for XML data-sharing across Office applications
• Use SharePoint™ Team Services for easy
Web-based document and information exchange
• Learn about improvements that simplify
product installation and support
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
1 An Overview of Microsoft Office
2003 1
The Challenges
Information Workers Face 2
The Office
2003 Answer 5
What's
New in Office 2003? 7
Improvements in Setup 9
Changes in the Office 2003 User Interface 9
Seamless Integration with Office on Microsoft.com 10
A Farther Reach for Research 13
Capturing Ideas as They Occur 14
Enhanced Collaboration with SharePoint Team Services 15
Extending Data Functionality with XML 16
Making Your Documents Smarter with Smart Documents, InfoPath, and Enhanced
Smart Tags 16
Improvements
in Office 2003 Security 17
Productivity
Improvements 18
Summary
21
2 Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
and Messaging 23
A New
Look for Outlook 24
Working with Views 26
Streamlining
E-Mail 31
A New
Emphasis on Collaboration 33
Instant Messaging and Notifications 33
Comparing Schedules 35
Meeting Workspaces 38
More
Effective E-Mail Management 40
Using Search Folders 41
Quick Handling of Invitations 42
Quick Flag Capability 42
Easy Editing of Distribution Lists 43
Working with E-Mail Rules and Alerts 44
Security and Privacy 45
Additional Input Options 48
Changes in the E-Mail Message Window 48
Summary
49
3 Collaborating Using SharePoint
Team Services and SharePoint Portal Server 51
The SharePoint
Technologies Vision 52
A First
Look at SharePoint Team Services 52
What Can You Do with SharePoint Team Services? 55
Who Uses SharePoint Team Services? 56
A First
Look at SharePoint Portal Server 57
Overview
of New Features in SharePoint 2 58
New Collaborative Productivity Solutions 58
Contacts and Communications 75
Improved SharePoint Features 79
Summary
81
4 Introduction to Microsoft Office
OneNote 2003 83
Why Is
Improved Note-Taking Important? 85
Why Is Improved Note-Taking Essential to Enterprises? 86
Why Improved Note-Taking Is Essential to Individuals 88
Creating Notes 89
Getting Started with Your Notebook 92
System
Requirements 105
Installation 106
The Future
of OneNote 107
Summary
108
5 Support for XML
109
The Power
of XML 110
XML Basics 111
Data Here, Format There 114
Reusable Data 115
Write Your Own Schema 115
XML: A Common Denominator 116
XML for
Businesses 117
XML for
Developers 118
XML Support
in Office 2003 119
Word 2003 XML Features 119
Excel 2003 XML Features 124
Access 2003 XML Features 130
Summary
132
6 XML Applied: Smart Documents,
Smart Tags, and Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 133
A Comparison:
Smart Documents, Smart Tags, and InfoPath 133
Smart
Documents 134
Smart Document Possibilities 136
Smart Documents for End Users 137
Smart Documents for Developers 138
Enhanced
Smart Tags 138
Smart Tags for Businesses 139
What's New with Smart Tags in Office 2003? 140
Introduction
to InfoPath 144
InfoPath for Businesses 145
Highlights of InfoPath 147
Summary
151
7 Upgrading, Deploying, and Administering
Microsoft Office 2003 153
Installing
on or Upgrading Office 2003 on a Single Machine 154
The Office
2003 Installation Process 155
Deploying
Office in the Enterprise 162
The Office Resource Kit 162
Creating a Custom Installation 164
Using the Office 2003 Custom Installation Wizard 165
Deployment Through Microsoft System Management Server 169
Maintaining an Office Installation 169
Keeping Office Up to Date 172
The Customer
Feedback Loop 173
Summary
174
8 Microsoft Office 2003 Productivity
Enhancements 175
Office-Wide
Enhancements 175
Using Ink 175
Internet Faxing 179
IRM (Information Rights Management) 180
Research Task Pane 181
Picture Library 183
Word
2003 Enhancements 184
Reading Layout Mode 184
Style Locking 186
Editing Restrictions 187
Allowing Changes in Document Sections 187
Excel
2003 Enhancements 187
Links to SharePoint Team Services 188
PowerPoint
Enhancements 189
Packaging Presentations 189
Slide Show Annotations 190
Improved Navigation Tools 191
Full-Screen Movie Playback 192
Microsoft
Office Access 2003 Enhancements 192
Smart Tags Identifying Common Errors 193
Creating a Backup Database 193
Identifying Dependencies 194
Simplified Copying of Linked Tables 194
Microsoft
Office FrontPage 2003 Improvements 195
New Look for FrontPage 196
New Views 196
Table Layout Controls 197
New Browser Options 198
Microsoft
Office Document Imaging 199
Microsoft
Office 2003 Outlook with Business Contact Manager 199
Summary
200
RESOURCES 201
INDEX 209 |
