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Chapter 1 An Overview of Office 2003
An Overview of Office 2003 Applications
Microsoft packages the individual programs that make up Office 2003 into a handful of dif-
ferent editions. Unlike previous versions, Microsoft has made these selections fairly consis-
tent. Every version includes three core applications—Outlook, Word, and Excel—as well as
a handful of smaller programs, such as the Picture Manager utility. If you purchase a new
computer with Microsoft Office Basic Edition installed on it, that’s all you get. Retail and
academic versions (including Office Standard Edition and the budget-priced Student and
Teacher Edition) include those three ...