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MicrosoftOfficeResourceKitTechnicalArticle(whitepaper)MicrosoftOfficeXPtoMicrosoftOffice2003MigrationIssuesWriter:MichaelL.
CookTechnicalReviewer:JoeGiuntaPublished:03-21-04Updated:9-7-2004–Updatesnotedintheaddendumattheendofthispaper,notedbydate.
Summary:ThispaperexplainsthebasicdifferencesbetweenMicrosoftOfficeXPandMicrosoftOffice2003atacursorylevel.
Itdescribestheobviouschangesausermightseeinthemenubaruserinterfaceandwhatausermightperceiveasabug,dependingonhisorheradvancedusageofthevariousOfficeapplications.
ThispaperalsoprovidesasummaryofthemostlikelyissuesanadministratormightencounterduringandafteramigrationofOfficeXPtoOffice2003.
IncludedisinformationaboutseveraldesignchangesthataffectprogrammaticaccesstoOfficeapplicationobjects,whichmayalsoaffectcustomapplications.
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TableofContentsBasicmigrationissues1BasicrequirementsforOffice1Commonissues1Recommendedsystemrequirements3Memorymanagementtip4SystemRestore4Gettingtoit5VBAandOfficeapplicationobjectmodelchanges6Upgradeoption–TerminalServices7Automationfailure8Legitimatebugs8KnowledgeBasearticles9Office9Access11Excel13Outlook14Word15Generalarticles17Officecustomsolutiondevelopment18ObviousinstalldifferencesbetweenOfficeXPandOffice200319MicrosoftOfficeAccess19MicrosoftOfficeExcel19MicrosoftOfficeFrontPage19MicrosoftOfficeInfoPath19MicrosoftOfficeOneNote20MicrosoftOfficeOutlook20MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint20MicrosoftOfficePublisher20OfficeSharedFeatures20MicrosoftOfficeVisio22MicrosoftOfficeWord23OfficeTools23Featureelimination,reduction,obsolescence,ormorphing24Shortcutplacement24Taskpane24TheOfficeAssistant24NewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcuts25TrackChangeschanges25ClipArtGallery25Collaboration25MicrosoftOfficeToolsStartmenufolder26MicrosoftOfficeShortcutBar(msoffice.
exe)26Word2002normal.
dotandWord2003normal.
dot26Word2003defaulteditingconfiguration27Straightquotesandsmartquotes27Defaultfolderlocations27HTMLHelpdifferences28Autocomplete28OfficeClipboard28FrontPage2003-DesignTimeControls(DTC)nolongersupported28Outlook2003ObjectModelGuard28UNCbasedfilelinkscanbreak29DeploymentPlanning30Relateddeployment/migrationissues30Security(general)36Office2003Security36MultilingualEnablement36Customizingormigratinguser-definedSettings36MicrosoftAccessconversion37Miscellaneous37Tip:Word–ConfirmconversionatOpen37OverlycomplexstylesinWordtablescausefaultduringasort38PerceivedmemoryleakinWordandInternetExplorer39InabilitytoeditacommentinWord39Disappearingmousepointer39Featurecompatibilitybetweenversions40Office40Access40Excel41Outlook42PowerPoint45Word46RelevantKnowledgeBasearticlesforOfficeXPmigrationtoOffice200348Access48Excel49FrontPage50Office(generic)52OneNote53Outlook54PowerPoint56Publisher57SharePointPortalServices58SharePointTeamServices60Word61Visio64Conclusion66Addendum67BasicmigrationissuesTheintentofthisdocumentisnottorevealalltheproblemsassociatedwithmigratingfromMicrosoftOfficeXPtoMicrosoftOffice2003.
Instead,thisdocumentisanattempttorevealthebasicdifferencesbetweenthetwoproducts,alongwithinformationadministratorswouldconsiderimportanttoasuccessfuldeployment.
Thispaperdescribeswhatdifferencesausermightseeinthemenubaruserinterface(UI),andwhatausermightexperienceasapossiblebugaftermigrationfromOfficeXPtoOffice2003,dependingonhowthevariousOfficeapplicationsareusedandhowdeploymentmethodsaffectthatusage.
ThisdocumentreferencesseveralKnowledgeBasearticlesandincludesasummaryofthemostlikelyissuesanadministratormightencounterduringandafteramigrationofOfficeXPtoOffice2003.
ThisinformationwasderivedfromtheOffice2003betaaswellasinformationreportedtoMicrosoftProductSupportServices(PSS)afterOffice2003wasreleased.
BasicrequirementsforOfficeOnlyinstallOffice2003toaMicrosoftWindows2000,MicrosoftWindowsXP,orMicrosoftWindowsServer2003operatingsystem.
TheseoperatingsystemssupportWindowsAuthenticationandActiveDirectory.
WindowsAuthenticationincreasestheeffectivenessofsecurityandcollaboration,andActiveDirectoryfacilitatesthedistributionofpolicies.
Inordertotakeadvantageofpolicies,itisnecessarytoimplementActiveDirectoryonaWindowsbasednetwork.
SomenewfeaturesofOffice2003requiretheimplementationofWindowsRightsManagementorMicrosoftPassport-enableduseraccountsinordertofacilitatetheuseofInformationRightsManagement(IRM).
Also,theimplementationofMicrosoftSharePointonanetworkrequiresthecreationofserversspecificallydedicatedtothemanagementoftheSharePointsitesitcreates.
TakingthesenetworkandserverrelatedissuesintoaccountpriortodeployingOfficetouserswillhelpreducefrustrationforyouandyourusers.
CommonissuesDuringtheresearchforthispaper,severalimportantissueswereidentifiedfromthemostcommonlyencounteredbugs,KnowledgeBasearticles,and"HowTo"articlescreatedtoaddressknowndeploymentandusageissues.
Themostcommonissueswereassociatedwith:Automationfailures(programming-relatedobjectmodelbugsormemoryleaks).
Errorandcrashreporting.
Errorreductionandsupportingtextforerrorstohelpderivesolutionsoralternativestoworkaroundtheerror.
Documentedmigrationissuesthataroseduringthewritingofthispaper.
Asofthiswriting,therearenoservicepacksforOffice2003,butthereisatleastonepatchthatwascreatedtodealwithadrawingobjectproblembetweenthevariousversionsofOfficeapplicationsthatusedrawingobjects.
AKnowledgeBasearticleisreferencedinthisdocumenttoaddressthisissue.
Duetobugtracking,KnowledgeBasearticles,anddesignchangestoOfficeapplications,Office2003ismorestablethanOfficeXPandhasnewfeaturesdesignedto:NoteOffice2003SP1wasreleasedinAugust2004.
SeveralupdatestovariousfeaturesofOfficehaveoccurredandrequirechangingtheADMandOPAfilesfortheOffice2003ResourceKittools.
SearchfortheOffice2003SP1ADMs,OPAs,andExplainTextdownloadfromtheMicrosoftDownloadCenterinordertoobtainthesetools,orclickonthefollowinghyperlink:Office2003SP1ADMs,OPAs,andExplainTextUpdateAidusersinderivingasolutiontoanerrortheymayhaveencountered.
Helpuserscollaborateonideas.
LimitexposureofinformationtoothersbyusingInformationRightsManagement(IRM).
CacheOfficesourcefileslocaltotheuser'scomputerusingtheLocalInstallationSource(LIS)cachingoption.
ProvidemoreInternet-basedservicesfromMicrosoft,including,butnotlimitedto:Up-to-datehelp.
UpdatableInfoText(ExtendedErrorMessages(withadditionalhelp)).
Additionstoresearchsources.
Newclipart.
FreeonlinetrainingforOffice2003applications.
VideotoursofselectedOfficeapplicationfeatures.
TheseadditionsmakeOffice2003amorecompellingproductthanpreviousversionsofOffice.
However,additionsoffeaturestendtomakecustomizationandinstallationmorecomplex.
Thesourceofthiscomplexitystemsfromproductfeaturelinking,whereoneproductcannotworkwithoutthesupportofanother,suchasMailMergewhereWordrequirestheuseofOutlookandviceversa.
Theseinterdependenciesarenotobviousinmostproductdocumentation.
Thispaperisanattempttohelpyouavoidtheseproblems.
Stageddeploymentisthemostproblematicscenario.
Thatis,stageddeployments,whereapreviouseditionofOfficeisinstalledonacomputeratthesametimeOffice2003isinstalled,willhaveproblemswithspecificconfigurations.
Themyriadofinterdependenciesbetweenproducts,features,ActiveXcontrols,anddriversisfairlylarge,andthereareuntestedconfigurationscenarios.
Thougharigoroustestevaluationwasperformedagainsthundredsofconfigurationscenarios,itisimpossibletotestagainstallpossiblecomputers,networks,servers,drivers,anddeviceconfigurations.
Therefore,mainstreamtestingistheprimaryfocus,alongwithhighlyprobable"cornercases,"wherethehighlikelihoodofthatconfigurationbeingencounteredbyacustomerisevaluatedandconfirmed.
ThemostproblematicareasofdeploymentareinareasassociatedwithOutlookandinsomecasestheenablingofcollaborationfeatures(duetotheneedtointegratefeatureswithexternalservers).
ThoughWordandExcelhaveissuesaswell,theyarelesslikelytocauseashow-stoppingscenario.
Outlookishighlydependentone-mailserverintegration,networks,ande-mailprotocols.
Accesswasproblematicinpreviousreleasesduetoitsvariousdatabasefileformatsandintegrationwithdatabasefileformatsfromothersoftwaremanufacturers.
However,Access2003usesthesamedatabasefileformatasAccess2002anddoesnotrequireanyfileformatchanges.
OnebasicissuethatdoesconfusesomeinstallersistherequirementofAccesstouseJet4.
0SP8ormorerecentreleasesofJet4.
0.
WheninstallingAccess2003toacomputerthatdoesnothaveJet4.
0SP8orhigherinstalledtothecomputer,thefirsttimeAccessisrun,awarningdialogispresentedrequestingtheJet4.
0SP8updatebeinstalled.
ItisadvisedtoinstallJet4.
0SP8orhigheronallcomputerswhereAccess2003isexpectedtobeusedpriortoinstallingOffice2003toeliminateconfusion.
RunningWindowsUpdatewillallowyoutoselectthissoftwareupdateandinstallit.
Themostimportantpieceofadvicetoavoidmigrationissuesinthefutureis,"getcurrent".
Themorecurrentyoursoftware,thehighertheprobabilitythatyouwon'tencounteranincompatibilitybetweenproducts,features,hardware,andnetworkconfigurations.
WiththeadventofWindowsUpdateandOfficeUpdate,theabilitytogetcurrentandstaycurrenthasneverbeeneasier.
Stayingcurrentalsohasthebenefitofreducingsecurityrelatedthreats,notjustincompatibilityissues.
Regardlessofwhatyoumayfindinthispaper,alwaysvisittheOfficeUpdateWebsiteandreviewanylistingsyoumayfindthere.
Currently,afewpatchesarepresenttodealwithbugsidentifiedsincethereleaseofOffice2003.
SelectingHelp|CheckforUpdatesfromanyofthecoreOffice2003applicationswillconnectyoutotheOfficeUpdatewebsiteifInternetaccessisavailabletothecomputer.
RecommendedsystemrequirementsThesupportingdocumentationforOffice2003hardwarerequirementsstatesyoucanrunOfficebasicallyonanyplatformthancansupportWindows2000,WindowsXP,orWindowsServer2003.
Thoughthisispossible,itisnotnecessarilyagoodthingtousethebareminimumlimitsasstatedinthedocumentation.
TheminimumlevelofhardwaresupportnecessarytoprovideforagoodexperienceisslightlyhigherthanthoseprovidedwiththeOffice2003documentation.
Toprovideforanacceptableuserexperiencewithaminimumofsystemlatency,considerthefollowingrecommendationfromoneofourprogrammer/writers:"Don'ttrytoinstallOffice2003toacomputerwithanythinglessthana400Mhzprocessorwithatleast128megofRAMrunningeitherWindows2000orWindowsXP.
Itreallyhelpstohaveaharddrivewithplentyofspaceonit,suchasa40gigabytedrivewithatleast20gigabytesoffreespaceleftonit.
Youcanactuallygetbywitha10gigdrive,buteventuallyyou'llwantmorespacefortoday'slargemediafilesforsound,pictures,andvideo.
IreallydorecommendWindowsXP,becausethatiswhatOffice2003wasreallydesignedtorunon.
Yes,Office2003willrunonWindows2000,anditwillrunjustaswellasitwillonWindowsXP.
ButWindows2000islackinginsomefeaturesthatWindowsXPusersappreciatehaving.
Also,Windows2003serverisgreat,butit'snotaworkstation,andIdoubtyouraverageuserisgoingtobeusingWindowsServer2003asaworkstationunlessit'srunninginTerminalServermodeand,inthatcase,therecommendationforhardwarerunningTerminalServerisradicallydifferent.
""Yourchoiceofsoundcard,videocard,USB,Firewire,SCSI,etc.
arenotquiteasimportanttoOffice(exceptmaybethesoundcardifyouenablespeechrecognition),buttheymaydirectlyaffectanycustomapplicationsyoumayberunning–orintendtorun–onyourcomputers.
So,don'tforgettotakethewholemachineintoaccountwhenyoudecidewhatyourminimumlevelofhardwaresupportisgoingtobe.
Buthonestly,ifyouputOffice2003onan800MHzprocessor,orfaster,with256megofRAM,withafairextrachunkoffreediskspaceonalargeharddrive,youruserswillappreciatetheperformanceandreducedfrustrationwhenyoualsoinstallviruscheckingsoftwarethatusuallystartstobogamachinedown.
Remember,themoreprogramsyouloadupintotheStartupfolder,aswellassupporttools,suchasviruscheckers,interactivesupportdrivers,etc.
,willslowthesystemdown.
Thefastertheprocessor,thebetteryourperformance.
Also,themoreRAMyouhaveonthecomputer,thelesslikelytheoperatingsystemwillattempttopagevirtualmemory,whichcanbeoneofthemostannoyingissuesassociatedwith"diskthrashing,"whichisusuallyaresultofnotenoughRAManddwindlingharddrivespaceorextensivediskfragmentation.
So,asaprecaution,youshouldtelluserstoperformanoccasionaldiskclean-up.
Archiveoldfilestotape,burnaCD,orcopythemtoanarchiveserviceonyournetwork.
"MemorymanagementtipInserious"diskthrash"cases,itisadvisabletomanuallyconfigurethecomputertouseacontiguoussectionofharddiskspacethatistwototwoandahalftimeslargerthantheRAMinstalledonthecomputer.
Thisusuallyrequiresperformingaharddiskclean-up,archivingoldfiles,defragmentingthedisk(multiplepasses),andthenmanuallysettingthepagefilesizeusingtheControlPanel|System|Advanced(tab)|Performance–Settings(button)|Advanced(tab)|VirtualMemory–Change(button),selectingtheCustomradiobutton,andthensettingtheInitialandMaximumsizevaluestobethesamevalue.
Forexample,ifyouhave256megabytesofRAMonthecomputer,settheInitialandMaximumsizevaluestobeeither575or750.
Thatis,Initial=575,Maximum=575;orInitial=750,Maximum=750.
Computersthatareusedforalotofgraphicwork(art,engineeringdrafting,largecontiguousdatasets),compilingofprograms(C,Basic,Java),orintensivenumbercrunching(extensiveExcelspreadsheetsordatabasereportingonlargedatabases)shouldprobablybesettothelargervalue,whereasthoseusedforlessintensiveactivitiescouldusethelowervalue.
Performingthisactionwillreducethefragmentationofthepagefileonthedisk,therebyslightlyspeedingupvirtual-memorypagingactivities.
Thisisnotasimportantwithsystemsusing512megabytesofRAMorhigher,duetothelowerrequirementoftheoperatingsystemtopagememoryouttothevirtualmemorypagefile.
