Chapter 15. Using Microsoft Office 2003 Applications with Your Tablet PC

In This Chapter

• How Office 2003 is Different from Office XP

• Downloading Office XP Pack for Tablet PC

• The Power of Ink in Office 2003

• The Power of Voice in Office 2003

• Tablet PC Features in Office 2003

• Tablet PC Features in InfoPath 2003

• Tablet PC Features in Visio 2003

Office 2003 leverages digital ink (hereafter referred to as "ink") and voice input. Using ink, you can scribble notes in the margins of a document, and even include hand-drawn graphics. As you learn to utilize the pen and voice-input capabilities in Office 2003, you will find new ways to use the applications and new ways to impress others and gain efficiency.

In just the few months that I have been using the Tablet PC with Office 2003, I have had numerous people look at what I'm doing and say "Wow!" Inserting hand drawings in Word, annotating an Excel spreadsheet, writing down audience comments in PowerPoint during a presentation, and enabling pen input in Access is now possible.

This chapter assumes that you already know how to use each of the Office applications, or that you can find another book or resource to learn the applications. Because it is beyond the scope of this book to teach more, I will show you how to use each application's Tablet PC-specific tools only.

This chapter will show you the general tools available in many of the applications, and then will provide specific guidance for each application. You will soon discover that there is no reason to run any version of Office prior to Office 2003 when you have a Tablet PC.