<s>
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Office	I-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
(	O
codenamed	O
Office	B-General_Concept
11	I-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
an	O
office	O
suite	O
developed	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
its	O
Windows	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
was	O
released	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
on	O
August	O
19	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
to	O
retail	O
on	O
October	O
21	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
exactly	O
two	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
Office	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
predecessor	O
to	O
Office	B-Application
2007	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
equivalent	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2004	I-Operating_System
for	I-Operating_System
Mac	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
11	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
in	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
include	O
information	O
rights	O
management	O
;	O
new	O
collaboration	O
features	O
;	O
improved	O
support	O
for	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
,	O
smart	B-Application
tags	I-Application
,	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
;	O
and	O
extended	O
use	O
of	O
Office	O
Online	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
introduces	O
two	O
new	O
programs	O
to	O
the	O
Office	O
product	O
lineup	O
:	O
InfoPath	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
program	O
for	O
designing	O
,	O
filling	O
,	O
and	O
submitting	O
electronic	O
structured	B-Application
data	I-Application
forms	O
;	O
and	O
OneNote	B-Application
,	O
a	O
note-taking	O
program	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
organizing	O
diagrams	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
handwritten	O
notes	O
,	O
recorded	O
audio	O
,	O
and	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
introduces	O
the	O
Picture	B-Operating_System
Manager	I-Operating_System
graphics	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
open	O
,	O
manage	O
,	O
and	O
share	O
digital	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
,	O
Microsoft	O
rebranded	O
the	O
Office	O
productivity	O
suite	O
as	O
an	O
integrated	O
system	O
dedicated	O
to	O
information	O
workers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
colors	O
and	O
visual	B-Device
styles	I-Device
,	O
and	O
introduces	O
updated	O
icons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Office	O
logo	O
was	O
also	O
updated	O
,	O
eliminating	O
the	O
puzzle	O
motif	O
in	O
use	O
since	O
Office	B-Operating_System
95	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Office	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
traditional	O
menu	O
bar	O
and	O
toolbar	O
interface	O
across	O
all	O
programs	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
to	O
include	O
the	O
"	O
97	O
-	O
2003	O
"	O
file	O
format	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
is	O
incompatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
NT	O
4.0	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
98	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
ME	O
and	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minimum	O
required	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
for	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
are	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
SP3	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2008	I-Device
R2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
officially	O
unsupported	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Server	I-Device
2012	I-Device
,	O
or	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
three	O
service	O
packs	O
for	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
throughout	O
its	O
lifecycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mainstream	O
support	O
for	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
ended	O
on	O
April	O
14	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
extended	O
support	O
ended	O
on	O
April	O
8	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
dates	O
that	O
mainstream	O
and	O
extended	O
support	O
ended	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
applications	O
,	O
Word	B-Application
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Access	B-Application
,	O
had	O
only	O
minor	O
improvements	O
from	O
Office	B-Operating_System
XP	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Outlook	O
2003	O
received	O
improved	O
functionality	O
in	O
many	O
areas	O
,	O
including	O
better	O
email	O
and	O
calendar	O
sharing	O
and	O
information	O
display	O
,	O
complete	O
Unicode	O
support	O
,	O
search	O
folders	O
,	O
colored	O
flags	O
,	O
Kerberos	B-Protocol
authentication	O
,	O
RPC	B-Operating_System
over	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Cached	B-General_Concept
Exchange	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablet	B-Device
and	O
pen	O
support	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
productivity	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Word	B-Application
2003	O
introduced	O
a	O
reading	O
layout	O
view	O
,	O
document	O
comparison	O
,	O
better	O
change-tracking	O
and	O
annotation/reviewing	O
,	O
a	O
Research	O
Task	O
Pane	O
,	O
voice	O
comments	O
and	O
an	O
XML-based	B-Operating_System
format	I-Operating_System
among	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Excel	B-Application
2003	I-Application
introduced	O
list	O
commands	O
,	O
some	O
statistical	O
functions	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
import	O
,	O
analysis	O
and	O
transformation/document	O
customization	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	B-Application
2003	O
introduced	O
a	O
backup	O
command	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
view	O
object	O
dependencies	O
,	O
error	O
