Chapter 2: What s New in Word 2003?

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Not a whole lot, I’m afraid. They haven’t made a better Mail Merge Wizard or gone back to the old one as I’d hoped.

I don’t expect to use most of the new features, and don’t suppose that most of you reading this book will either. Microsoft seems to think that we all want to do each other’s jobs with every program. So, why don’t they just make one big program that does everything?

Multiple Versions

I’m hoping it’s just an issue with the Beta version…

I have multiple versions of Office running, from 97 to this new beta. When I launch 97 or 2000, it really takes no time at all for the application to open. When launching 2002/XP, it’s always taken several moments. When I launch Word 2003 beta, it takes nearly 30 seconds to launch and there is no indication that it is opening; no splash screen or anything until that 30 seconds is up. I am unsure whether this delay occurs on a PC that runs only Office 2003.

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