Microsoft Office 2003

Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, Microsoft is a successful American software company that has spearheaded the development of the software industry. Their diverse product range includes different versions of the Windows operating system and the Microsoft Office 2003 Suite. The Microsoft or MS Office suite is an all-in-one package of different software programs developed for Windows and other operating systems like Apple Mac OS X.

The basic software applications available in this suite include Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Basically, Word is a word processor and is used for preparing documents, letters, circulars, etc. Colourful presentations could be generated using the multimedia features offered by the PowerPoint application such as graphics, text and sound. Excel is a spreadsheet program that is widely used for calculations, database management and account maintenance.

The Microsoft Office 2003 introduced by Microsoft was labelled as the Microsoft Office System rather than a suite. The applications in Office 2003 work only under Windows 2000 and XP operating systems. This Office version offers comprehensive support for data collaboration and XML. The integrated office software applications are also updated and are known as Word 2003 and Publisher 2003 for identification of the version used.

Depending on the target customer, the set of applications in the Office package would vary. Hence, the set of software programs for Microsoft Office 2003 Student Edition would not be identical with those for Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition. You could download Microsoft Office 2003 updates online easily.