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Volume
3, April 21, 2005
Why buy Microsoft Office 2003?
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For those who wonder what all the hype is about for
Microsoft Office 2003, this article will offer up some of the key benefits
of the software suite. Some of
these key features may help you make a decision on whether or not an
upgrade is right for you.
Some of the greatest improvements in the Microsoft
Office 2003 Suite are changes and improvements made in Microsoft Outlook.
Outlook
Outlook's makeover starts with
the new vertical default view. On the left side, a navigation pane lists
your e-mail accounts and folders; the middle in-box pane displays your
received messages; and on the right, the reading pane (called the
"preview" pane in earlier versions), shows the contents of the
selected message.
Reading these vertical panes feels more natural, much like reading
through a newspaper. You can see more messages at one time in the in-box,
and you can view more text from the selected message in the reading pane
without having to scroll. The new layout may look busy at first, but you'll
soon find that the vertical orientation makes messages quicker and easier
to read than they were in Outlook's previous horizontal preview pane. Click
here to see a
sample of the vertical orientation. Close the reading pane to see more of
your in-box messages, or move the pane to the bottom to match Outlook's old
look.
Shared Workspaces
Shared Workspaces can help
employees see when team members are online, communicate with them in real
time, and publish important task lists and files to a team Web site.
Improved performance and
connectivity to e-mail
Outlook 2003 includes a new
cached mode to increase reliability of connections, and improve performance
and user productivity. The cached mode in Outlook 2003 downloads all
necessary information to an employee's computer as it comes in—so
that network performance issues do not affect the employee.
With Outlook 2003 and
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 running on Microsoft Windows Server 2003,
employees can also securely access their Exchange server directly over the
Internet. Once the feature is operational, Outlook 2003 can automatically
connect to the Exchange server over the Internet when a direct connection
to the Exchange server is unavailable. IT managers can eliminate the need
to set up virtual private network (VPN) servers for e-mail access.
Note: Caching requires
Exchange Server 2003.
Security and privacy
Office Professional Edition 2003
provides several methods to increase security and privacy - including
digital certificates and signatures, data protection and recovery, and
other program-specific features. Increased security measures in Outlook
2003 - such as the blocking of incoming messages that may contain viruses,
HTML image blocking to prevent address validation, and improved rules to
manage junk e-mail messages.
Outlook 2003 provides a junk e-mail filter that Microsoft updates
periodically to ensure better protection. This filter is not perfect, but
works well overall.
Protect company information
Information rights management
(IRM) functionality is a new policy enforcement technology in Office 2003
Editions that can help protect sensitive files and e-mail messages from
unauthorized access and use. The IRM function can even set expiration dates
on files. This feature goes
above and beyond the normal security that a server can offer by allowing
certain people access to certain information while limiting what they do
with that information (such as print or save to a disk).
XML support
XML support enables companies
to develop solutions that standardize the creation and collection of
information that would otherwise reside in binary files on computers and
file shares. Businesses can help reduce the duplication of data and work
that exists in many organizations today while improving the value of
corporate information. XML
facilitates the smooth flow of data from one application to another.
XML support enables employees
to access and analyze information from a variety of business
systems—such as customer relationship management (CRM) applications,
enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, or other line-of-business
applications—all from within the familiar tools they use today. Employees
can increase efficiency and productivity while taking advantage of existing
investments.
XML support enables developers
to build customized and industry-specific document solutions (or smart
documents) that can help streamline processes and improve productivity
without significant employee training or downtime.
Simplify upgrades,
administration, and support
Improve distribution of Office
Professional Edition 2003 to employees with low bandwidth connections to
allow them to copy a compressed installation source locally and then
install it from there. There is also no need to reboot after installation.
Consistent file formats in Office 2003 help users share documents with
those who have not yet upgraded.
With this feature, Microsoft Office 2003 can be purchased in stages,
as your budget allows, and files will still be compatible with older
versions of the Microsoft Office suite on other computers.
Sharepoint Services
Microsoft Office 2003 provides
much tighter integration with Sharepoint, Microsoft’s intranet
solution.
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Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 by May 31, 2005 and get $50/per
license for partner services.
For each
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 license you purchase by May 31,
2005, you can receive $50 in the form of a partner service subsidies check
payable to a Microsoft partner you choose.* For example, if you purchase 10
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 licenses through Open Business
Licensing, you will receive $500 in services which can be used for
training, deployment, development or any other IT service.
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$50 TOWARDS
PARTNER SERVICES FOR
EACH LICENSE ACQUIRED
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You will receive a check from
Microsoft payable to a partner of your choice for the total of all new
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more information on this promotion.
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Pop-up Blocker Options
Many
legitimate web sites on the Internet use windows that pop up in the middle
of your screen to display a message. They might also open when you click a
link or button on a Web site, and they might open either over or under the
window you wish to view. Some pop-ups are helpful. For example, if you
click an image to see a larger version, it might open in a pop-up window.
Unfortunately, some pop-up windows can contain inappropriate content or can
be a way for you to accidentally download dangerous software (called spyware or adware) onto your
computer. See Volume
2 of the newsletter to read more
on that topic.
Below
is a guide to help in changing various Pop-Up Blocker settings.
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Yahoo Toolbar
Google Toolbar
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
Block Pop-up Windows with
Internet Explorer
To change Pop-up
Blocker settings
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Open Internet Explorer.
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On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up
Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
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Internet Explorer Tools menu
If you want to see pop-up windows from a specific Web
site, type the address (or URL) of the site in the Address of Web site
to allow box, and then click Add.
Pop-up Blocker Settings window
Tip To temporarily allow a site to
display pop-ups, click the Information Bar when it notifies you that a
pop-up has been blocked. Then click Temporarily Allow Pop-ups.
To block pop-ups
even if they are launched when you click a link or button on a Web site
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Open Internet Explorer.
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On the Tools menu, point to Pop-up
Blocker, and then click Pop-up Blocker Settings.
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Select the High setting in the
box near the bottom of the dialog box.
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Note If you want to see pop-ups that
are blocked when you have this setting turned on, hold down the CTRL key
while the window opens.
Yahoo Toolbar
To turn the Pop-Up Blocker ON or
OFF:
In the
Pop-Up Blocker menu, you can select Enable Pop-Up Blocker to check
or uncheck the menu item.
Pop-Up Blocker is on and enabled when it is checked, and it is off when it
is unchecked.
Google Toolbar
To turn the Pop-Up Blocker ON or
OFF:
Click
the Blocking Popups
button to turn the Pop-Up Blocker ON or OFF. Select the Options button and uncheck the Popup Blocker item to disable the Popup Blocker.
**For Many More Tech
Tips and Shortcuts, click here and select a topic from the drop-down menu.
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