However,itisstillrecommendedtocreateacontiguouspagefile.
Settingbothvaluesinthevirtualmemorytothesamenumberwillfreezethepagefiletoaspecificplaceontheharddisk.
Therefore,defragmentationisimportantpriortosettingthepagefiletoacustomsize.
ThisisespeciallyimportanttoanysystemrunningavideoNon-LinearEditing(NLE)system,recordingofsound(pagingtovirtualmemorydoesoccasionallycauseadropoutofeithervideodataorsoundonslowersystems),orlargedatabaseswherefragmentationcanslowdownsortingandsearchesconsiderably.
Incaseslikethese,usersshouldbeusingfastersystemswithmorememory,fasterdrives,andhighspeeddataportstoreducedrop-outsandincreasefidelity.
Also,itissuggestedtokeeptime-dependentsystemssuchasthesededicatedtotheirprimaryroleandconfigureaseparatecomputerforOfficeapplications.
Fornewcomputers,itisrecommendedtoperformadefragmentationofthedisk(s)priortoputtingthemintoservice,alongwithamanualsettingofthepagefilesize.
Thoughthiswilluseafairchunkofyourharddisk,itisworthitlateron.
DiskI/Oisamajorrestrictiontoprocessingspeedinmosthighdatavolume,timesensitiveprograms(suchasvideonon-lineareditingsystems).
Freezingthepagefileplacementonthediskminimizesharddiskreads,reducesfurtherfragmentationofthedisk,andprovidesforamorepredictable"currentfreespace"disksize.
Becausepagingfilesizecanvarywidelyduringsystemusagewhen"systemmanaged,"theharddiskbouncesbetweenlittletonoavailableharddiskspacewhentheharddiskisnearlyfull.
ThereareseveralKnowledgeBasearticlesonthissubjectdocumentingthestrangebehaviorapplicationscanexhibitwhenlowmemoryisencountered.
Whentheerrorisreducedtoaone-timeoccurrenceandtheharddiskisindeedfull,itiseasiertoidentifyandtroubleshoottheissue.
SystemRestoreIfyouareusingWindowsXP,itisrecommendedtotakeagoodhardlookattheSystemRestorefacility.
Thiscansaveyouasubstantialamountoftimeifauserinstallssomethingthatcorruptstheirsystem.
It'sevenbeenknowntosavetheskinsofafewoverzealousadministrators.
Itcanrestoreasystemtoapreviousgoodconfigurationwithoutdeletinganydatafiles,anditcanreturntothedamagedconfigurationyoulasthad,ifyouprefertoreturntoitafterhavingrestoredtoapreviousrestorepoint.
Thisfeaturehassavedsomepeoplefromconsiderabletroubleandhasalsoallowedforfasterdiagnosisofconfigurationproblemsbyswitchingbetweenoneconfigurationandanother.
ThiscapabilityisonbydefaultinWindowsXP.
Itprovidesacalendarviewofthelastknownconfigurationchangesofthesystem(usuallytriggeredbytheinstallationofanapplicationtothesystem).
Youcanelecttochangetheconfigurationofyourcomputertooneofthenoteddates.
However,thisabilitydoesnotcomewithoutacost.
InordertosavetheinstalledconfigurationofWindowsXPandalltheapplicationsinstalledtoit,itisnecessarytokeepacopyoftheregistryandpertinentdatafilesthatmayhavebeendeletedfromthesystemduringtheinstallationofnewsoftware.
Thisinformation,afterseveralconfigurationchangestothesystem,canbecomequitelarge.
ThemaximumgrowthsizeofthesystemrestorefacilitycanbesetusingtheSystemtoolinControlPanel.
GettingtoitProvidedbelowisaquicklookattheprobableissuesamigrationofOfficeXPtoOffice2003mightcreate,alongwithknownfeature-interdependencyrequirements.
Noneofthefollowingmaterialprovidesanin-depthlookintotheissuessurroundingamigrationeffort.
Instead,theintentistoprovideanon-biasedviewofwhattoexpect,whichissueswereresolved,whichissuesarestillpendingaresolution,andwheretofindmoreinformationonissueswhichmayaffectanadministrator'sdecisionstomigrate.
Thisdocumentationcanhelptomitigateissuesencounteredbyacurrentorfuturemigrationeffort.
ItishighlyrecommendedthatalladministratorsexaminetheOffice2003supportcenterforongoingsupportissues.
ThissitehasvaluableinformationaboutthelatestKnowledgeBasearticlescreatedandreleasedforOffice2003products.
ItalsohasamoreextensivelistofsubjectmatterandKBarticlesfornewversionsofOffice2003applicationsthatarenotconsideredgermanetothisdocument,suchasMicrosoftOfficeInfoPath,MicrosoftOfficeVisio,andMicrosoftOfficeOneNote.
MuchofthedocumentationneededtohelpwithalargescalecorporatelevelmigrationisavailableintherespectiveOfficeResourceKitforOfficeXP,andOffice2003.
SeveralKnowledgeBasearticleswillalsohelpinaddressingknownissuesbetweenversionsofOffice.
ManyofthesearticlesarepresentedinthispaperandarelistedundertheheadingRelevantKnowledgeBasearticlesforOfficeXPmigrationtoOffice2003attheendofthispaper.
Technically,Office2003isasuperiorproducttoOfficeXP.
ThisisreflectedinfeedbackfromcustomersregardingimprovedInternetconnectivitybetweenapplicationsandinformationresourcesavailablefromMicrosoftsupportWebsites,andtheWatsonErrorReportingtool(MicrosoftOfficeErrorReporting)whichwasintegratedintoOfficeXPandwasexpandeduponinOffice2003.
Thistoolhasreducedthenumberoferrorswhichweredifficulttoisolateandhardtocapture.
ThecurrentnumberofseriousbugsforOffice2003isfarfewerthanthenumberinpreviousversionsofOffice,dueinparttoWatsonErrorReportingandextensivebetatesting.
ThoughthereareknownbugsregardinganupgradefromOfficeXPtoOffice2003,themajorityareassociatedwithstageddeploymentscenarios.
SomeofthesearerelatedtoprogrammingissueswhichweredrivenbytechnicalchangesinhowVBAobjectmodelsinteractwiththecoreapplicationobjectsassociatedwitheachapplication.
Thesechanges,ifproperlyunderstoodbydevelopers,canhelpreducepotentialmigrationissuesinlargecorporationswherelarge-scalecustomizationorspecializedin-housetoolsweredevelopedtodealwithspecializedbusinessneeds.
ThechangebetweenOfficeXPobjectmodelsandOffice2003objectmodelsissmall,butrequiressomeresearchbydeveloperstoproperlymodifylegacyprogramswhichinteractwiththenewormodifiedinterfacesoftheseupdatedobjects.
SomeoftheseissueswerealsoencounteredaspartofthemigrationeffortfromOffice97toOffice2000andarenotreallynew,butadministratorsmigratingfromOfficeXPtoanyversionofOfficereleasedafterOfficeXPwillencountersimilarissuesandarepresentedhereasconceptstoconsiderwhenapproachinganupgrade/migrationscenario.
VBAandOfficeapplicationobjectmodelchangesOvertime,improvementstoOfficeapplicationscausedthenecessaryupgradingofcodemodulesandcodingtechniques.
Thesechanges,insomecases,forcedchangestohowlegacycustommacros(anycustomcodecreatedunderanearlierversionofOfficeandintendedtobeusedinanewerversion)interactwiththenewerobjectmodelsofthevariousOfficeapplicationstheyreference.
Generallyspeaking,customapplicationsfromolderversionsofOfficeworkwellwithnewerversionsoftheobjectmodel,butinsomecasesdorequireupdating(suchaswhenanoldobjectbecomesobsoleteandisreplacedbyanewfeatureandobject).
MostproblemsoccurfornewcustomsolutionscreatedunderanewversionoftheobjectmodelandtheattempteduseofthesesolutionsonolderversionsofOfficeapplicationswheretheobjectmodelinterfacesdonotexist.
Therefore,newsolutions,intendedtobeusedonolderversionsofOffice,canbeproblematic.
ThebasicsolutionistodevelopthesecustomsolutionsusingtheoldestversionofOfficethesolutionisintendedtobeusedwith(makingsuretheobjectmodellibraryforthatversionofOfficeistheonlyobjectmodelinstalledonthedevelopmentcomputer).
ForcustomapplicationsdevelopedonnewerversionsofOffice,ifthereisaneedtohavebackwardcompatibility,achangeinbindingtechniquestoproblematicobjectsisnecessary.
Somechangeshaverequiredsignificantreworkingofcustomapplications.
TherearethreebasicmethodsofbindingtoobjectswithinOfficeapplications:EarlyBinding,DISPIDBinding,andLateBinding.
Withnewcodingparadigms,itisnowrecommendedtouseLateBindingwithsomeobjectssoastoavoidissuesthatmayarisefromdesignchangeswithinsomeobjectsthatnolongerresolvetheolderinterfacestothenewerinterfacesoftheseobjects.
Insomecases,earlybindingmayactuallyslowacustomapplicationdownduetoproblemsresolvingthev-table.
Therefore,itisworththeefforttomodifyexistinglegacyapplicationstoalatebindingparadigmforsomeobjects.
AKnowledgeBasearticleispresentedlaterinthispapertohelpyouperformthisactivity.
Unfortunately,thisspecificchangetosomeoftheobjectmodelsinOfficeforcedasignificantchangetohowsomecustommacrosolutions,developedwithanewerobjectmodel,mustinteractwitholderOfficeobjects.
Latebindingavoidsthemajorityoftheseissues.
SeveralKnowledgeBasearticlesaddressthisissueandarepresentedinthismaterialtohelpwithanyproblemsprogrammersmightbeexperiencing.
Somelegacycustomsolutionswhicharerunningextremelyslow,fail,spawnerrors,orappearunreliable,mayactuallyrequireachangetohowobjectsarebound.
Theseissuesarerelevantonlywhenattemptingtoruncustomsolutionsagainstobjectmodelsolderthantheobjectmodel/librarythesolutionswerecreatedfrom.
Forinstance,asolutioncreatedforWord2003maynotrunproperlywithrequeststoobjectsusingearlybindingonWord2002duetochangesintheinterfacesoftheobjects.
However,itisverylikelythecustomsolutionwillworkjustfineifitwascreatedunderWord2002andisusedwithWord2003becausethelegacyinterfaces(whichmaybehiddeninthenewerversionoftheobject)willmostlikelybefound(providingthecustomsolutionisnotrecompiledundertheWord2003VBAobjectlibraryifitwascreatedfromtheWord2002VBAobjectlibrary).
ForwardmigrationofVBAmacroscanbeproblematic.
Usually,thisisduetominorchangesinexpandedfunctionalityofproperties,methods,orfunctionsofanobject(alsoknownasinterfaces).
However,objectinterfacesusuallymigrateforwardtonewerversionsoftheobjectmodelwithoutanyissues.
Whenaninterfaceischangedduetoobsolescenceorafeatureupgrade,itmaybesettoahiddenstatusinnewerversionsoftheobjectmodeltoprovideforwardcompatibilityofoldermacros(theinterfaceisnotvisiblethroughtheprogrammingeditor,butisstillavailabletoexistingcodethatusestheinterface).
Mostproblemsarisewhennewinterfacesofanobjectappearinanewversionoftheproductandhavenoequivalentobjectinterfacesintheolderversions.
Therefore,anewfeaturepresentinamorerecentreleaseofOfficecanhavenoequivalentobjectinterfaceinanolderrelease.
Inthesecases,theonlyoptionistotryandfindasolutionusingthemorelimitedobjectmodeloftheearlierreleaseofOfficebydevelopingamacrousingtheoldestreleaseofOfficethemacroisintendedtoberunon.
Inmanycases,theuseofanewfeaturehasnoprogrammablemacroequivalentinolderversionsofOfficeandthereforecannotbeusedwitholderversionsofOffice.
Incasessuchasthese,itisusuallymorecosteffectivefortheindividualsrequiringthecapabilityofthecustomprogramstoupgradetheirsoftwaretoareleasethatcansupporttheobjectmodelinterfaces.
Upgradeoption–TerminalServicesInmanycases,theupgradepathisimpossibleduetoexternalcircumstances,suchascustomerswhoareunwillingorunabletoupgradeduetoeitherhardwareorsoftwarelimitations.
Incaseslikethis,theuseofWindowsServer2003andTerminalServicesmightbeameansofaddressingtheissues.
UserscanaccesstheTerminalServerinterfaceandhavetheiroldercomputeractlikeacomputerthathasnewersoftwarethantheonetheyarecurrentlyusing.
However,thiscreatesawholenewsetofissueswhicharenotgermanetothispaperandusuallyrequiretheservicesofnetworkandhardwarespecialistswhocanhelpaccommodatetheseneeds.
Forexample,amajorworldwidelawfirmimplementsTerminalServerforalltheiremployees.
Theyhavealimitednumberofworldwidedatacenterswhereindividualsremotelyconnecttheirlaptopcomputersthroughdialuptelephonelinesandemulatethehigherspeedcomputerstheyhaveatthedatacenter.
ArigorouslycontrolledoperatingsystemandOffice2003configurationismaintainedontheWindowsServer2003computersrunningTerminalServices.
Thisprovidesuserswithalmostaguaranteed(consistent)configurationeachtimetheyconnectwhenusingTerminalServer.
Italsoassuresusersareallrunningthesamesoftwareandthenecessaryhardwareisinplaceatthedatacentertosupportanycustomsolutionsdevelopedfortheendusers.
Inthiscase,afewhighpoweredcomputerscanservetheneedsofmanyuserswithbetterconfigurationcontrolthanwouldbehadwithdesktopsystems.
Thisscenarioaddressesmanysupportissuesfacedbylargecorporationsandalsohelpstoreduceconfigurationcontrolproblemsinherentincustomsolutionsdeployedacrossalargeuserbase.
AutomationfailureObjectmodelchangeshavecausedautomationfailuresinsomecustomapplications.
Athoroughreviewoftheobjectbindingtechniquesusedintheseapplicationsisrecommended.
SeeKnowledgeBase"HowTo"articlesnotedintheKnowledgeBasearticlessectionforpossiblesolutionsandthearticlelistedbelow.
ThisissueisnotascriticalwithamigrationfromOfficeXPtoOffice2003,howevertherearestillafewinstanceswhereitisnecessarytouselatebindingforbackwardcompatibility.
Therefore,thedocumentationcoveringthismethodofbindinginVBAisprovidedhereassuggestedreading.
Q247579UseDISPIDBindingtoautomateOfficeapplicationswheneverpossibleWhenyouareautomatinganOfficeapplicationfromVisualBasicorVisualC++andyouexpecttocommunicatewithmorethanoneversionoftheapplication(reverseorbackwardcompatibility),MicrosoftrecommendstheuseoflatebindingwithcachedDISPIDs(DISPIDbinding),orlatebindingingeneral,toremaincompatibleacrosscurrentandfutureversionsoftheapplication.
ThoughthisarticlewaswrittenspecificallyforOffice97toOffice2000migrationissues,theconceptsstillapplytoanybackwardcompatibilityissueswithnewerreleasesofOfficethatmustbeusedtocreatecustomsolutionsthatcanrunonearlierversionsofOffice.
Solution:UseLateBinding.
LegitimatebugsTherearelegitimatebugsinallsoftware.
However,withtheadventofnewtestingmethodsdevisedexclusivelyforOfficeXPandOffice2003,fewerseriousbugsshippedwithOffice2003thanwithanypreviousversionofOffice.
ServicepacksgenerallyareadirectresultofissuesreportedtoMicrosoftthroughtheMicrosoftOfficeErrorReportingfeature.
ThisfeatureisadefiningtoolinthewayOffice2003applicationsweredevelopedandhowtheyareupdatedwithservicepacks.
