Microsoft® SharePoint™ 2003 Unleashed, Second Edition

Integrating SharePoint 2003 with Microsoft Office Products

Although Microsoft Office products are not required for users to access Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003 sites, the use of Office products enriches the SharePoint 2003 experience, and the Office 2003 products are designed to tightly integrate with both Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Portal Server 2003.

Previous versions of Office—Office 2000 and Office XP—are compatible with SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services but don't have the same level of integration as Office 2003 products. Because some organizations have upgraded to Office 2003, or support a mixture of Office versions, and customers or partners outside the organization ...