Introduction

As we manage our business and personal worlds , we continually need to accomplish more, and do it better and faster. Microsoft Office 2003 provides you with the tools to do all this and more. Each of its programs ”Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Publisher ”has a special function, yet they all work together.

Office Word 2003 is a word processing program you can use to create documents, such as letters , manuals, and reports . Office Excel 2003 is a spreadsheet program you can use to organize, analyze, and present data, such as a budget or expense report. Office PowerPoint 2003 is a presentation program you can use to create and deliver professional presentations. Office Access 2003 is a database program you can use to store and manage large collections of related information, such as addresses. Office Outlook 2003 is a communication and information management program you can use to manage e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, tasks , and notes. Office Publisher 2003 is a publishing program you can use to create newsletters, catalogs, invitations, and postcards.

Every Office program uses the same structure of windows , menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes, so you can focus on creating the best document in the least amount of time. The Office personalized menus and toolbars display only the commands and toolbar buttons you use most frequently to save space and help you work more efficiently . In addition, you can perform your most basic actions the same way in every program. For example, in each Office program, you open , save, and close documents with the same buttons or commands. When you have a question, the identical help feature is available throughout the Office programs. If an Office 2003 program begins to malfunction, it can detect and fix the problems in its program so that your work can continue uninterrupted.