Themajorbenefitistheeliminationofalmostallmemoryleaksandareducedturnaroundtimefromrecognitionofabugtoafixavailableinaservicepack.
ItisalsorecommendedtoallowreportingofapplicationcrashestoMicrosoft.
Duetostatisticalanalysis,thehigherthehitcountofabug,thehighertheprobabilityafixwillbecreatedtoaddressit.
Notreportingbugscanactuallyworkagainstyou.
KnowledgeBasearticlesThefollowinglistofKnowledgeBasearticlesaddressesseveralissuesknowntoexistwithmigrationfromOfficeXPtomorerecentreleasesofOffice.
ThemoreextensivelistofarticlesattheendofthispaperisdirectlyrelatedtoOffice2003.
Articlesmarkedwithalargeredexclamationpointarecriticaltopicsandshouldbereviewed.
Foranyoneusingaprintedcopyofthispaper,youcanentertheKBnumber(listedintheleftcolumnofthefollowingtable)andsupplyitaspartofaWebbrowserURLaddress.
Forexample,KBarticleQ828041isavailableforviewingthroughthefollowingWebaddress:http://support.
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aspxscid=kb;en-us;q828041YoucanreplacetheQ828041withanyoftheKBnumberslistedinthefollowingtabletoviewthearticle.
OfficeQ828041!
OverviewoftheOffice2003CriticalUpdate:November4,2003ThisupdatefixesanartobjectproblemthatoccurswhenopeningaPowerPoint2003,Word2003,orExcel2003filethathasanOfficeArtshapethatwasmodifiedusinganearlierversionofOffice.
Whenanyofthesefilesareopened,modified,andsavedusinganearlierversionofOffice,empty"complex"propertiesmaybeintroducedintothefileandabitmaychangeinthefilerecordthatdescribestheseproperties.
Thischangemaycausethenotedapplicationstonotdisplaycontent.
Solution:SeetheOfficeUpdatewebsiteforthelatestupdatetocorrectthisproblem.
Q223396HowtominimizemetadatainMicrosoftOfficedocumentsSometimesyoudon'twantotherstoseeallthepersonal,historical,orincidentalinformationyoumayhaveinafile.
ThisarticlelinkstoimportantKnowledgeBasearticlesthatexplainhowtoremovethissensitiveinformationfromyourfiles.
Agoodarticleforanyonewithconcernsregardingsecurityandvisibilityofauthor,editor,history,revisiontracking,orcollaboratoridentity.
827101HOWTO:OptimizeMicrosoftOfficeWord2003Excellentarticleforanytuningofanentiresystem,notjustforOfficeapplications.
ProvidesaccesstoseveralotherKnowledgeBasearticlesconcernedwithtuningordebugginginstallationsofOffice.
Q242375Office97automationclientfailsafterre-compilationwithOffice2000orOfficeXPtypelibraryOfficeXPhasanewobjectmembertoreplaceanOffice97objectmemberwiththesamename(whichisstillinthenewerOfficeapplication,butishidden).
Ifyourcustomautomationcontrollerusesearlybindingand,morespecifically,v-tablebinding,thentheentryinthev-tablepointstothebinaryimplementationoftherevisedmethod.
BecausethenewimplementationwasneverintheOffice97application,thecallfails.
Thisarticleprovidesanexampleofearlyandlatebindingmethodsandthusisarecommendedreadforanyonenewtotheconceptsofbindingobjects.
Solution:UseLateBinding.
Q244167!
WritingautomationclientsformultipleOfficeversionsWhenyoudevelopOfficeautomationprojects,youmaychoosetoreferenceanOfficetypelibrarytoperformearlybinding,ortoprovideinformationaboutthemembersoftheparticularobjectmodel.
Thesemembersincludetheproperties,events,andmethodssupportingthatversionofOffice,andtheparametersneededtocallthosefunctionsatruntime.
TheactualimplementationofmembersmaydifferfromversiontoversionastheOfficeobjectmodelischangedtosupportnewfunctionality.
ThisisprobablythebestexplanationofthemigrationissuesassociatedwithVBAmacroruntimeissues.
Ahighlyrecommendedread.
Solution:UseLateBinding.
Q247579UseDISPIDBindingtoautomateOfficeapplicationswheneverpossibleWhenyouareautomatinganOfficeapplicationfromVisualBasicorVisualC++andyouexpecttocommunicatewithmorethanoneversionoftheapplication,MicrosoftrecommendstheuseoflatebindingwithcachedDISPIDs(DISPIDbinding),orlatebindingingeneral,toremaincompatibleacrosscurrentandfutureversionsoftheapplication.
Solution:UseLateBinding.
Q262530OfficeprogramopensslowlywithNortoninstalledAnissuewithsomeviruscheckingapplicationsariseswhenopeningfilesandOfficeapplications.
ThisbehaviormayoccurifNortonAntiVirus2002,NortonAntiVirus2001,orNortonAntiVirus2000isinstalledonthecomputer.
Solution:Seearticle.
Q278569EncryptiontypeslistismissingWeakEncryption(XOR)andOffice97/2000compatibleoptionsTheseencryptionschemesareincludedwithWord2002andExcel2002topreservebackwardcompatibilityforearlierversionsofWordandExcelencryption.
MicrosoftPowerPoint2002isthefirstversionofPowerPointtosupportpasswordencryption,andthereforeitdoesnotlisttheseothertwoencryptionoptions.
Solution:None-defaultbehavior.
Q281931ErrormessagewhenyoutrytoopenMicrosoftBinderfileThisbehaviorcanoccurbecauseMicrosoftBinderisnotincludedaspartofOfficeXPorOffice2003.
Solution:Runtheun-binderutilityshippingwithOfficeXPandOffice2003.
Q290112GeneralinformationaboutMicrosoftOfficeXPencryptionThisarticledescribeschangesinencryptionfilepropertiesinOfficeXP.
EarlierversionsofOfficedonotencryptfileproperties.
OfficeXPencryptsfilepropertiesbyusingsupportedalgorithms.
Thisarticlealsoprovidesadescriptionofthevariousencryptionschemes.
ThoughtherearesomechangesinOffice2003inthisarea,theinformationinthisarticleisstillworthyourtimetoread.
Q290576RunningmultipleversionsofMicrosoftOffice(onthesamecomputer)DescribesthepossibleproblemsusersmayencounterwhentheyattemptcohabitationofdifferentversionsofOfficeandoffersadviceonpreventingconflict.
ThisisanexcellentarticleforunderstandingtheimplicationsofhostingtwoormoreversionsofanOfficeapplicationonthesamecomputerorforstageddeployments.
Thisarticleliststheorderofinstallation,specificstepsforretainingshortcutsforeachversion,andthecohabitationissuesofOutlookandAccess.
Q292584SetupoverwritesStartMenuitemsfromearlierversionsSetupprogramsforOffice2000,Office97,andOffice95arealldesignedtocreateStartmenuitemswiththesamenames.
Becausetwoidenticalmenuitemscannotexistinthesamefolder,theearliermenuitemsareoverwrittenbythenewOfficeXPmenuitems.
ThelastversionofOfficetoinstalloverwritesthepreviousinstall'sinstancesofshortcuts.
ThemajorityofthiscontentalsoappliestoOffice2003aswellastheCustomInstallationWizardsuppliedwiththeOffice2003ResourceKit.
Solution:MoveshortcutsforexistingOfficeappstoanewfolderandcopythemintoanewlocationintheStartmenu.
Q294422StatusflagisnotupdatedwhenyouenableordisableSmartTagsThestatusflagofasmarttagisnotupdatedwhenyoumodifytheenabled/disabledstateofasmarttaginOfficeXP.
ThiscanoccuronsystemswheretherecognizerandactioninterfacesofasmarttagwereregisteredbyusingProgIDsinsteadofCLSIDs.
Solution:RegistertheactionandrecognizerinterfacesbyusingtheCLSIDsoftheinterfaceinsteadoftheProgIDs.
Q311219OfficeXPversionofmscal.
ocxbreaksbinarycompatibilityforearlyboundclientsVersion10.
0oftheCalendarcontrolcontainsaddedmethodstosupportassigningFontobjectsbyreference(putref)forthefollowingproperties:DayFont,GridFont,andTitleFont.
MethodsaddedtothemiddleofthisinterfacebrokebinarycompatibilitybychangingthelayoutoftheICalendarv-table.
Consequently,anyclientbuiltbyusingearlybindingtothe8.
0(Office97)or8.
1(Office2000)versionofmscal.
ocxmaycallthewrongv-tablemethodsonthe10.
0version.
Thoughthecoreofthisarticlestillapplies,manyofthereferencestootheroperatingsystemsandwhatlevelofthecontrolshipswithOffice2003areincorrect.
Solution:UseLateBinding.
Q313935OfficeprogramsstoprespondingafteryouupgradetoWindowsXPThiscanoccurwhenWindowscompatibilitymodeissettoWindows98/WindowsMillenniumEdition(Me),andthedisplaysettingsfortheprogramareblank,or640x480isselected.
Additionally,an"outofmemory"messagemaydisplayintheOfficeprogramifyouselect256-colorinthedisplaysettings.
TheuseofWindowsCompatibilitymodeisnotrecommendedwithOffice2003.
Solution:TurnoffWindowsCompatibilitymode.
818954"Error1919.
ErrorConfiguringODBCDataSource"ErrorMessagesWhenYouRunSetupforOffice2003Thisisbasicallyaninstallationbug.
Officewillchokewhenitattemptstoinstallbecausetheregistryismissingimportantentries.
ThisKBarticleinstructshowtoworkaroundthisproblem.
AccessQ286341!
TroubleshootingtipsforconversionissuesWhenyouconvertaMicrosoftAccess1.
xoraMicrosoftAccess2.
0databasetoMicrosoftAccess2002,theconversionprocessmaydisplayawarningmessageorstopaltogetherbecauseofanincompatibilitywiththenewfeaturesandenhancements.
ThisarticlediscussesgeneraltroubleshootingtipsfortheunusualcasewhenMicrosoftAccesscannotsuccessfullyconvertadatabase.
Q286345"ThereIsNoObjectinThisControl"errorconvertingAccess2002databasetoAccess97TheformorreportcontainsoneormoreActiveXcontrols.
TheerroroccursbecauseAccess2002usestheIPersistStreaminterfaceforinsertingandstoringActiveXcontrolswhileAccess97usestheIPersistStorageinterface,whichcontainsthecontrol'spersistenceinformation.
Solution:Seearticle.
Q289525Unexpectedcharactersappearwhenyouconvertdatabasesthathavenon-U.
S.
EnglishcharactersEarlierversionsofMicrosoftAccessuseANSIcodepagestorepresentforeignlanguagesymbols.
DuringconversionofadatabasetoAccess2002(Jet4.
0),alldataisconvertedtoUnicode.
ThisrequiresmappingofdatafromANSIcodepagestoUnicode.
TodeterminewhichANSIcodepagetouseinthemappingprocess,theJetdatabaseengineusesthecodepageoftheoperatingsystem.
IfthecodepageoftheoperatingsystemisU.
S.
English(1252),theJetdatabaseenginemapsthecharactersspecifictoaforeignlanguagebyusingtheU.
S.
Englishcodepage.
UsingtheU.
S.
Englishcodepageduringtheconversionprocessofadatabasewithcharactersspecifictoaforeignlanguagecausesincorrectcharacterstoappearintheconverteddatabase.
Solution:Convertdatabasesthatcontaincharactersspecifictoaforeignlanguageonanoperatingsystemthatusesthecodepageoftheforeignlanguageinquestionandalsousesafontfamilythatsupportsthelanguage.
Q290291HowtosuppresstheConvert/OpenDatabasedialogboxIfyoudonotwanttoseetheConvert/OpenDatabasedialogboxwhenyouopenanAccess97databaseinAccess2002,youcansuppressthedialogboxbyaddingaregistryentrynamedNoConvertDialogtotheAccessSettingssubkey.
Thissettingdoesnotpreventconversion;itonlypreventstheinitialConvert/OpenDatabasedialogboxfrombeingdisplayedwhenthedatabaseisopened.
Youcanstillconvertthedatabasebychoosingtheoptionfromthemenu.
ThisoptionalsoexistsinAccess2003.
Substitute11.
0for10.
0,Office2003forOfficeXP,andAccess2003forAccess2002asneeded.
Solution:Seearticle.
Q294755CorruptedVBAProjecterrorwhenyoutrytoconvertDBTheseerrormessagesappearwhenadatabasebeingconvertedtoAccess2002formatisnotinacompiledstate,oriftherewascorruptioninthedatabasebeforetheconversionbegan.
TheconversionerrorscanstilloccurinAccess2003andthesuggestedsolutionsarestillapplicable.
Solution:Compactthedatabaseandthencompileit.
(Seearticle)Q304318ProgrammaticallyconvertmultipleAccessdatabasesThisarticleshowstwomethodsforprogrammaticallyconvertingAccessdatabases.
ThefirstmethodusestheConvertAccessProjectmethodtoconvertdatabasestoaspecifiedformat.
ThesecondmethodusestheShellfunctiontorunmsaccess.
exewiththe/convertswitch.
Thesecondmethodisembeddedinacommentblockinthesamplecode.
Whenthesecondmethodisused,thedatabasesareconvertedtoAccess2000fileformatregardlessoftheDefaultFileFormatspecifiedintheOptionsdialogboxontheToolsmenu.
ThoughthereismuchlessofaneedforthisabilityinAccess2003,therearestillsituationswherepreviousdatabasesrequireprogrammaticconversiontoanotherformat.
Thisarticleprovidesthenecessaryinformationtoaccomplishthattask.
Q304701HowtotroubleshootcorruptioninaMicrosoftAccessDBThisarticleprovidesalistofreferencestoKnowledgeBasearticlesthatmayassistinresolvingcorruptioninadatabase.
ThisisagoodreadforanyadministratorordeveloperwhoworkswithAccessorJETdatabases.
Q313233YoureceivecompileerrorsafteryouopenorconvertadatabasethathasolderDAOcodeThiscanoccurbecauseAccess2002doesnothavecompatibilitytypelibrariesforDAO.
IfyouhaveanyDAOsolutionsstillinplace,thisisanimportantarticleforyou.
Solution:UpdatethecodetothecurrentDAOsyntax.
Q319400ConversionwhitepaperavailableinthedownloadcenterThe"MicrosoftAccess2002Conversion"whitepaperhasinformationregardingconversionofdatabasesusingearlierAccessformatstotheAccess2002format.
Italsodescribestheissuesexperiencedwhenadatabaseisconvertedfromamorerecentformattoanearlierformat.
TheabilitytosaveadatabasetoanearlierformatisanewfeatureinAccess2002andAccess2003.
ThisallowssavinganAccess2002databasetotheAccess2000orAccess97fileformats.
Q324350Therewerecompilationerrorsduringtheconversionorenablingofthisdatabase.
.
.
Inrareinstances,theconversionutilitymaynotconvertsomeAccessBasiccodetoVisualBasicforApplicationscode.
Forexample,itmaynotchangeaDoCmdstatementintoamethodoftheDoCmdobject.
Solution:Seearticle.
Q324702ConverttoadifferentfileformatinAccess2002ThisarticledemonstrateshowtoconvertanAccessdatabasetotheAccess97,Access2000,andAccess2002fileformatswhilerunningAccess2002orAccess2003.
ItcontainsapplicableinformationfordeprecatingoradvancingthefileformatofanAccessdatabase.
ExcelQ231840HyperlinksinembeddedExcelWorkbookdonotworkThisproblemoccurswhenattemptingtoopenaninstanceofExcelasanembeddedobjectinanyoftheapplicationsnotedinthisKBarticle,andanExcelworkbookfiledoesnotyetexist.
