Introduction

Microsoft Office Word 2003 has the power and flexibility to share information between programs. You can create, store, and manage information in the program that works best for you, and then move that information to another program. You can also import or export data to and from Word to make your Office documents be the best they can be.

Completing a successful project in Word is not always a solitary venture; sometimes you may need to share data with others or obtain data from other programs. In many offices, your co-workers (and their computers) are located across the country or around the world. You can merge information from different programs into a single document, and you can link data between programs.

XML ( Extensible Markup Language ) is a universal language that enables you to create documents in which data is stored independently of the format so you can use the data more seamlessly in other forms. You can work with the familiar Office interface and create and save documents as XML, without ever knowing the language. You can also attach a Word XML Schema (called WordML) or XML Schema (created by a developer) ”a set of rules that defines the elements and content used in an XML document ”and validate the data against it. Word allows you to open , view, modify, and save XML files and data.

You can create one seamless document that includes data from several programs. Imagine being able to include Excel data, some PowerPoint slides, an Access database into your document ”it's easy with Microsoft Office Word 2003.