Office 2003: What's in it for you?

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The message from Microsoft is that Office 2003 (previously Office 11) has a heavy focus on productivity. What does this mean for you? A ZDNet News Focus:

Office 2003 Beta 2: An IT perspective

Office 11: A conceptual view

Should you upgrade to Office 2003?

Also good news for any UK Beta Testers, This morning Office11 Beta2 kits have started landing though letter boxes.

View: Office 2003: What's in it for you?

View: Office11 B2 Kit arrives in the UK Forum Discussion

Microsoft tries again with new Office beta
Microsoft tries again with the official release of Office 2003, about three weeks after an accidental posting of the software

Office 11 beta adds XML tools
Microsoft will be shipping the second beta version of Office 11 next month, complete with XML tools

How open is the new Office?
In a move towards greater openness Microsoft is to add support for XML to Office 11 - but it's yet to disclose some crucial information

Office 11 gains developer tools
Microsoft has debuted a product for customising Office 11 applications based on its Visual Studio programming environment

Microsoft Office 11: Access denied
Microsoft has confirmed that it will drop support for earlier Windows versions in its upcoming productivity suite

(7 replies) #1 pHuzi0n on 17 Mar 2003 - 09:58

My god (the devil)! FIFTEEN discs for Office. [voice of the comic guy from the simpsons] Could it [i]beeeeee[/i] anymore [b]bloated[/b]? [/voice of the comic guy] They [b]really[/b] need to start hiring some people that know how to [b]optimize[/b] code instead of just filling up computers with tons of useless crap! Good thing I use OpenOffice...

#1.1 DWZ on 17 Mar 2003 - 11:02

This is the beta with 101 other things with it... when office 2003 hits the stores, there will be like 3 cds...

#1.2 Tom Servo on 17 Mar 2003 - 13:11

Wow. Seriously dude, go choke on your f'n OpenOffice. If you moron don't get your infos properly (aka looking into the damn forum for the package list which saiz what CDs are packed with it) before bitching about bloat then better keep your trap shut completely.

#1.3 Jason on 17 Mar 2003 - 15:53

How the hell did this idiot get to beta test Office 2003, if he prefers OpenOffice then use that and not test Office 2003. He can count which he has proved but not read, else he would know what the CD's are. I wish there was some sort of test for beta testing to get rid of the idiots and there are many of them in the newsgroups.

#1.4 pHuzi0n on 17 Mar 2003 - 19:11

[neoquote=#1.3 by Jason] He can count which he has proved but [i]not read[/i][/neoquote] I guess you can't read either. I never said that I was beta testing this crap and the fact that I [i]did[/i] say I use OpenOffice would be a good sign that there's no way in hell I'd ever touch MS Office in its current form. You guys are a bit to zealous here. Even if it's [b]THREE[/b] discs for Office, that's still over TWENTY TIMES bigger than OpenOffice.

#1.5 Jason on 17 Mar 2003 - 19:34

Well it is over 20 times better

So basically your compalining about the amount of disks with out knowing what is on each and everyone ?

#1.6 pHuzi0n on 17 Mar 2003 - 19:46

Have you even [i]tried[/i] OpenOffice? I'm not complaining about the size of it per se, but that MS is just filling it with crap that nobody needs or uses.

#1.7 Jason on 17 Mar 2003 - 20:01

I have tried Open Office but prefer MS office is just seems more complete and easier and quicker at getting more done plus I have to support it in my job. There are many Office Apps out there so you just pick the one tailored to your needs.

#2 Voodoo on 17 Mar 2003 - 10:07

office still only takes 3 disks, all the xtras takes up the room...

#3 martinsc on 17 Mar 2003 - 10:30

can't wait...

#4 jkuy9 on 17 Mar 2003 - 10:47

Got my pack this morning (UK). Looks good so far. Office is only 1 CD, the extra languages are on another 2 and then things like OneNote, Publisher and InfoPath are on seperate discs. Looking forward to having a play with it later.

(1 reply) #5 DrOmango on 17 Mar 2003 - 11:45

I got mine too .. alrdy found some bugs but too lazy to send them

but dang it! 15 cd's is alot

#5.1 Jason on 17 Mar 2003 - 15:54

You don't have to use 2003 Server, Exchange 2003, Sharepoint Server etc.

#6 reaper1576 on 17 Mar 2003 - 11:55

yeap got my kit this morning its sweet got office installed now

(1 reply) #7 jkuy9 on 17 Mar 2003 - 23:38

it has alot of bugs in it still

I didnt think it would be this bad. FrontPage has completly killed itself, only a hard restart fixed it! Already reported 16 bugs this evening! and that isnt including the 4 in the installers :s

#7.1 iUk on 17 Mar 2003 - 23:45

What, are you running some hacked version of Windows or something? Seriously, I'm not attacking you but you must have some funky configuration. Beta1 has been incredibly stable for me. I'm installing Beta2 tonight, and I know it will only increase the stability...

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