TheproblemdoesnotoccurwhenalinktoanexistingExcelworkbookismade,onlytoanewinstanceofExcelwheredatahasyettobesavedtodisk.
Solution:LinktotheMicrosoftExcelworkbookinsteadofembeddingit,howeverthisprecludestheuseofin-placeeditingandinsteadrequiresExcelbeusedtoloadandeditthecontent.
Q280641CustomtoolbarsarenotimportedtoXL2002ThisbehavioroccursbecauseExcel2002doesnotautomaticallymigratecustomtoolbars.
Solution:Seearticle.
Q284876Excel2002failswhenautomationadd-inloadsThiscanoccurwhenanadd-indisplaysaformordialogbox,oriftheadd-inmakesanautomationrequestthattriestochangethestateofExcel.
Solution:Seearticle.
Q291051ListofsupportedfileformatsinMicrosoftExcel2002MicrosoftExcelsupportsopeningandsavingfilesinmanydifferentfileformats.
Thisarticlecontainsalistofthesefileformats,includingversionnumberswhereapplicable,andanexplanationofthevariousfileformats.
Q293412ArticlesabouttroubleshootingerrorsinworksheetItcanbechallengingtofindthecauseoferrormessagesinExcel2002worksheets.
ThisarticlereferencesanumberofKnowledgeBasearticlesdealingwithtroubleshootingerrormessagesinExcel2002worksheets.
Q294414IncorrectpasswordwhenopeningaworkbookinExcel97or2000Ifyouopenanencrypted(passwordprotected)Excel2002orExcel2003workbookusingExcel2000orExcel97,Excelmaynotopentheworkbookevenifyousupplythecorrectpassword.
Actuallythetitleofthisshouldbechangedto:Whyyoucan'topenanExcel2002orExcel2003workbookinanearlierversionofExcel.
Solution:SavethefileusinganencryptionschemesupportedbytheearlierversionofExcel.
Q306656InsertchartcausesMicrosoftExceltofailwhenCSVfilecontainsbracketsMicrosoftExcelmistakesthebracketforarangequalifier,whicheventuallycausesMicrosoftExceltofailwhenittriestoresolvethelinkedrange.
Thereareothersymboliccharactersthatcanconfusethefilenamingandlinkedrangeslogic.
Excel2003doesagoodjobofblockingtheseaccidentalinclusionsofinvalidcharacters;however,otherexternalprogramscaninadvertentlyaddtheseinvalidcharacters.
Asanadministratorwhomaybecalledontocorrectthisproblem,thisarticleisanadvisableread.
Note,thereisanExtendedErrorMessagestopicdedicatedtothisissueandisavailabletoalluserswhentheyencounterthisproblemwithinExcel2003,whichdescribestheproblemandallthecharacterstheycannotuseaspartofaworkbookfilenameorworksheetnames.
Solution:Donotusesquarebracketsinfilenames.
Q318184ExcelmaystoprespondingwhenyouopenanHTMLfilestreamedfromawebsiteWhenanHTMLfileloads,imagesforthisfilearedownloadedasynchronouslyduringidle-timeprocessing.
IfpathstotheseimagesuserelativeURLs,Excelresolvesthefullpathoftheopenworksheetfirst.
However,iftheworksheethasnotcompletelyloaded,orisintheprocessofunloadingbecauseofaquickcloseatthetimeatwhichtheasynchronousdownloadisattempted,Excelmayencounteranullpointervalueandstoprespondingunexpectedly.
Solution:UsefullUniformResourceLocators(URLs)fortagsourcelocations.
Q320369"OldFormatorInvalidTypeLibrary"errorwhenautomatingExcel2002ThiserrorcanappearwhencallinganExcelmethodwhenallofthefollowingaretrue:EarlybindingisusedtocallthemethodThemethodrequiresanLCID(localeidentifier)AnEnglishversionofExcelisinusebuttheoperatingsystemissettoadifferentlanguageIftheclientcomputerrunstheEnglishversionofMicrosoftExcel2002andthelocaleforthecurrentuserisconfiguredforalanguageotherthanEnglish,Excelwilltrytolocatethelanguagepackfortheconfiguredlanguage.
Ifthelanguagepackisnotfound,theerrorisreported.
Solution:Installtheappropriatelanguagepack,settheoperatingsystemtouseEnglish,oruseLateBinding.
Q327006CannotupdateworkbookwithexternallinksfromearlierversionofExcelOpeninganExcel97formattedfile(orearlier)fromwithinExcel2000,Excel2002,orExcel2003cancausethismessagebecauseExcel2000,Excel2002,andExcel2003forcearecalculationoftheentireworkbook,regardlessofthelink-updatestatus.
ThismethodofrecalculationcorrectsproblemswiththeExcel97calculationengine.
Theforcedrecalculationensuresthefileisaccuratelycalculatedafteropening.
Iftheexternallinksourcesarenotavailable,Excelcannotcalculatecorrectly,andreturns#REFerrors.
ThisisalsotrueofunavailableDDElinksduringtherecalculationprocess.
Solution:Setthefilecalculationmodetomanualormakeexternallinksourcesavailable.
(Seearticle)NonumExcel2003StatisticalFunctionsResourceCenterThisindexintoseveralknowledgebasearticlesregardingchangestostatisticalfunctionsisimportantforanycompanywhereprecisionbeyond5decimalpointsisimportant.
OutlookQ277815YourPasswordsDoNotMigratetoOutlook2003ThisbehavioroccursbecauseOutlook2003wasdesignedtoonlymigratepasswordsfromOutlook98orOutlook2000inInternetMailOnly(IMO)mode.
Q332320Outlook2003PerformsSlowlyorStopsRespondingWhenConnectedtoExchangeServer2003ThroughHTTPTheBypassproxyserverforlocaladdressescheckboxisselectedintheMicrosoftInternetExploreroptions(Tools|InternetOptions…|Connections(tab)|LANSettings…(button)|Proxyserver),andtheHTTPconnectiontoyourExchangeServer2003e-mailserverismadethroughtheHTTPproxyserveronthenetworkyouareconnectedto.
-or-Outlook2003hasissuedalocalRPCcallthatiswaitingforaremoteRPCcalltocomplete.
Thisproblemismorenoticeablewhenyouareusingaslownetworkconnection.
Solution:Seearticle.
Q817958ProfileDoesNotWorkCorrectlyinOutlook2002AfterYouRemoveOffice2003andthenReinstallOfficeXPYoucannotusethesameprofileinOutlook2002usedinMicrosoftOfficeOutlook2003.
Outlook2003includesfeaturesthatarenotavailableinpreviousversionsofOutlook.
TheOutlook2003profilemaycontainfunctionalityspecifictoOutlook2003andisunavailableinOutlook2002.
Q817960MicrosoftOutlookHasNotBeenInstalledfortheCurrentUserThisproblemoccurswhenOffice2003isinstalledonaper-userbasisandyoulogontothecomputerasauserotherthantheuserwhoinstalledOffice2003.
Solution:RemoveOffice2003fromthecomputerandreinstallitwithoutthecommandlineorsetup.
inioptionallusers=""Q820865YouReceiveanErrorMessageWhenYouStartOutlook2003ThisproblemoccursifthereisafileconflictwiththeMAPIcorefilesonyourcomputer.
ThefilethatisinconflictistheMapi32.
dllfile.
AnExtendedErrorMessageexistsforthiserror.
Solution:SelecttheYesbuttontocorrecttheproblem(mayrequireareboot).
Q821298YouAreNotNotifiedWhenYouReceiveNewE-MailMessagesThisbehavioroccurswhenanewe-mailmessagearrivesfromane-mailaccountthatisonanInternetMessagingAccessProtocol(IMAP)server.
Whenyoureceivenewe-mailmessagesfromserversotherthanIMAPservers,youarenotified.
Solution:Noneatthistime.
Thisisabug.
AfixwillprobablyappearsooninanOfficeUpdate.
Q823132Outlook2003stopsrespondingwithanErrorMessagethatreferencestheHawkex.
dllfileThisbehaviormayoccuriftheNetworkAssociatesMcAfeeHawkexadd-inisinstalledonyourcomputer.
Solution:Toresolvethisbehavior,contactNetworkAssociatestoinquireabouttheavailabilityofafixforthisbehavior.
SeeKBarticleforatemporaryfix.
Q826807OutlookMayBecomeUnresponsivewithIMAPServersThisproblemoccursbecauseofnetworklatency.
Whenyouworkwithane-mailmessageonanInternetMessageAccessProtocol(IMAP)server,nootheractioninMicrosoftOutlookoccursuntilthecurrentactionbeingprocessedisfinished.
Solution:TheonlywaytostoptheprocessistoforceOutlooktoshutdownusingWindowsTaskManager.
Seearticleforalternatetimeoutsolution.
WordQ211948NomacrowarningopeningfilecontainingmacrosThisbehaviormayoccurforanyofthefollowingcauses.
FileLocationUsertemplatesfolderWorkgrouptemplatesfolderANDtheTrustAllInstalledAdd-InsandTemplatesoptionissettochecked.
SecurityLevelsettoLowFileisfromaTrustedSourceSignificantchangesweremadetotheSecuritycomponentsofOffice2003.
ItishighlyadvisedtoreadtheOfficeResourceKitSecuritysectionfornewmacrosecuritylevels(VeryHighmacrosecurity).
Q244202Picturedisplayedasred"X"indocumentThismayoccuriftheWorddocumentwascreatedinaversionofWordearlierthanWord97,SR1andcontainsinsertedbitmap(.
bmp)filesorpastedpicturesandothergraphicformats.
WorduseseitheraredXorageneralpicture(acircle,square,andtriangle)torepresentanygraphicorpictureitcannotdisplay.
Wordcannotdisplaycorruptordamagedpictures;also,Wordmaylosepicturedatainlow-memoryorlow-resourcesituations.
ThisisagreatarticlethatcoversmanyissuesassociatedwithdisplayingpictureswithinadocumentandthepossibleissuesthatmaycausetheredXtoappear.
Adefinitereadforanyadministratorsandprogrammers.
Solution:Manuallyrestorepicturestothedocument,refreshanylinks,repaircorruptfiles.
Q288792DescriptionoftheCompatibilitytabinOptionsdialogboxforWord2002ThisarticledescribesthecompatibilityoptionsavailableintheOptionsdialogboxinWord2002.
OnlyafewminordifferencesexistbetweenWord2002andWord2003inthisarea,thisarticleprovidesdefinitionsforsomeoftheavailableoptionsnotlistedintheon-linehelp.
Q293325ExplanationofpreviewsettingsforTrackedChangesArticleexplainingthedifferentviewingsettingsforexaminingtrackedchanges.
AverynoticeableenduserproblemwithtrackedchangesisthewaychangesappearinthedisplayareaofWord.
Thiswilldefinitelycreatequestionsyouwillneedtoanswer.
Q304862UsingmailmergeinWord2002whitepaperavailableWhitepaperdescribingthedifferencesinMailMergeforWord2002.
HighlyrecommendforthoseperformingmailmergeprocessesorthosemigratingamailmergecustomapplicationtoOfficeXP.
ThemajorityoftheissuespresentedinthispaperalsoapplytoWord2003.
Q319181Dimensionsofbodyofprinteddocumentarereduced,andrightandbottommarginsareexpandedActually,thetitleofthisarticleshouldbeamendedtosay:DimensionsoftheBodyofaPrintedDocumentAreReduced…Thisbehaviorcanoccurifallofthefollowingconditionsaretrue:YourdocumentincludescommentsortrackedchangesTheReviewingviewisnotsettoFinalortoOriginal.
Wordinsertscommentseitherinthecommentpaneatthebottomofthepageordisplaysthemascommentballoonsintherightmargin.
Italsoinsertsthetrackedchangesintherightmargin.
Theextraspaceneededforthecommentsandtrackedchangesshowsuponeverypageofthedocument,evenifaparticularpagecontainsnocommentortrackedchange.
Solution:ChangetheDisplayforviewoptionfromFinalShowingMarkuptoFinal(ontheReviewingtoolbar).
GeneralarticlesInanefforttoprovideasmuchinformationasmaybeneededbymanagersoradministrators,thefollowingadditionalresourcesmayhelptoidentifywhereinformationregardingmigrationconcernsexistswithintheMicrosoftinformationstructure.
ListedbelowareKnowledgeBasearticlesandrelevantdocumentationontheissuesassociatedwithOffice2000,OfficeXP,orOffice2003onWindows2000orWindowsXP.
ThoughsomeofthesemarketingandOfficeResourceKitarticlesareorientedtowardpriorversionsofOffice,thebasicconceptsalsoapplytoOffice2003.
Top10reasonstoUpgradetoOfficeProfessionalEdition2003AmarketingdrivenWebsite,butitpointstovaluableinformationapplicabletomostbusinesses.
MigratingtoAccess2003UserAssistancecontentregardinghowtomigrateexistingAccessdatabasestoAccess2003databases.
AlsoincludesinformationonUIandsecuritychanges.
Note:theAccess2.
0databaseconversionutilitydoesnotshipwithAccess2003.
However,itisavailableuponrequestfromProductSupportServices.
DeployingOfficeXPatMicrosoft-SharingMicrosoft'sInformationTechnologyGroupexperiencesOfficeXPfeaturessubstantiallyimproveemployeeproductivity.
TheresultsofthedeploymentofOfficeXPwithinMicrosoftprovidedahigh-qualityproductforcustomersandapositiveend-userexperience.
ThiswasmeasuredbylowerHelpdeskdemandcomparedtopreviousdeploymentsofOffice97andOffice2000.
LessonslearnedbyITGcouldhelpcustomerscreatesuccessfulOfficeXPdeploymentplans.
DeployingOfficeXPincompanieswith50-250PCsListofrelevantarticlesonMicrosoftOfficeXPDeploymentforcompanieswith50-250PCs.
DeployingOfficeXPinCompanieswith250-5000PCsListofrelevantarticlesonMicrosoftOfficeXPDeploymentforcompanieswith250-5000PCs.
DeployingOfficeXPinCompanieswithMoreThan5000PCsListofrelevantarticlesonMicrosoftOfficeXPDeploymentforcompanieswithmorethan5000PCs.
DesigningforperformanceandcompatibilityThissegmentoftheVisualBasic6.
0documentationdiscussesthedifferencesbetweenthethreeversionsofVisualBasicandprovidessometipsforcreatingportablecode.
MicrosoftOfficefileformatmigrationWhendeployingOfficeXP,twoissuesusuallyarise:usersmustworkwithdocumentscreatedinpreviousversionsofOffice;andusersmustsharedocumentswithotherswhomightnotbeusingOfficeXP.
UnderstandingthefileformatsofOfficeversionshelpsinplanningamigrationtoOfficeXP.
Thisarticleprovidesinformationusefultoadministrators.
OfficeXPandfilesharinginaheterogeneousOfficeenvironmentBeforemigratingtoanewversionofOffice,administratorstypicallyconsidertwoissues:canusersconvertfilesfromoneformattoanotherwithoutlosingdata,andwillbackwardcompatibilityexistoncetheupgradeiscomplete.
ThisdocumentoutlineshowadministratorscanensurethatusersofdifferentOfficeversionscansharefilesbefore,during,andaftermigrationtoOfficeXP.
MostoftheconceptsandproceduressuppliedinthisarticlearerelevanttoOffice2003.
OfficeXPdeploymentandadministrationMicrosoftOfficeisnowmorereliable,configurable,andmanageablethaneverbefore.
ReadthiswhitepapertolearnaboutthenewtoolsinOfficeXPthatenablesystemsadministratorstohavegreatercontrol,therebyreducingthecostofdeployingandsupportingthedesktop.
OfficeXPdeploymentblueprintThisplanningworkbookprovidesassistancewiththeplanning,deployment,andmigrationofOfficeXP.
IthasspecificOfficeXPdeploymentadvice,checklists,andgeneralinformationforeachphaseofdeployment.
