First Look Microsoft Office 2003

Katherine Murray

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Microsoft Press
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Copyright © 2003 by Microsoft Corporation

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Murray, Katherine, 1961-
First Look Microsoft Office 2003 / Katherine Murray.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-7356-1951-4
1. Microsoft Office  2. Business-Computer programs.  I. Title.

HF5548.4.M525M874  2003
005.369-dc21 2003042200

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Project Editor: Kristen Weatherby

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To Alex and Frank, thanks for all your help :) k

Acknowledgments

Some of the most exciting features of Microsoft Office 2003 involve enhancing collaboration and improving communication, and the team who worked on this book exemplifies the best of those concepts. (We used SharePoint Team Services to work collaboratively from very different areas of the world, by the way.) Huge thanks go to each of the following people for the part they played in getting this book into your hands:

• Kristen Weatherby, project editor, for somehow moving this project through at break neck speed while ensuring its quality and keeping her cool;

• Alex Blanton, acquisitions editor, for thinking this book was possible in the first place and then gracefully removing all the stumbling blocks that fell into our path;

• Claudette Moore, my agent at Moore Literary Agency, for being a great sounding board and taking care of business details so that I could keep writing;

• Brian Johnson, technical editor at Microsoft Press and the author of Chapter 7, who jumped in at almost the last minute and wrote a wonderful chapter (and helped capture images);

• W. Frederick Zimmerman, who did a terrific job explaining the exciting new features of Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 in Chapter 4, which he contributed;

• Steve Sagman proprietor of Studioserv, for his always stellar hands-on management of this project; Teri Kieffer for a great-and fast-copy edit; Sharon Bell for her artistic FrameMaker talents; and Julie Kawabata for a fine index.

Finally, I truly appreciate the help of the many people inside and outside Microsoft who answered questions, provided support documents, and offered examples and insights I've used in this book. Special thanks to authors Jim Buyens, Mark Dodge, Craig Stinson, Acey Bunch, and Michael Young, as well as Microsoft professionals Roan Kang and Frank Rice. Your contributions have made this a better book.

About the Authors

Katherine Murray

Katherine Murray is also the author of Faster, Smarter Microsoft Office XP (Microsoft Press, 2002) and coauthor of Microsoft Word Version 2002 Inside Out (Microsoft Press, 2001). She has written more than 40 computer books (and a number of parenting books) on topics ranging from general computer use to more specialized books on presentation graphics, Internet use, and Web animation. For the last 15 years, Katherine has owned and operated reVisions Plus, Inc., a writing and publishing services company that relies primarily on Office applications. She also writes how-to articles for the Microsoft Office Community (www.microsoft.com/office/) and publishes an online journal for Microsoft Office users, called BlogofficeXP.

W. Frederick Zimmerman

W. Frederick Zimmerman writes, speaks and consults for OneNoteInfoCenter.com, an independent resource for users of Microsoft Office OneNote 2003. Previously, he directed energy technology strategy for LexisNexis. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan with his wife Cheryl and his children Kelsey and Parker.

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson is a programming editor at Microsoft. He lives in Redmond, Washington with his wife Kathy, and their three children, Will, Hunter, and Buffy. Brian is a coauthor of Inside Visual Studio .NET 2003 also published by Microsoft Press (2003).

Colophon

The manuscript for this book was prepared and galleyed using Microsoft Word. Pages were composed by Studioserv (www.studioserv.com) using Adobe FrameMaker for Windows, with text in Garamond and display type in Helvetica Condensed Black. Composed pages were delivered to the printer as electronic prepress files.

Cover Designer: Patricia Bradbury

Interior Graphic Designer: James D. Kramer

Principal Compositor: Sharon Bell

Copy Editor: Teri Kieffer

Indexer: Julie Kawabata