checking	O
in	O
forms	O
and	O
reports	O
among	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
features	O
improvements	O
to	O
smart	B-Application
tags	I-Application
such	O
as	O
smart	B-Application
tag	I-Application
Lists	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
defined	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
by	O
using	O
regular	O
expressions	O
and	O
an	O
extended	O
type	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smart	B-Application
tag	I-Application
recognition	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
and	O
Access	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
FrontPage	B-Operating_System
2003	I-Operating_System
introduced	O
conditional	O
formatting	O
,	O
Find	O
and	O
Replace	O
for	O
HTML	O
elements	O
,	O
new	O
tools	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
formatting	O
tables	O
and	O
cells	O
,	O
dynamic	O
templates	O
(	O
Dreamweaver	B-Language
)	O
,	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
support	O
,	O
WebDAV	B-Protocol
and	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
publishing	O
among	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	O
Rights	O
Management	O
capabilities	O
were	O
introduced	O
in	O
document	O
productivity	O
applications	O
to	O
limit	O
access	B-Application
to	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
users	O
and/or	O
restrict	O
types	O
of	O
actions	O
that	O
users	O
could	O
perform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
to	O
include	O
fully	O
customizable	O
toolbars	O
and	O
menus	O
for	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
applications	O
,	O
the	O
Office	B-General_Concept
Assistant	I-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
slipstream	O
service	O
packs	O
into	O
the	O
original	O
setup	O
files	O
,	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Web	I-Operating_System
Components	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
Save	O
My	O
Settings	O
Wizard	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
choose	O
whether	O
to	O
keep	O
a	O
locally	O
cached	B-General_Concept
copy	O
of	O
installation	O
source	O
files	O
and	O
several	O
utility	O
resource	O
kit	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
last	O
Office	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Windows	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
picture	O
organizer	O
with	O
basic	O
editing	O
features	O
,	O
called	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
Picture	I-Operating_System
Manager	I-Operating_System
,	O
was	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
advertised	O
Office	O
Online	O
as	O
a	O
major	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
feature	O
"	O
outside	O
the	O
box	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	O
Online	O
provides	O
how-to	O
articles	O
,	O
tips	O
,	O
training	O
courses	O
,	O
templates	O
,	O
clip	O
art	O
,	O
stock	O
photos	O
and	O
media	O
and	O
downloads	O
(	O
including	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
third-party	O
extensibility	O
add-ins	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
programs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
features	O
broad	O
XML	B-Protocol
integration	O
(	O
designing	O
customized	O
XML	B-Language
schemas	I-Language
,	O
importing	O
and	O
transforming	O
XML	B-Protocol
data	O
)	O
throughout	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
far	O
more	O
data-centric	O
model	O
(	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
document-based	O
one	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MSXML	B-Application
5	O
library	O
was	O
introduced	O
specifically	O
for	O
Office	O
's	O
XML	B-Protocol
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
also	O
has	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
integration	O
to	O
facilitate	O
data	O
exchange	O
,	O
collaborated	O
workflow	O
,	O
and	O
publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfoPath	B-Protocol
2003	O
was	O
introduced	O
for	O
collecting	O
data	O
in	O
XML-based	O
forms	O
and	O
templates	O
based	O
on	O
information	O
from	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Design	O
Time	O
Controls	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
in	O
FrontPage	B-Operating_System
2003	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Access	B-Application
2.0	O
database	O
conversion	O
utility	O
is	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
installation	O
CD	O
and	O
the	O
Client	O
Server	O
Visual	O
Design	O
Tools	O
for	O
Access	B-Application
are	O
no	O
longer	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Genigraphics	O
Wizard	O
support	O
and	O
Presentation	O
Broadcasting	O
were	O
removed	O
in	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Web	O
Pages	O
wizard	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
in	O
Word	B-Application
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Word	B-Application
2003	O
,	O
the	O
Comments	O
option	O
on	O
the	O
View	O
menu	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
Comment	O
pane	O
to	O
close	O
the	O
pane	O
were	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Photo	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
was	O
removed	O
,	O
including	O
many	O
features	O
not	O
available	O
in	O
its	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
deprecation	B-General_Concept
of	O
WinHelp	O
,	O
context-sensitive	O
help	O
was	O
removed	O
in	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
Shortcut	O
Bar	O
was	O
removed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
five	O
separate	O
editions	O
of	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
:	O
Basic	O
,	O
Student	O
and	O
Teacher	O
,	O
Standard	O
,	O
Small	O
Business	O
,	O
and	O
Professional	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Office	B-General_Concept
2003	I-General_Concept
applications	O
were	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
as	O
standalone	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