ThoughtherearesignificantdifferencesbetweenOfficeXPandOffice2003,manyofthesamedeploymentissuesarestillrelevant.
OfficecustomsolutiondevelopmentQ291294SummaryofWorkbookandWorksheetapplicationeventsProvidesasummaryofVisualBasicforApplicationsworkbookandworksheetevents.
ItalsoincludesthecorrespondingcommandusedinversionsofMicrosoftExcelearlierthanMicrosoftExcel97.
Q289150SetupandusetheRTDfunctioninExcel2002DiscussesnewfunctionalityavailableintheRealTimeData(RTD)function.
ThisnewworksheetfunctionprovidestheabilitytocallaComponentObjectModel(COM)Automationserverforthepurposeofretrievingdatainrealtime.
Objectvariabledeclaration-Ifyouarenotfamiliarwiththeconceptsofearlyandlatebinding,thisisagreatprimer.
Recommendedforanynon-programmerswhoneedtounderstandbindingconcepts.
DeploymentofmanagedCOMadd-insinOfficeXPUsingtheCOMadd-inshimsolutiontodeploymanagedCOMadd-insinOfficeXPObviousinstalldifferencesbetweenOfficeXPandOffice2003Office2000wasthefirstversionofOfficetouseWindowsInstallertechnology.
EachsuccessiveversionofOfficehasusedanupdatedversionofWindowsInstallertoaccomplishinstallationoffilesandregistrysettings.
TheaddedabilitytofinitelycontroltheinstallationofOfficehasprovidedadministratorswithahighdegreeofrepeatableandreliablecustominstallations.
AllOfficeadministratorsshouldreviewavailabledocumentationonWindowsInstallerandunderstandallthebasicoptionsandsettingsavailableforuse.
WindowsInstaller,inconjunctionwiththecustomsetup.
exeprogramusedbyOfficeapplicationstopasscommandstotheWindowsInstallerexecutable,providesforahighdegreeofcustomizationandflexibility.
DetaileddocumentationontheoptionsforusewithWindowsInstallerandSetup.
exeisavailableintheOffice2003ResourceKitandtheMSDNwebsite.
IfyouweretoperformasidebysidecomparisonbetweenthesetupoptionsusedbyOfficeXPandOffice2003,thefollowinginformationdocumentsthemostobviousdifferencesyouwillfind.
Someofthepreviouslyavailablesetupfeatureoptionswereintegratedintotheapplicationstheywererelatedto,otherswerenot.
Whereapplicableanexplanationwasaddedtohelprevealwhytheoptionisnolongeravailable.
MicrosoftOfficeAccess.
NETProgrammabilitySupportadded.
Access2.
0databaseconversionutilityisnotavailableforinstallfromtheinstallationCD–lookforupcomingAccess2003MigrationtoolkitcomingsoonorcontactProductSupportServices–alsoseethefollowingwebsite:http://office.
microsoft.
com/assistance/preview.
aspxAssetID=HA010947401033&CTT=1&Origin=EC010223701033&QueryID=ca25cSwkGMicrosoftOfficeExcel.
NETProgrammabilitySupportadded.
MicrosoftOfficeFrontPageFrontPageisnotofferedaspartoftheMicrosoftOffice2003Professionalrelease.
Note:IfFrontPagewasinstalledaspartofanOfficeXPProfessionaleditiondeploymentorasastandaloneproductonacomputerwhereapreviousreleaseofOfficewasinstalled,andthatreleaseofOfficewaslaterremoved,theMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarwillremainifFrontPageisnotremoved,causingthepossible"emptytemplatelist"issue.
IfyoumigratetoOffice2003,andapreviousreleaseofFrontPageisalreadyinstalled,youshouldremoveFrontPage(ifyoudonotplantousetheinstalledinstanceofFrontPagewithOffice2003).
Or,ifyouprefertokeepFrontPage,youmightwanttodeletetheMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarshortcutfromtheStartmenu.
IfyouplanonkeepingFrontPage,itisadvisabletoreadthesectiononMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarnotedlaterinthisdocumentation.
MicrosoftOfficeInfoPathNotincludedinthecoreMicrosoftOfficeXPProfessionalSKU.
Newproduct.
MicrosoftOfficeOneNoteNotincludedinthecoreMicrosoftOfficeXPProfessionalSKU.
Newproduct.
MicrosoftOfficeOutlook.
NETProgrammabilitySupportadded.
Act2.
0importsupportremoved–Nolongersupported.
EccoimportsupportremovedJunkE-mailremoved.
MicrosoftOfficePowerPoint.
NETProgrammabilitySupportadded.
GenigraphicsWizardsupportremoved.
Presentationtranslators–Removedduetoage,obsolescence,orarenolongersupportedbytheirdevelopers.
Also,somewereremovedduetosecurityconcernsandthepossibleexposuretounknownsecurityrisks.
Someoldertranslatorsarestillavailableasdownloadsbutarenotrecommendedduetothesecurityriskstheypresent.
HarvardGraphics3.
0forDOSremovedLotusFreelance1.
0-2.
1forWindowsremovedPackandGoWizard–replacedbyamorerobustfeaturenamedPackageforCD.
PresentationBroadcasting-Removedfromtheproductduetosecurityconcerns.
However,adownloadableversionexists.
SeetheOfficeResourceKitWebsiteToolboxfortheOnlineBroadcastdownload.
MicrosoftOfficePublisherNotincludedinthecoreMicrosoftOfficeXPProfessionalSKU.
OfficeSharedFeaturesConvertersTextwithLayoutConverterremovedMicrosoftExcelConverterremovedWord6.
0/95ExportConverterremovedWordforMacintosh4.
0-5.
1ConverterremovedWordforWindows2.
0ConverterremovedWorksforWindows4.
0removedWorks2000removedWord6.
0/95forWindows/MacintoshremovedLotus1-2-3ConverterremovedGraphicsFiltersTagImageFileFormat(TIFF)FileImportremovedFlashPix(FPX)FileImportremovedWindowsBitmap(BMP)FileImportremovedPCPaintbrush(PCX)FileImportremovedWindowsMetafile(WMF)FileImportremovedKodakPhotoCDImportremovedFontsaddedMicrosoftHandwritingComponentaddedInternationalSupportArmenianandGeorgianFontoptionremovedHindiFontoptionremovedTamilFontoptionremovedKoreanFontoptionremovedTraditionalChineseFontoptionremovedSimplifiedChineseFontoptionremovedNewandOpenOfficeDocumentShortcutsoptionaddedOfficeXPWebComponentsoptionremovedOffice2000WebComponentsoptionremovedMicrosoftOfficeDownloadControladdedOfficeSOAPToolkitaddedSomeofthecommonfileconverterswereintegratedintotheOpenorSavedialogsofthevariousOfficeapplicationsthatsupporttherespectivefiletype.
However,somewereultimatelyremovedduetoobsolescenceoftheapplicationtheysupported.
ThefollowingconvertersareonlyavailableasadownloadfromtheOfficeResourceKitforOffice2003andareintendedforusewithOffice2003:FileNameFormatOpen/SaveAsconverterWWORD5.
CNVWord5(AsianequivalentofWord2)Open,SaveAsEXCEL32.
CNVMicrosoftExcelOpenNote:thisconverterisNOTusedforcopyorpaste.
LOTUS32.
CNVLotus123OpenMACWRD32.
CNVMacWordOpen,SaveAsNote:WorddoesnotusethisconvertertoopenMacfiles,butotherappsmight.
W6JEX32.
CNVJapaneseWord6.
0/95SaveAsW6SCEX32.
CNVSimplifiedChineseWord6.
0/95SaveAsW6TCEX32.
CNVTraditionalChineseWord6.
0/95SaveAsW6KEX32.
CNVKoreanWord6.
0/95SaveAsWNWRD232.
CNVWord2.
0Open,SaveAsNote:WorddoesnotusethisconvertertoopenWord2.
0files,butotherappsmight.
MSWRD632.
CNVWord6.
0/95SaveAsWRD6EX32.
CNVWord6.
0/95SaveAsWRD6ER32.
CNVWord6.
0/95and97+RTFSaveAsWORKS432.
CNVWorks4Open,SaveAsWORKS532.
CNVWorks2000Open,SaveAsTXTLYT32.
CNVTextwithLayoutOpen,SaveAsSeetheOfficeResourceKittoolboxtodownloadtheseconverters;OfficeConverterPack.
MicrosoftOfficeVisioNotincludedinthecoreMicrosoftOfficeXPProfessionalSKUortheMicrosoftOffice2003ProfessionalSKU–VisioisavailableasaStandardorProfessionalstandalonereleaseonly.
DataFlowModelDiagramModelExplorerTheModelExplorerwasremovedfromtheDataFlowModelDiagramtemplate.
FormsTheFormstemplatewasremoved.
ImportProjectDataWizardYoucannolongerimportMicrosoftOfficeExceldata,.
txt,or.
mpxfilesintoatimeline,orconvertdatabetweenatimelineandaGanttchart,usingtheImportProjectDataWizard.
YoucanstillimportMicrosoftOfficeProjectdata,usingthenewImportTimelineDataWizard,andyoucanalsostillusetheImportProjectDataWizard,nowavailableontheGanttChartmenu,tocreateGanttcharts.
YoumusthaveMicrosoftProjectinstalledonthecomputer.
ImportFlowchartDatawizardandOrganizationChart5.
0conversionutilityThesefeatureswereremoved.
ToimportdataintoaflowchartinMicrosoftOfficeVisio2003,youmustfirstopenthefileinanypreviousversionofVisiothatsupportsthefeatureandthensavethefileinthenativeformatforthatversion.
YoucanthenopenthefilefromwithinMicrosoftOfficeVisio2003.
Auto-discoveryFeatureThisfunctionalityisnolongeravailable,andwasremovedinapriorversion.
MicrosoftOfficeWord.
NETProgrammabilitySupportaddedSomeconvertersremoved–However,thesearestillavailableasdownloadsfromtheOfficeResourceKitWebsite.
SeethefollowinglinkOfficeConverterPackformoreinformation.
WebPageswizard–Removedduetolowusageandoutdatedresults.
OfficeToolsDocumentUpdateUtilityaddedHostedWebsaddedMicrosoftDrawConverterremovedMicrosoftForms2.
0.
NETProgrammabilitySupportaddedMicrosoftGraph(newoptionsadded).
NETProgrammabilitySupportaddedMicrosoftOfficeDocumentImaging(newoptionsadded)HelpMicrosoftOfficeDocumentImageWriterScanning,OCRandIndexingServiceFilterMicrosoftOfficePictureManageradded(replacesMicrosoftPhotoEditor)MicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarremovedMicrosoftPhotoEditorremovedMicrosoftSharePointSupportremovedOrganizationChartConverterremovedResearchExplorerBaraddedSmartTag.
NETProgrammabilitySupportaddedWindowsSharePointServicesSupportaddedMicrosoftOfficeListDatasheetComponentaddedWebCaptureclientaddedWindowsSharePointServicesSupportaddedFeatureelimination,reduction,obsolescence,ormorphingAstechnologypushesforward,bettertechnologyreplacesoldertechnology.
ThefollowingsectionslistsomeofthedifferencesintherelatedOfficeapplicationsaffectedbysuchchanges.
Thoughthisisnotacompletelistofallchanges,thesearethebasicandmostlikelychangesadministratorsoruserswillencounterwhenmigratingfromOfficeXPtoOffice2003.
Thefollowinglistisinnoparticularorder.
ShortcutplacementAllpreviousnon-customizedOfficeshortcutswereplacedonthefirstleveloftheStart|ProgramsmenuforWindows95/98/2000andtheStart|AllProgramsmenuforWindowsXP.
ForOffice2003,shortcutsareplacedintheMicrosoftOfficefolder(defaultinstalltotheStart|AllProgramsmenuofWindowsXPandStart|ProgramsmenuofWindows2000).
SomeOffice2000shortcutsmaynotberemovedinsomemigrationscenariosduetocustominstallationconfigurationsforOffice2003orcustomshortcutsforpreviousreleasesofOfficewereplacedinnon-standardlocationsontheuser'scomputer.
SpecificshortcutsthatmaycauseissuesaretheNewOfficeDocumentandOpenOfficeDocumentshortcutsforOffice2000.
TheseshortcutswillpossiblydisplayemptytemplateorwizardviewsinthevarioustabsintheNewOfficeDocumentutilityunlessthecorrelatingOffice2003optionNewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcutsfeatureisselectedforinstallationduringdeploymentofOffice2003.
TheNewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcutsfeatureisnotinstalledbydefaultwithOffice2003andisnotexpectedtobeavailableinfuturereleasesofOffice.
AcompletedescriptionofthisissueispresentedlaterinthispaperintheMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBardescription.
TaskpaneForeachOfficeapplication,varioustaskpanesappearwhenspecificmenuoptionsareselected.
WithinWord2003,File|New…,File|Search…,Edit|OfficeClipboard…,Format|StylesandFormatting…,Format|RevealFormatting…,andothers.
Thesetaskpanesprovidealargerareatodisplayoptionsorproceduralstepsnecessarytocompleteataskwithoutsettingtheuserinterfaceintoanoverlappingmodaldialogconfiguration.
However,thisisasignificantdifferencefromwhatausermightexpectiftheyhaveconsiderableexperiencewithearlierversionsofOffice.
Usersshouldbeawareofthisspecificchangebecausesomeoptionstheyareusedtowillnowappearwithinthesetaskpanes.
Thiswasdoneprimarilytoeliminatemodaldialogs.
ThebasicdifferencesareeasytoidentifybyrunningthevariousapplicationsandexaminingthelistoftaskbarentriesbyselectingView|TaskPaneandthenselectingthedownarrowtotherightofthetaskpaneidentifier.
TheOfficeAssistantClippyandfriendsareontheirwayout.
WithOffice2003,theavailabilityofOfficeAssistantsstillexists,butusersmustchoosetoactivatethem.
Also,theOfficeAssistant,ifactivated,willgetinthewayofanewfeatureknownasExtendedErrorReporting(withadditionalhelp).
Theabilitytoasknaturallanguagequestionsofthehelpengineisstillpossible,buttheneedtoentertherequestthroughtheOfficeAssistantisnolongerrequired.
Thenewfeature,ExtendedErrorReporting,isadvisableforusebecauseitincludesanewabilitytohelpusersworkaroundproblemsbyprovidinghelpfulsuggestionsforwhatmightbecausingaproblemtheyhaveencountered.
Therefore,activationoftheOfficeAssistantisnotrecommended.
NewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcutsThesetwoshortcutsarenowoptional,andinfuturereleasesofOffice,willprobablynotbeavailable.
Thisisnowconsideredanobsoletefeature.
ThesereplacetheolderMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBar.
ApotentialproblemariseswhenanyolderOfficeapplicationisnotremovedfromacomputerwhereOffice2003isbeinginstalled.
Forexample,whenapreviousreleaseofExcelorAccessisnotremovedfromthecomputer.
SincetheNewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcutfeatureisnotinstalledbydefaultandiftheolderMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarprogramiscurrentlyinstalledonthesystem,theMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarwillremainonthecomputerifolderOfficeapplicationswerenotremoved(totalremovalofallpriorOfficeapplicationsisrequiredbeforetheMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarisremoved).
ThesymptomofthisissueisanemptytemplatelistintheMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBartabwindowsfortherespectiveapplicationthetabrepresents–iftheapplicationwasremoved.
IftheNewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcutfeatureoptionisinstalledwithOffice2003,theproblemdoesnotoccurbecausetheNewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcutfeaturereplacestheMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarprogramandeliminatesthepossibilityofseeinganemptytemplateslist.
TrackChangeschangesWordnowprovidesameansofemulatingalmostallpreviousmethodsofchangetracking.
YoucannowcustomizetheUIofWordtolookandactlikemostpreviousversionsofWord.
