How Office 2003 is Different from Office XP

One of the primary differences between Office XP and Office 2003 is that Office 2003 includes native ink support, whereas Office XP requires the Office XP Pack for Tablet PC. Even with the add-on, Office XP does not have the integrated feel of inking that Office 2003 offers.

For example, in Office XP, when you add an ink annotation, a box appears in which you must make the annotations, as shown in Figure 15.1.

Figure 15.1. In Office XP with the Office XP Pack for Tablet PC, you are able to add ink in boxes.

In Office 2003, however, ink can appear anywhere on the workspace in Word and PowerPoint. This means that unlike Office XP with the add-on, you can check off check boxes and annotate directly over text and other graphics, as shown in Figure 15.2.

Figure 15.2. In Office 2003, you can add ink anywhere you want in a document.