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| Microsoft Office Professional 2003 [OLD VERSION] | ![Microsoft Office Professional 2003 [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MKGY964ML._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $499.99
Buy New: $105.00
You Save: $394.99 (79%)
New (25) Used (5) from $75.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 18
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 2000
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Professional
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 9.8 x 2
MPN: 269-06738
Model: 269-06738
UPC: 805529627529
EAN: 0805529627529
ASIN: B0000AZJVC
Release Date: October 21, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great price for all these features July 20, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Had Office XP before so the difference isn't that big. However, the price I found on here for this was too good to pass up.
 good stuff July 2, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
bought this copy after my compaq laptop died without back-up and the original system disk had windows only; no ms-office even thougth it was originally supplied by compaq
install and then update went smooth
The best Office suite ever yet! January 2, 2007
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 delivers on its title's promise -- it is the ultimate office/productivity suite for the computer professional. Microsoft Office Word 2003 is a great word processor, which can create print documents (the most popular type of document today), web pages (you can save in either HTML or XML format), and much more. With it, you can use tables, columns, mathematical equations (with Microsoft Equation 3), and any other accessories for print documents and web pages. Microsoft Office Excel 2003 is an excellent spreadsheet program, which lets you create spreadsheets, web pages (again, you can work with either HTML ot XML). With it, you can use forms for Web pages, and save information in tablular format. Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 is a professional presentations application, which can be used to create presentations for print or for viewing on a computer, and save them as print publications or Web sites. With it, you can add tables, columns, hyperlinks, and more for presentations. Microsoft Office Access 2003 is a great database application, which can be used to create professional databases and save information in web pages. With it, you can work with tables, queries, forms, reports and much more for database use. Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager is an excellent comminications/schedules program which can be used for writing and reading e-mail messages, calendars, using schedules and more. With it, you can use advanced formatting with e-mail messages and work with professional schedules and calenders and manage business contacts. Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 is a professional publications application, which can be used to create Web sites and print publications. With it, you can use advanced formatting and scripting with publications. There are also some common features, namely Microsoft Equation 3 and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 6.3 for writing scripts and macros. There is a disadvantage, however: Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 (the best program for creating web sites) is not included in the package (but can be purchased seperately). Otherwise, Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 is an ultimate Office suite, when used with Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, which is explained earlier.
 Not the utilitarian option June 3, 2006
29 out of 39 found this review helpful
Microsoft Office can be handy to have. The files you can open, edit and create with it (most notably .doc, .xls, and .ppt) are probably the closest to universal compatibility among all your high quality options. It's (relatively) intuitive. It has a pretty broad array of useful functions.
It's also obscenely expensive, considering the fact that you can get all of these things -- .doc, .xls, and .ppt; intuitive interface; and functionality -- for free.
I hunted up OpenOffice two years ago when I decided several hundred dollars was an insane price to pay for the ability to write papers, make basic presentations, or put together spreadsheets. I was looking for basic functionality, but I was pleasantly surprised; OpenOffice does most of the neat tricks, too. (Actually, it has a neat trick Microsoft can never replicate: it's open source, so it can respond to the needs of individual users. You just say "Add this neat trick!" and someone will likely be able to do it for you.)
It is possible that Microsoft Office has some killer feature you absolutely must have that OpenOffice doesn't. But considering the price differential, I wouldn't splurge on this before checking.
It's been some time since '97... May 3, 2006
33 out of 41 found this review helpful
Office 97 was a pretty good product. The programs were powerful, had a decent interface (maybe not as good as the Claris products of the early 1990s, but not bad), and came with a ton of features all on one disc. The Office 98 release for Mac was pretty much the same thing. The only thing that really got annoying for me was the office assistant (paperclip) but it is easy enough to turn off.
Office 2000 was a bit of a disappointment for me. I felt that the improvements were minimal (aside from a bit more stability in Word--anyone who has ever used Word 97 on a regular basis knows it's prone to crashing) and in fact detracted from the ease of use. One example is the clip gallery, which went from being one of the best organizers ever created to becoming a program that wouldn't have received decent reviews in 1988. Another is PowerPoint's outline feature. I always turned this off because it ate up monitor space and therefore made the actual slide smaller. When you use smaller displays like I often do this is a problem. The menus, which hide some functions until you go to the bottom of them, were also an annoyance. The manual went from being a nice thick book to one half the size.
Office 2003 continues making the program uglier. Now there are many tasks crammed onto one little panel on the right of the screen. Again, this eats into the workspace. The clip art system is even more cumbersome, and many of the clips are online only now. The help feature tries to point too much in the online direction as well. Now some people may not complain, but what if you're using a laptop in the middle of the country?
I feel that the program is basically an uglier version of the same thing that was first seen in 1997. In fact, the 1997 version was more pleasant to work with and almost as powerful. On my Macs, I've switched to Keynote for presentations and Pages for some of my word processing because the new Office versions on that platform are similar.
Some of the templates also look very 1997. Apple's programs are updated on a regular basis, and their templates look very modern. Now I know Microsoft adds some new ones now and then, but they should consider redesigning many of them--such as replacing the overused Arial and Times New Roman fonts with something a little more classy.
The program is bloated way too heavily. I can run Office 2000 comfortably on a 486 with sub-1GB hard drive, but can't even get 2003 on it.
A final gripe is that Access is not user friendly at all. File Maker is a better alternative, as it is easier to use and friendlier.
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