Itisrecommendedtousethenewdefaultsettings,butifnecessary,youcandemotetheconfigurationtobeverysimilartoWord97,Word2000,orWord2002.
OneofthemostcomplainedaboutdefaultconfigurationsofWordisthatwhenyouviewadocumentinPrintLayout,itautomaticallyisdisplayedinFinalShowingMarkupconfiguration.
Ifacommentorchangeisinthedocument,itwillskewthedocumenttotheleftofthepage,expandingtherightmarginenoughtodisplaythecommentorchangetrackinginfo(theballoon).
Tohidetheballoonsandseetheactualdocumentmargins,changetheDisplayforReviewsettingtoFinalbeforeprinting.
ClipArtGalleryClipartisagreatthing.
It'soneofthemostpopularfeaturesontheMicrosoft.
com/OfficeWebsite.
However,therearechangestohowthetaskpaneappearsinOffice2003comparedtoOfficeXP.
Ifyoudon'tlikewhatyousee,oryouwantittobemoretoyourtastes,selecttheOrganizeclips…optionatthebottomofthetaskpanetoorganizeclipsthewayyouthinktheyshouldbe.
CollaborationTheabilityforuserstocollaborateonideasisnoweasierthaninpreviousreleasesofOffice.
However,thisrequiresextraworkonanadministrator'sparttoconfigureOfficetotakeadvantageofthefeature.
Networksmustbeconfiguredtomanagecollaborationinmostcases,andyouwillmostlikelyneedtocreateaSharePointPortalservertofullysupportonlinecollaborationasitwasdesignedintoOffice2003.
ForOfficeXPusersthisisnotanewactivityoroption,butthedifferencesareinhowcollaborationtakesplacebehindthescenesatthenetworkandserverlevel.
Inmostcases,theneedtocreatespecialserverstohandleonlinemeetings(suchasserversthatsupportNetMeetingorInstantMessaging)isnecessary.
MicrosoftOfficeToolsStartmenufolderThoughthisisnotnew,thereareseveraltoolsavailabletousersaspartofatypicalorcompleteinstallofOffice2003.
Specifically,toolslike:DigitalCertificateforVBAProjectsMicrosoftOfficePictureManagerTheSaveMySettingsWizardisactuallytheOfficeProfileWizardslightlyadjustedforusebytheaverageuser.
Theinstallationofthesetoolstousers'computersisbasedonwhetherornotyoucreateatransformtoinstallornotinstallthesetools.
WithOfficeXP,acustominstalloftheMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBar,MicrosoftAccessSnapshotViewer,orMicrosoftPhotoEditorwouldautomaticallycreatethisfolder.
However,theonlycarryoverofthesethreetoolsnowistheMicrosoftOfficePictureManager,whichreplacestheMicrosoftPhotoEditor.
MicrosoftOfficeShortcutBar(msoffice.
exe)ThisisnolongeraninstallablefeatureofOffice.
Forthosewhohavecometorelyonthisfeature,therearenooptionstocontinuethedeploymentanduseofthistool.
ThiswasreplacedbytheNewandOpenOfficeDocumentsShortcutsfeature.
ThisscaledbackfeaturehasconflictswiththeolderMicrosoftOfficeShortcutBarduetodifferencesintheinstalledapplicationsavailableforeachreleaseofOfficeafterOffice97,alongwithdifferencesthatmayarisewithstageddeploymentscenarios.
ThepotentialproblemariseswhenanyolderOfficeapplicationisnotremovedfromthecomputerwhereOffice2003isbeinginstalled.
Word2002normal.
dotandWord2003normal.
dotThesemaynotbe100%compatibleduetoissuesassociatedwithlanguageandregionalsettingsconfiguredforuseonthecomputerOfficeisbeinginstalledto.
Ifyouwanttoplayitsafe,renametheexistingnormal.
dotonthecomputeryouareinstallingWord2003tobeforeinstallationbegins.
AllowWord2003tocreatethefirstinstanceofnormal.
dot.
Then,eithercutandpastethemacrosyouwanttouseintothenewnormal.
dotfromtheoldernormal.
dotorusetheOrganizerutility(Tools|TemplatesandAdd-ins…).
Becarefultonotdeleteanythingfromeitherofthetemplatesyouhaveselected.
SometimesitisnotclearwhichtemplateyouareactuallydeletingcontentfromwhenusingtheOrganizerutility.
Theprimaryreasonthesetemplatesarenotreallycompatibleisduetodifferencesinlanguagesettings.
Word2003shouldbeallowedtocreatethefirstinstanceofnormal.
dotonthecomputer.
Insodoing,itwillcreateanormal.
dotthatisautomaticallyconfiguredtotakeadvantageofthelanguagesettingsonthecomputeritwasinstalledto.
So,yes,thenormal.
dotfileislanguageandsystem-dependent.
Ifyoudorecycletemplates(.
dotfiles)forusewithWord,youcanmakethemglobaltemplatesinordertotakeadvantageofstoredmacrosandstyles,butdonottrytorecycleanormal.
dotfromanearlierversionofWordtoWord2003unlessyouare100%certaintherearenolanguageandlocaledifferencesbetweenapreviousinstallationofOfficeandtheoneyouareinstallingto.
Inanupgradescenario,itisacceptabletoallowWord2003toinheritthenormal.
dotfromthepreviousinstallationofWord2002.
However,iftheWord2002normal.
dotwascreatedwithanLCIDdifferentthanthecurrentLCID(default)inusebytheoperatingsystem,theremaybesubtleinconsistenciesinlocaledependentsettingssuchasdate,time,punctuation,currency,grammar,spellchecking,etc.
Or,ifthedesireddefaultLCIDforthenormal.
dotneedstobedifferentthantheLCIDthatwasusedwiththeWord2002normal.
dot,itisrecommendedtorenamethenormal.
dotcurrentlyonthecomputertoanothernamepriortoinstallationofOffice2003,sinceitisinacommonfolderareathatisusedbythenewinstallationofWord2003.
Word2003defaulteditingconfigurationSomewritersandeditorswillnotlikethedefaulteditingconfigurationofWord2003.
Duetothehighprobabilitythatthiswillcauseunhappyusers,itisbesttofindoutwhatthemajorityofyourwritersandeditorswouldprefertouse.
Bydefault,theWhenselecting,automaticallyselectentirewordoptionissettoenabled(Tools|Options|Edit(tab)).
Ifthisisnotthesettingyourusersprefer,reviewthissettingpriortodeployinganinstallofOffice2003andeithercustomizethesettingusingtheCustomInstallationWizardoruseapolicytosetthisoptiontoadifferentsetting.
EventhoughyoumayhaveneversetthistoadifferentsettinginpreviousdeploymentsofOffice,itmightbeatimesavingtasktoautomaticallydeployitwiththesettingsdesiredbythemajorityofusers.
TheCutandPasteoptionsmayalsoleadtouserissues(seetheSettingsbuttoninthissamedialog)becauseoftheprobabilitythatimportingacutandpastefromanotherapplicationcouldbecomeproblematicforsomeapplications.
StraightquotesandsmartquotesThoughthisfeatureexistswithOfficeXP,ithasbeenproblematicenoughforsomecompaniesthatitismentionedheretomakesuredevelopersandadministratorsareawareofit.
DependingontheAutoFormatfeaturesettingsofWord,itmayconvertcharactersorwordsthatwritersandeditorsdidnotwantconverted,andusually,thefulleffectofthechangeisn'tnoticeduntilwellafterthenegativeeffectsarefelt.
Forexample,thestraightquotestosmartquotesreplacementstrategycancauseproblemswhencontentisprocessedbyaplaintexteditingprogramorconverterthatdoesn'thaveaclueastowhatasmartquoteis.
Manytimes,amacroattemptingtoprocessasmartquotedoesnotincludethenecessaryconditionalcodetoconvertthesmartquotetoastandardquotecharacter(ASCIIorUnicodeequivalent).
Insuchcases,itisrecommendedthatyoueithermodifyallcustomsolutionsthatmayencountersmartquotes,ordisablesmartquotesifthetextisexpectedtobeprocessedbyaprogramexpectingstandardquotes.
DefaultfolderlocationsImportantfolderlocationsaredifferentthantheywereunderOfficeXP.
Forexample,theSTARTUPandXLSTARTfoldersappearunderaversionedfolderstructure.
Suchas:C:\ProgramFiles\MicrosoftOffice\Office11\STARTUPYoumayneedtotakethesechangesintoaccountpriortodeployingOfficetousers'computerswhenusingcustommacrosolutions.
HTMLHelpdifferencesIfyouhavecustomHelpsolutions,youmayneedtoadjustafewsettingstomakethemcompatiblewithOffice2003.
Youshouldcheckwhereanycustomhelpfilesarestoredontheuser'sharddiskandverifythenecessaryregistryentriespointtotheselocationssothevariousOfficeapplicationswillfindthemcorrectly.
AutocompleteWithrecentchangestoOfficeapplications,aproblemmayariseforsomewritersandeditors.
Forinstance,enteringthenumber"2004"(andeventually2005)willautomaticallyaskyouifyouwanttoAutoCompletethecurrentdate.
Thisisn'tsobadif2004isnotplacedattheendofasentenceorbulletedlinewithoutaclosingperiod.
Ifyoutype2004and,withoutthinking,presstheenterkey,thecurrentdateinsteadof2004isenteredontheline.
Thereareothersimilarscenariosfornumbersappearingattheendofalinewherenoperiodisinsertedandyouautomaticallypresstheenterkey.
TodisablethisfeatureselectTools|AutoCorrectOptions…|AutoText(tab)andsettheShowAutoCompleteSuggestioncheckboxtonotchecked.
OfficeClipboardSomesignificantchangesweremadetohowtheWindowsClipboardisintegratedintothevariousOfficeapplications.
Forinstance,ifuserscommonlyusetheCTRL+Ckeyboardshortcuttoperformacopytoclipboardfunction,theymaybesurprisedwhen,afterpressingCTRL+Ctwice(likeadoubleclick),theygetanewtaskpanewiththeClipboardentriesthathaveaccumulatedduringtheircurrenteditingsession.
Thistaskpaneallowsuserstogainaccesstopreviouslyselectedmaterialwithouthavingtogoandselectitagain.
FrontPage2003-DesignTimeControls(DTC)nolongersupportedSpecifically,callstomethodsintheIDesignTimeControlinterfacearenotsupportedforDTC.
Noworkaroundexists.
Outlook2003ObjectModelGuardOutlook2003nowinheritstheOutlook2002objectmodelguardbehavior.
ThisenhancestheabilityofuserstodetermineiftheBodyorHTMLBodyofane-mailaretrustworthypriortoopening.
ThischangeforcesadisplayofsecuritywarningsinexistingCOMadd-insthatattempttoaccesstheBodyorHTMLBodypropertiesofitems.
ToavoiddisplayingasecuritywarningfromaCOMadd-in,deriveallobjects,properties,andmethodsfromtheApplicationobjectpassedtotheOnConnectionprocedureoftheadd-in.
ThesepropertiesarethosethatareblockedbyOutlook2003:ContactItem.
IMAddressMailItem.
HTMLBodyContactItem.
BodyMailItem.
BodyPostItem.
BodyAppointmentItem.
BodyTaskItem.
BodyTaskRequestItem.
BodyTaskRequestAcceptItem.
BodyTaskRequestDeclineItem.
BodyTaskRequestUpdateItem.
BodyDistListItem.
BodyJournalItem.
BodyMeetingItem.
BodyReportItem.
BodyRemoteItem.
BodyNoteItem.
BodyDocumentItem.
bodyUNCbasedfilelinkscanbreakAUNCreferencedlinkcanbecomeproblematicifthe"linkedto"fileismovedfromoneservertoanother.
Currently,therearenotoolstosupportchangingtheredirectingofUNCreferencedlinks.
Ifatallpossible,donotmovefilesaftercreatingalink.
Ifafileismovedduetoaserverchangeout(suchasupgradingorarepair),changetheservernameofthedefunctservertoadifferentnameandcreateanewserverwiththeoldserver'soriginalname(itmustalsoincludethesamefolderstructureandsharenameaswell).
Amirrorimageoftheoriginalserverwilleliminatethebreakingofexistinglinks.
DeploymentPlanningDeploymentofOfficeisnotasimplematter.
ThereareseveraldecisionsevenahomeusermustmakewheninstallingOffice2003ontoacomputer.
ProvidedbelowarearticlesassociatedwithpreparingdeploymentofOffice2003toalargenumberofworkstations.
Issueslikehowmuchmemory,harddiskspace,serverspaceforhostingofanadministrativeinstallationpoint,andotherdeploymentissuesarecovered.
ThisisanadvisablereadforanyOfficeadministratorandevenfornetworkadministratorswhoneedtoplanforgrowthormanageserverspacewithintheircompany.
PreparingtodeployOffice2003UsingSMS2.
0toDeployMicrosoftOfficeXPMajorexceptionstothispaperapplytoOffice2003.
Specifically,Office2003onlyrunsonWindowsXP,Windows2000,andWindowsServer2003.
However,manyoftheinstallationissuesassociatedwithOfficeXParethesameasthoseassociatedwithOffice2003;therefore,themajorityofinformationinthispaperstillappliestoOffice2003installationsdeployedusingSMS.
Relateddeployment/migrationissuesThefollowingitemsareuniquetothenotedversionsofOfficeandmaypresentissuesduringmigration.
Itisadvisabletoexaminetheseitemsanddetermineiftheymayrequirespecialhandlinginyourenvironment.
RollbackinstallationfeatureofWindowsInstallerIfaninstallationtoauser'scomputerfailsforanyreason,WindowsInstallerwillautomaticallyrollbackanyandallchangesithasmadetothecomputerandreturnthecomputertoitspreviouscondition(providedthesystemdoesnotfaultorbluescreenduringtheprocess).
ThisfeatureofWindowsInstallercanbeoverridden,butitisnotanadvisedaction.
"Damagedfile"blockingAnewfeatureofmanyOfficeapplicationsistheabilitytoblockknown"bad"filesfrombeingloadedintoanapplicationworkspace.
Whenafileismarkedasdamaged,thefileappearsintheDisabledItemsdialog(Help|About|DisabledItems…(button)).
Thisonlyoccursifthefilehascausedanapplicationtofaultorshutdowninpreviousattemptstoopenthefile.
Thishelpsusersavoidpotentialproblemsthatmayoccurifanattemptismadetoopenthefileagain.
Ifthefilewasproperlyrecovered,replaced,ordeleted,youcanremovethefilefromthelistofdisabledfiles(re-enablethefile)byselectingHelp|About,andclickingDisabledItems.
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Re-enablingafiledoesnotguaranteetheapplicationcansuccessfullyopenit.
MenuAnimationUsersshouldavoidenablingtheMenuAnimationfeatureinOfficeiftheyhaveaslowcomputer.
Enablingthisfeaturecanseverelyaffectsystemperformance.
ItisalsorecommendedthatyouturnoffMenuAnimationinOfficeXPpriortoperformingamigrationtoOffice2003ifitiscurrentlyenabledonusers'systems.
Access2003andJet4.
0IfMicrosoftJet4.
0ServicePack8orlaterisnotappliedpriortorunningAccess2003,itwilldisplayanerrormessage.
Toavoidtheerrormessage,makesuretheJETupdateisappliedpriortostartingAccess2003.
Theupdateisnecessarytoblock"unsafeexpressions"withoutaffectingcommonfunctionality.
ThelatestMicrosoftJet4.
0servicepackisavailablefromWindowsUpdate.
Or,selecttheCheckforUpdatesoptionfromtheHelpmenuofanyOfficeapplication.
Access2003andMDAC2.
5incompatibilityAccess2003andMicrosoftDataAccessComponents(MDAC)version2.
5arenotcompatible.
