Microsoft Office 2003

Microsoft Office 2003
Developer(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseAugust 19, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-08-19)[1]
Final release
Service Pack 3 (11.0.8173.0)[2] / September 17, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-09-17)[3]
Operating systemWindows 2000 SP3 or later[4][5][6][7][8]
PlatformIA-32
PredecessorMicrosoft Office XP (2001)
SuccessorMicrosoft Office 2007 (2007)
TypeOffice suite
LicenseTrialware and software as a service (Microsoft Software Assurance)
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20051201092754/http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

Microsoft Office 2003 (codenamed Office 11[9]) is an office suite developed and distributed by Microsoft for its Windows operating system. Office 2003 was released to manufacturing on August 19, 2003,[1] and was later released to retail on October 21, 2003.[10] The Mac OS X equivalent, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac was released on May 11, 2004.

New features in Office 2003 include information rights management; new collaboration features; improved support for SharePoint, smart tags, and XML; and extended use of Office Online services.[11] Office 2003 introduces two new programs to the Office product lineup: InfoPath, a program for designing, filling, and submitting electronic structured data forms; and OneNote, a note-taking program for creating and organizing diagrams, graphics, handwritten notes, recorded audio, and text.[12] It also introduces the Picture Manager graphics software to open, manage, and share digital images.[11]

With the release of Office 2003, Microsoft rebranded the Office productivity suite as an integrated system dedicated to information workers. As a result, Microsoft appended the "Office" branding to the names of all programs.[13] Office 2003 is also the first version with support for themes and visual styles,[14] and introduces updated icons.[13] The Office logo was also updated, eliminating the puzzle motif in use since Office 95.[15] Office 2003 is the last version of Office to include the traditional menu bar and toolbar interface across all programs,[16] and also the last version to include the "97 - 2003" file format as the default file format.[17]

Office 2003 is compatible with Windows 2000 SP3 through Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.[4] It is the last version of Microsoft Office to support Windows 2000 SP3+, Windows XP RTM–SP1 and Windows Server 2003 RTM.[6][5][8]

Microsoft released a total of three service packs for Office 2003 throughout its lifecycle. Service Pack 1 was released on July 27, 2004,[18] and Service Pack 2 was released on September 27, 2005.[19][3] Support for Office 2003 ended on April 8, 2014.[20][21]

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