Office 2003 Basics

Introduction

Office 2003 is Microsoft Corp.'s latest version of its popular business software suite. The Office 2003 suite, or group, of software programs is used in home and office settings to accomplish a variety of computing tasks.

You may already be familiar with previous versions of Microsoft Office such as Microsoft Office 97, Microsoft Office 2000, or Microsoft 2002 (XP). In this course, you'll master basic skills common to programs in Office 2003 Standard, including Word (word-processing application), Excel (spreadsheet application), Outlook (email application), and PowerPoint (presentation application).

This course is beneficial for those who are completely new to Microsoft Office and those who are currently using a previous version.

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Discuss Microsoft Office 2003's basic components
• Identify the version of Office running
• Understand the benefits of upgrading to Office 2003
• Know how to purchase Office 2003