Tocorrectthisproblem,installMDAC2.
6.
YoucanobtainthelatestversionofMDACfrom:http://www.
microsoft.
com/dataOutlook2003andMailMergeItisnecessarytokeepOutlookandWordatthesameedition/versionlevelormailmergewillnotfunctioncorrectlywhenattemptingtousetheContactlistasthemailnameandaddresssource.
EspeciallyinthecaseofOffice2003,itisrequiredforWord2003andOutlook2003tobeatthesameeditionandpatchlevel.
Mailmergeusescontactlists,securityfeatures,andfolderinformationfromOutlook,andWordexpectstofindtheseelementswithinOutlookbasedonapredefineddatastructure.
Outlook2003andSendToinpreviousreleasesofOfficeapplicationsAttemptingtousetheSendTo.
.
.
commandfromearlierversionsofOfficemayfailbecauseofdifferencesinthewayOutlook2003expectstoreceiverequeststosendformattedcontent.
YoucanrevertbacktothepreviousversionofOutlook,savethecontentfromtheapplicationtoafile,andattachittoane-mail,orupgradetheremainingOfficeapplicationstoOffice2003.
Outlook2003andHewlett-PackardOpenMail5.
40OutlooknolongersupportsOpenMail5.
40orearlier.
OutlookandWebbrowsingOutlook2003nolongeropensHTMLlinkswithintheapplication'sworkspace.
Instead,itopensanewInternetExplorerwindow.
Linksprecededwithfile://willlaunchanewinstanceofWindowsExplorer.
Also,OutlookdoesnothonorthedefaultWebbrowserspecifiedbytheuser.
ItwillonlylaunchaninstanceofInternetExplorerforHTMLURLactions.
Outlook2003cannotcohabitatewithearlierversionsofOutlookAswithallpreviousreleasesofOutlook,itisnotpossibletohavemorethanoneversionofOutlookinstalledonacomputer.
ItisrecommendedthatyouinstallthesameeditionofOutlookasisavailablewiththemostcurrenteditionofOfficeyouhaveonyourcomputer.
Stageddeploymentisnotrecommendedifyouintendtousemailmergefeatures.
MicrosoftWindowsMediaServicesIfyouattempttoscheduleanonlinemeetingusingMicrosoftWindowsMediaServices,youmayencounteranerrormessage.
WindowsMediaPlayermustbeinstalledtothecomputerbeforeWindowsMediaServicewillallowyoutoscheduleameeting.
BecauseWindowsMediaPlayerisnotpartoftheMicrosoftOffice2003setup,youmayneedtoinstallitfromWindowsUpdate.
ToinstallWindowsMediaPlayer,closeallopenprograms,connecttotheWindowsUpdateWebsiteandclickProductUpdates.
UpgradefromMicrosoftOutlookInternetMailOnly(IMO)toOutlookUpgradingfromMicrosoftOutlookInternetMailOnly(IMO)toOutlook2003willcausealossofdataintheBirthdayorAnniversarylinkassociatedwithacontactentry.
Thereisnomethodofrecoveringthelostdata.
Thedatamustbere-enteredmanually.
LocalInstallationSource(LIS)orMSOCACHENewtoOffice2003istheabilitytocreatealocalinstallationsourceofthefilesnecessarytoreinstallOffice2003inthecaseofaDetectandRepairaction,orifauserdecidestoinstalloptionalfeaturesorperforminstallondemandrequests.
Thiscaneliminatetheneedformultipleadministrativeinstallationpoints.
Thiscanalsohelptodealwithalackofaccesstoanetworkhostedadministrativeinstallationpointwhenauserneedstoperformsuchactivities.
SeetheOfficeResourceKitdocumentationTakingAdvantageofaLocalInstallationSourceformoreinformation.
AdministratorsshouldreadthedocumentationassociatedwithLIStobesuretheyunderstandwhenitcanbeused,howthedefaultinstallactionofLISisconditionallyprocessed,andwhetherornotahomogenousconfigurationwilloccuracrossallusers.
AcompleteinstallationofOffice2003withLISenabledcanuseasmuchas800megabytesofharddiskspacewhencompleted(asmuchas1200megabytesduringtheinstallationprocess).
Also,considertheissuesassociatedwithpatchingOffice2003.
IfLISisused,patchingissimplebecauseallthesourcefilesarepresentontheuser'scomputer.
Thisprovidesforamuchfasterandmoresuccessfulpatchingscenariothanwithadministrativeinstallationpointsthatrequirenetworkaccess.
Asaruleofthumb,enablingLISrequiresaminimumofatleast4gigabytesoffreeharddiskspace.
OpeningaPowerPoint2003presentationusinganolderversionofPowerPointIfyouuseanearlierversionofPowerPointtoopenapresentationcreatedfromPowerPoint2003thatusesmultiplemasters,youmayencounteranerror.
IfthepresentationcontainsmultipleslidemastersandthesecondslidemastercontainsanActiveXcomponentnamed"SlideMasterCustomDesign",itisverylikelyyouwillencountertheerror.
ThisoccursbecausetheearlierversionofPowerPointdoesnotsupportthenamingconventionfortheActiveXcomponentinthesecondslidemasterusedbythenewerversionofPowerPoint.
Toresolvethisissue,openthepresentationinPowerPoint2003orsaveitfromPowerPoint2003usingthefileformatofthepreviousrelease.
Youwillmostlikelylosefunctionalityofthenewfeaturesthenewerfileformatprovides.
VeryHighmacrosecurityoptionNewtoOffice2003istheVeryHighmacrosecurityoption.
ThislastminuteinclusionintomostoftheOffice2003applicationscanhelpavoidspecificsecuritythreats.
However,itcanopenthedoortoawholenewsetofsecurityproblemsifitisnotfullyunderstood.
ReadtheOfficeResourceKitdocumentationonMacroSecurityLevelsinOffice2003formoreinformation.
BecausetheADMtemplateswerenotupdatedtoaddresstheadditionoftheVeryHighmacrosecurityoption,checktheOfficeResourceKitforajournalarticlethatwillexplainthemethodtomodifytheexistingADMtemplatestohelpsupportthischange.
NoteWiththeSP1updateofOffice2003,adownloadexiststoupdatetheADMs,OPAs,andtoprovideamodicumofExplainTextinthetwoworkbookfilesthataccompanythisupdate.
Usethefollowinglinktoconnecttodownloadthisupdate:Office2003SP1ADMs,OPAs,andExplainTextUpdateTrackChangescustomizationexpandedinWord2003Changetrackingisnowevenmorerefinedthanwithpreviousversions.
YoucanselectTools|Options|TrackChangesandsetWord2003toemulatealmostallthesamecapabilitiesofchangetrackingaswereavailableinWord97.
ThishasbeenamajorproblemforsomecompanieswithdocumentscreatedfrompreviousreleasesofWord.
Consistencyofdocumentprinting,paging,fontsizing,etccanbeproblematicwhencompliancewithfederalregulationsfordocumentationconsistencyandchangetrackingisrequired.
AdministratorscanpresettheseoptionsforusersbyusingpoliciesorbycapturingtheconfigurationofWordusingtheOfficeProfileWizardanddistributingtheconfigurationusingaWindowsInstallertransformortheSaveMySettingsWizard(alsoknownastheOfficeProfileWizard).
Keepinmindfontchangesorprinterdriverchangeswillcausepagetumblesforolderdocumentsandmayrequiresomeadjustmentstothedocumentpriortoprinting.
UsePrintPreviewtodeterminethealignmentandpagecountpriortoprintinglargedocumentsets.
InformationRightsManagement(IRM)NewtoOffice2003istheabilityforuserstolimitthevisibilityofcontentinaWord,PowerPoint,Excel,orOutlookdatafile.
IRMprovidesmethodsofassigningaccessrightstothecontentoftheseIRMenabledapplicationssouserswillonlyseewhatthecreatorofthecontentwantsthemtosee.
Theycanalsorestricttheabilitytoprintorcopythecontent.
SeetheOfficeResourceKitdocumentationonInformationRightsManagementformoreinformation.
VisiobackwardcompatibilityissuesMicrosoftVisio2003canopenVisio5.
0,Visio2000,andVisio2002drawings.
However,someofthewizardfunctionalityinthesepastversionswillbedifferentor,insomecases,willnolongerfunction.
Visio2003convertsmostlegacydrawingsolutionstocreateaVisio2003diagramcompatiblewiththenewVisio2003solutions.
InmostcasesthisconversionisnotbackwardcompatiblewithearlierversionsofVisio.
ItisadvisabletostoretheoriginalVisiofilesinasafelocationandupdateonlythecopiesmadeoftheseoriginalsincaseaproblemariseswithconversion.
TheSaveAscompatibilityislimitedtoonlyVisio2002andVisio2000binaryformats(.
vsd,.
vst,and.
vss).
FileformatspriortoVisio2000arenotsupportedundertheSaveAsoption.
VisiocannotsavetotheVisio2002XMLformats(.
vdx,.
vsx,and.
vtx);thefileformatsmustbecreatedusingVisio2002.
SmartTagsarenowavailableforuseinVisio2003.
However,VisiofileformatspriortoVisio2003willnotsupportSmartTags,soSmartTagsareremovedfromthefileuponsave,andtheyarelostwhensavingtoanearlierfileformat.
OpeningthefileinVisio2003doesnotrecoverthedeletedSmartTags,theymustberecreated.
ItisadvisedthatyoucreateabackupcopyofthefilepriortosavingtoapreviousfileformatinordertoretainanyVisio2003exclusivefeatures.
ExcelFile|SendTooptionsremovedThefollowingsubmenuitemsarenolongerapartoftheFilemenu:MailRecipientMailRecipient(forReview)MailRecipient(asAttachment)RoutingRecipientExchangeFolder…OnlineMeetingParticipantHowever,theyarestillavailableascustommenuoptions.
Ifyourcompanycommonlyusestheseoptions,youwillneedtocustomizetheFilemenuforyouruserspriortodeployment.
DownarrowtotherightofabuttonSomebuttonsnowdisplayadownarrowtothefarright.
This"split"buttonsegmentactuallyisadropdownmenu.
Additionaloptionsareavailableforbuttonsofthistypeandareforspecialpurposes.
Forexample,theOpenbuttonontheFile|Open…dialogallowsforsixactionsifyouclickonthedownarrow:Open,OpenRead-Only,OpenasCopy,OpeninBrowser,OpenwithTransform,andOpenandRepair.
Theactivationofeachoptionisdependentonthefiletypeyouhaveselectedwithinthedialog.
Forinstance,theOpeninBrowserandOpenwithTransformaregrayedoutifthefileisnotHTMLorXML.
MultilingualcapabilitySinceOffice97,Officeapplicationshaveundergonesignificantchangesforusewithmostlanguages.
Thisabilityrequiredfundamentalchangestotheunderlyingcodebaseusedtodisplaylanguagesintheapplications.
Specifically,theuserinterfaces(UI)arenowdependentonresourceDLLsthatstorethelocalizedelementsoftheUImenuoptions.
TherewerechangestosomefileformatsbetweenOffice2000andOffice2003inordertoaddevenmoresupportforUnicodeanddouble-bytecharactersets.
Primarily,OfficeapplicationsarenowcoreEnglish,andspecialMUIlanguagepacksareappliedtoenableotherlanguages.
ThischangefromcreatingjustalocalizedversionofOffice(whichinmostcasescanstillbeobtained),toasingleinstanceofOfficeapplicationsthatallowsforafairlysimpleadditionofaMUIpacktoenablethelanguagesofinterestwasamajordesignchange.
WhenaMUIpackisinstalled,alargenumberofmultilingualenabledfontsarenowalsoapartoftheinstallation.
Also,theabilitytosupportdictionariesandgrammarcheckersforforeignlanguagesisvastlyimproved.
Fontsupportiscriticaltodisplayingthepropercharactersfortheselectedlanguages.
Itisrecommendedthatyouinstructuserstouseonlyapprovedfontswhenworkinginamultilingualorganization.
Thisreducestheprobabilityofcreatingafilethatcannotbedisplayedproperlybyallusers.
Ifallusersarerestrictedtoadeterminedsetoffontsthatallusershaveaccessto,theprobabilityofencounteringafilethatcannotbedisplayedproperlyisverysmall.
EventhoughEastAsianlanguagesaresupportedonWindows2000,WindowsXP,andWindowsSever2003,itisrecommendedthatyouonlyinstallasmallnumberoffonts(lessthan6)thatareUnicodeenabled.
Largefontfilescanprovetobeasignificantperformanceissueforslowerspeedcomputers.
TheyalsoconsumeaconsiderableamountofRAMandvirtualmemory.
EnablinglanguageswiththeMUIpacksisnotatrivialtaskandshouldberesearchedbeforeimplementation.
SeetheOfficeResourceKitWorldWideDeploymentsectionforinformationthatwillhelpyouprepareforasuccessfuldeployment.
ThemesinWord,PowerPoint,FrontPage,andPublisherThemesandspecializedsupportforeasystylingofadocument,presentation,Website,orpublicationwasexpandeduponwithOffice2003.
Inmostcases,thethemeenhancementshaveprovidedsignificanteaseinobtainingadesiredvisualresult.
Thiscapabilitydoescomewithaminorcost.
Installationofadditionaltheme-relatedfilesmustoccuronusers'computers,takingupvaluableharddiskspace.
However,theamountofroomisfairlyinsignificantincomparisontothecostofharddiskspaceforcomputersavailableinthelastfewyears.
Weighthedecisiontoinstalltheadditionalthemefilesbasedontheirusefulnessandfootprintonthelocaldrivesofusers.
GraphingandchartingenhancementsSignificantupdatestothecustomizationofgraphsandchartshaveoccurred.
TheflexibilityandavailabilityofoptionsforOffice2003usersissignificantlybetter.
Thesechangeswillallowuserstoobtainbetterresultsfaster.
However,userswillneedtoknowhowtousethesenewfeatures,oratleastbeinformedthatchangeshavebeenmadeandthattheymayneedtotakesomeextratimetolearnhowtousethem.
Also,thereisahighlikelihoodthattheappearanceoftheirchartsandgraphswillchangethenexttimetheyprintthemcomparedtotheirpreviousexperiencewithOfficeXP.
HTMLintegrationTheabilitytointeractwithWeb-basedfilesisgreatlyimprovedwithOffice2003.
TheintegrationofWeb-basedactivitiesisalsosignificantlybetter,especiallyintheareaofdatabaseinteractionwithWebdata,creationofWebpages,andautomaticallycreatinglinksbasedonuserinput.
ThiscanbealittleidiosyncraticforsomeuserswhodonotwantahyperlinkautomaticallycreatedeachtimetheyenterastringoftextthatlookslikeahyperlinkorURLinadocument.
OptionsexistintheuserinterfacetoturnoffthisautomaticfeatureofOffice.
ThisoptionisfoundintheTools|AutoCorrectOptions…|AutoformatasYouType|Internetandnetworkpathswithhyperlinks.
Additionally,thereisnopolicytocontrolthisoption.
OrganizationChart2.
0nolongershipswithOfficeBeginningwithOfficeXP,theMSOrganizationChart2.
0toolisnolongeravailableasaninstallablefeatureoftheproduct.
IfyouareupgradingfromapreviousreleaseofOfficeandthetoolwasinstalledontheuser'scomputer,theMSOrganizationChart2.
0toolmightstillbeavailableontheuser'scomputerthroughtheInsert|Object…|CreateNew|Objecttypelist.
ThebuiltinOfficeOrganizationChartdiagrammingtoolisavailablefromtheInsert|DiagrammenuoptionsofWord,Excel,PowerPoint,andOutlookandisintendedtoreplaceMSOrganizationChart2.
0.
Therearevarioustextformattingissuesthatrequirereformattingthelayoutofmostchartsafterautomaticconversionorresizing(openingafilewithanembeddedMSOrganizationChart2.
