Microsoft Office 2003 Basic Edition with Service Pack 1 SP1 (OEM) *Must be Purchased with Hardware* (Discontinued)

Enable teams to modify, access, and save documents in a central location using Document Workspaces. In addition, the Shared Workspace task pane displays tasks, related documents, links, and member lists that notify you when your team members are online. Document Workspaces and the Shared Workspace task pane require Microsoft Windows Server? 2003 running Microsoft Windows?SharePoint?Services.

Share documents with team members and have control over what gets changed. Choose permission settings and allow coauthors to alter only the sections or formatting that you choose.

Improve the efficiency of your meetings with Meeting Workspaces, which offer a centralized location for sharing agendas, visual resources, and other documentation. Meeting Workspaces require Windows Server 2003 running Windows SharePoint Services.

Contact team members quickly with instant messaging (IM), which can be displayed in most programs in Office 2003 Editions and lets you know when your team members are online. Online presence information requires Windows Server 2003 running Windows SharePoint Services.

Schedule meeting times quickly with team members. When you use Microsoft Office Outlook?2003 with Windows SharePoint Services, you can compare schedules side by side or view team calendars.

Help secure company assets by using IRM capabilities to prevent people who receive documents or e-mail messages from forwarding, copying, or printing documents and attachments.

Reduce document sharing or unintended use by setting an expiration date on a document, after which it cannot be viewed or modified.

Help protect your documents from being unintentionally changed by using Word Formatting and Editing Restrictions. Set permission controls on entire documents or portions of a document to prevent modifications or reformatting.

Read e-mail messages more quickly. The Outlook 2003 Reading Pane displays twice as much content as previous versions of Microsoft Outlook, reducing the amount you need to scroll to read messages.

Prioritize e-mail messages using Quick Flags to indicate a priority or time-sensitive messages.

Save time spent rereading e-mail messages in threaded conversations. You can group all messages by subject line and then quickly scan or delete entire conversation threads.

Find important e-mail messages immediately. Use Search Folders to save commonly used searches and then use them when you need them. Store the resulting messages in any folder, and still access them quickly. Search Folders require a connection to Microsoft Exchange 2003.

Help block junk e-mail messages from cluttering your Inbox with the new Junk E-Mail Filter in Outlook 2003.

Use Outlook 2003 in different network environments. Outlook stays connected to a network even when you roam between different connections.

Help protect your privacy. With Outlook 2003, you can choose when to include Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) content in an e-mail message, which can help prevent unsolicited attachments from automatically returning information to the originating server.

Keep working regardless of your connection status. If your network connection is unreliable, the Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook 2003 saves and displays the information from the last time you connected to the network. Caching requires Exchange Server 2003.

Access resources while working on files. The new Research task pane can help you access electronic dictionaries, thesauri, online research sites, and proprietary company information while working in Office 2003 programs. Find information and incorporate it into your work quickly and easily.

Take notes directly in your files. If you use a Tablet PC, you can use the tablet pen to add comments.

Manipulate and analyze XML business data. Office 2003 programs can manipulate, analyze, and format data from your most critical business systems. You can customize documents and task panes so that they integrate with XML data sources and outside programs.

Empower users and reduce development time with XML. With Microsoft Office Excel 2003, you can use the visual mapping tool to connect a user-specified XML schema to fields in your spreadsheet.

Customize smart tags to bring relevant business information directly into your work. Microsoft Office Access 2003, Outlook 2003, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint?2003 support third-party and customized smart tags.