0objectperformsautomaticconversiontothenewdiagramformat).
Forexample,thetwochartsbelowareidenticalincontent,butresizingmaycauseinformationtobescrolledoutoftheobjectshape(inthenewdiagram).
Itmaybenecessarytomanuallychangetheparagraphformatinsomeobjectstodisplayallthetext.
Bydefault,theorganizationchartusesthe"Normal"style,whichmaynotbeoptimumforresizingoftext.
Incontrast,theMSOrganizationChart2.
0resizingtendstoworkbetter,butrequiresloadingandrunningtheOLEobjecteachtimethechartisedited.
Tosimplifyconversion,trycreatingaparagraphstylewithLinespacingsetto"single".
ThenapplyittoalltextinthenewOrganizationChartobjectsusingMicrosoftWord.
Thisshouldallowresizingoftexttobemoresymmetrical.
Optionally,settheBeforeandAfterto"0pt"andAlignmentto"Centered".
SeeKnowledgeBasearticles293615,290939,or293212formoreinformation.
Inlargecompanieswhereinformationregardingorganizationalstructureisalreadypresentindatabases,Excelfiles,orExchangeServer,itissuggestedthatyouuseVisio2003andtheOrganizationChartWizardtoconvertexistingdataintoanorganizationchartasneeded.
VisioisamuchbettertoolforthecreationandmanipulationoforganizationchartsthaneithertheOrganizationChart2.
0toolorthebuilt-inOfficeOrganizationChartdiagrammingtool.
MSOrganizationChart2.
0isavailableasadownloadfromtheOffice2003ResourceKitToolbox.
Security(general)SeveralfactorsaffectthedecisionsofcompaniesastheychoosewhetherornottoupgradetoOffice2003.
Oneleadingfactormanycompanieswereforcedtoconsiderinthepastfewyearswastheissuesassociatedwithsystemsecurity.
ItisafactthatOfficeXPhassecurityflaws.
Office2003doesnothavethesamedegreeofsecurityflaws,andthosethatmayexistareusuallydefensibleandcanbemitigatedthroughothermeans.
Asvulnerabilitiesarediscovered,updatestotheaffectedproductsareprovidedasquicklyaspossiblethroughWindowsUpdateorOfficeUpdate.
Outlookhassomeverydefinitivechangesassociatedwithwhatitwillandwon'tallowyoutoopenfromyourinboxsinceOffice97.
Primarily,manyoftheautorunfeaturesofane-mailarenolongerpossible.
Theywereturnedoffspecificallytoreducesecurityimplications.
AsOutlookhasadvancedsinceOffice97andthesecurityupdate,severalnewchangesthatfurtherrestricttheabilityofapplicationstoautorunordisplaypotentialfileformatsthatcouldinitiatetheactivationofavirusontheuser'scomputerweredisabledorintentionallyremovedfromtheapplication.
Office2003SecurityFormoresecurityrelatedinformation,readthefollowingOfficeResourceKitdocuments.
Theseareagreatstartingplaceforindividualswhoareconcernedaboutsecuritybutarejustbeginningtounderstandtheimplicationsofwhatusersandadministratorsmustdoinordertodefendagainstvirusattacks.
Office2003SecurityOverviewMultilingualEnablementUndoubtedly,Office2003isoneofthebestsolutionsforinternationaluseofdocuments,workbooks,anddatabases.
Theadventofthemultilingualtoolsfordictionaries,helpfiles,UIlocalization,andotherfactorsmakesOffice2003oneofthebest.
ThebestsourceformultilingualenablementofOfficeapplicationsandtheuseoflanguagetoolswithinOfficeisexplainedintheOffice2003ResourceKit.
WorldwideDeployment:OverviewCustomizingormigratinguser-definedSettingsThereareseveralutilitiesandtoolsavailabletoOfficeadministrators,Windowsinstallers,andnetworkadministratorswhoneedtomigrate,clone,orcopysystemconfigurations.
Thesetoolsaregenerallyavailableaspartofacollectionoftools,wizards,orutilitieswithinvariousresourcekits.
UsingtheOfficeProfileWizardQ321197DescriptionoftheUserStateMigrationToolforWindowsXPProfessionalTheUserStateMigrationtoolincludestwoprogramfilesnamedScanState.
exeandLoadState.
exe,andfourmigration-ruleinformationfilesnamedMigapp.
inf,Migsys.
inf,Miguser.
inf,andSysfiles.
inf.
ScanState.
execollectsuserdataandsettingsbasedontheinformationcontainedintheMigapp.
inf,Migsys.
inf,Miguser.
infandSysfiles.
inffiles.
LoadState.
exedepositsthisuser-statedataonacomputerrunninga"clean"(notupgraded)installationofWindowsXPProfessional.
BothofthesefilesarelocatedontheWindowsXPCD-ROMintheValueadd\Msft\Usmtfolder.
MicrosoftAccessconversionThereisnofileformatchangebetweenAccess2002andAccess2003.
ThepreferredformatforAccess2003istheAccess2002-2003format,butAccess2003canread,write,andmakedesignchangestotheAccess2000formataswell.
ConversiontotheAccess2002-2003fileformatisnotrequiredunlessyouplanoncreatingMDE/ADEfiles.
Access2003canalsoreadandmakedatachangestoAccess97formatfileswithoutconversion,butAccess2003cannotmakedesignchanges(schemachanges)toAccess97formatfilesIfyouarestillworkingwithpriorversionsofAccesscreatedbeforeAccess2000,thesolutiontoupgradingtheseolderdatabasescanbeaddressedthroughthefollowingtwoarticlesDeveloperconsiderationswhenchoosingafileformatinAccess2002ThefollowingarticleisagreatexampleofhowtoextendAccesstouseSQLserver.
Thisisanexcellentsolutionforextremelylargedatabasesthatneedfastersorting,searching,orreportdevelopmentcapabilities.
ItmayalsogiveyouideasonhowtomanagethemigrationofanexistingAccess2000databasetoanewerfileformat.
ConvertinganAccessdatabasewiththeUpsizingWizardThe"AccessConversionToolkit"shouldbeavailablesometimebetweenMarch2004andJune2004fromtheOfficeResourceKitToolboxdownloadsite.
Thisdownloadwillhavespecialinformationtoaidinthemigrationofdatabasesfrompreviousfileversionstonewerfileversionsalongwithprogrammingtipsforhowtoconvertexistingcodesolutionstonewerprogrammingparadigms.
NoteTheMicrosoftOfficeAccess2003ConversionToolkitisnowavailable.
Usethefollowinglinktofindoutwhatitcandoforyouandhowtodownloadit:http://www.
microsoft.
com/office/ork/2003/journ/accessconvert.
htmMiscellaneousSmartTagsareanimportantcomponentofOfficebutarenotwellunderstoodbymanyusers.
Thisarticleisanattempttohelppeopleunderstandtheissuesbetter.
SmartTagsfrequentlyaskedquestionsTip:Word–ConfirmconversionatOpenCautionUseofthefollowingoptioncancausedatalossorpossibledatacorruptionifnotfullyunderstoodbeforeuse.
EventhoughthisfeaturehasbeenaroundsinceWord2.
0,itisgenerallyoverlookedand,insomecasesisaveryvaluablefeatureofWordthatisneverexplored.
Basically,itallowsWordtobeusedalmostlikeabinaryeditor.
Bydefault,Wordopensallfilesintheirnativeeditingformat,asiftheywereaWorddocument,allowingstylesandformattingchangestobeappliedwithoutregardtothelimitationsofthefileformatthefilewasloadedfromorwillbesavedto.
OnlywhenthefileisreadytobesavedwillyouencounteramessagestatingthatyouwillloseformattingappliedtothefileifsavedtothefileformatselectedintheSaveastypecomboboxintheSaveAsdialogbox.
Generally,onlyRTForDOCformatsallowyoutosavealltheformattingyou'veappliedtocontentinthefile.
IfyouchoosetousethisfeatureofWord,youdonotseetheactualbinarycontentofthefilethroughtheWordworkspaceareabecausesomeofthebinarycontentcannotbedisplayed.
However,youwillseethecharactersthatcanbedisplayedintheworkspaceifthereisacharacterequivalentinthelanguageandfontsetyoucurrentlyhaveselected.
InordertoenablethisabilityusingWord2003,youmustsettheTools|Options|Edit(tab)|ConfirmconversionatOpenoptiontochecked.
Oncethisisset,eachtimeyouopenafilethatisnotanativeWorddocument(hasafileextensionotherthan"doc"),thenaconfirmationdialogappearsandaskswhetherornotyouwanttoconvertthefiletooneofthelistedformats.
IfyouselectafilemarkedasRTFandthenselectthePlainTextentryfromtheConverttodialog,theRTFbinaryformatofthefileisdisplayed(inthiscase,plainASCIItext).
IfuserswanttoretainRTFformattingofanRTFfileafteropeningthefileasPlainText,theymustsaveitbacktotheharddiskasaPlainTextfile.
Itisalsoadvisabletosavetheoriginalfileunderadifferentfilename,justincaseanundesiredfileformatchangeoccurswhileusingthisfeatureofWord.
OverlycomplexstylesinWordtablescausefaultduringasortAlesserknownissuewithWordmayappearwhenyouattempttosortatableanditwon'tsort,orWordpromptsyouwithamessagestatingitisoutofmemory.
SometimesitmaycrashandsubmitacrashreporttoMicrosoft.
Thiscanbecausedbyanoverlycomplexstylesomewhereinthetableorfilecorruption.
Clearingoutsuperfluousstylesfromthelistofstylesandrevertingthesuspectedtextto"Normal"willnotfixtheproblem.
Unfortunately,theonlyfixistounclutteryourfontfolderandyourstylelist(notyourstyletemplate,buttheoneassociatedwiththedocumentwhenitissaved).
ThisisknowntooccurmorecommonlywhenEastAsianfontsareinstalledonanEnglish-enableduserinterface.
UninstallingtheEastAsianfontswillnotcorrecttheproblem.
Oncethefontnamesareaddedtothestyleheader(oftheaffecteddocument),theyremainthereandmustbemanuallyremoved.
Thiswilloccurmoreoftenwhenusershavealargesetoffontsinstalledontheircomputers.
Insomesituations,itisnecessarytoconvertthefiletoRTFformat,openthefileintextmode,removethestylereferencestostylesyouhaveremovedfromthefontfolderandthensavethefile.
OpenthefileinRTFformat,confirmthefilecannowsort,andthensaveitbacktotheharddiskusingtheDOCformat.
ThisisnotarecommendedprocedureandshouldonlybeattemptedbysomeonewhoisfamiliarwithRTFformattingcommandsandnotation.
However,itispresentedinthepossiblecasewheretherearenootheroptionsforcorrectingtheproblem.
ForinformationonRTFcommandwords,groups,andotherrelatedformattingofRTFdocuments,seetheRTFspecificationdocumentavailablefromMSDN.
ArevisedversionofthisfileiscurrentlyunderdevelopmentandshouldbereadybyDecember2003.
ThereareseveralWebsitesthatoffercorruptionrepairservicesforafee.
SearchtheInternetfor"corruptworddocument"forpossiblevendorsofthisservice.
IncludedinyourreturnedsearchsetshouldbealternatesourcesforpossiblemethodsofrecoveringcorruptWorddocuments.
PerceivedmemoryleakinWordandInternetExplorerDuringthedevelopmentofthispaper,abugwasdiscoveredthatdoesnotseemtobeaddressedbyaKnowledgeBasearticleandwhichdidnotcauseanerrorreport.
Duringthereviewofallthehyperlinksinthispaper,itwasnecessarytoperformatestofeachandeverylinktomakesureitworked.
Intheprocess,atabout30to40linkteststhesystemfailedtoopenfurtherlinks(thiswillmostlikelybedependentontheamountofRAMmemoryyouhaveandavailablevirtualmemory).
Nowarningsormessagesofanykindappeared,buttheInternetExplorerwindowdidnotopen.
Thestepstoreproducethisbugare:Beginselectinglinksinthedocumentinanyorder,oneatatime.
Aftereachpagedisplays,clicktheInternetExplorerBackbutton.
TheIEwindowclosesandtheWordwindowreturns.
KeepselectinglinksandclosingtheIEwindowusingtheBackbutton.
Atsomepoint,thesystemwillfailtoloadfurtherIEwindows.
IfyouclosetheIEwindowbyclickingCloseontheFilemenu,bydouble-clickingthesystemiconintheupperleftcorner,orbyselectingtheClosebuttonintheupperrightcorner,thismemoryleak-likebehaviorwillnotoccur.
Tocorrectthisproblem(ifitoccurs),pressCTRL+ALT+DELETEtostarttheTaskManager.
ClicktheTaskManagerbutton.
ClicktheProcessestabandfindtheIEXPLORER.
EXEentry.
SelectitandchoosetoEndProcess.
ThisfreesupthememoryusedbyInternetExplorer.
InabilitytoeditacommentinWordOnoccasion,theabilitytoeditacommentafteritisattachedtoaheaderstyledparagraphthathasKeepwithnextenabledmaybecomeproblematic.
Thesuggestedsolutionistomovethecommentaboveorbelowtheselectedparagraph.
Insomecases,itmayalsobenecessarytoacceptchangesassociatedwiththeaffectedparagraph(andthesubsequentparagraphthatfollowstheheader).
DisappearingmousepointerWorkingwithalargedocumentthathasalargenumberoftrackedchangesmaycausethemousepointerto"disappear"forashortperiodafteratrackedchangeisedited,accepted,orrejected.
Thisbehaviorbecomesmorepronouncedasmoreeditsaremadetothedocument.
Clickingtheleftmousebuttonwillredisplaythemousecursor,thoughthismaybeanunwantedactionsinceitusuallyselectssomethingyoudon'twant.
Ifthisisundesirable,thebestmethodofreducingoreliminatingthisbehavioristosavethedocument,closeit,andreopenit(thisdoesnotrequireclosingWord).
Inmanycases,thisbehavioriscausedbyrepaginationofthedocumentafterachangewasmadethatcausedapagetumbleorsignificantpageorparagraphresize.
ThismayalsooccurwhenadjustingthestyleofaparagraphusingAutomaticallyupdatetocollapseorexpandspacebetweenlinessothatitforcesarepagination.
Thisproblemismorepronouncedonslowerspeedprocessors.
FeaturecompatibilitybetweenversionsNewfeaturesinOffice2003andWindowsXPhelpaccomplishtasksfasterthaninpreviousversions.
Theonlyproblemwithnewfeaturesisusersneedtounderstandhowtheyworkbeforetheycanbeusedtotheiradvantage.
NewfeaturescanalsoraiseanissueregardingcompatibilityofanolderversionofanOfficeapplicationwithnewerfileformatsthatsupportthesenewfeatures.
Alongwiththeissuesofcompatibility,changesinfeaturesandsub-featuresofOfficeproducts,sinceOfficeXP,havecausedsomeconcernamongadministratorsanddevelopers.
Thefollowingtableliststheknowndifferencesinthemenuoptionsuserinterfaceandinsomecaseshowthosedifferencesarequantified.
Thisisnotacompletelistandisintendedprimarilyasanindicatorofthemajormenugroupingchangesalongwithrelevantsecondandthirdtierlevelchangestoassociatedmenuoptions.
ThiscomparisondoesnotcoverchangesinUIdialogswithinthevariousapplications.
NoteIfyoucan'tfindamenuoptionfromthemenubar,tryarightmouseclickontheobjectofinterestandseeiftheoptionappears.
Outlook2003haschangedseveralmenuoptions(comparedtoOutlook2002)andoptionsremovedfromthemenubarmaynowonlybeavailablethrougharightmouseclick.
Insomecases,menuoptionsthatwereavailableinpreviousreleasesofOfficeapplicationsbutarenolongeravailableincurrentreleasesmaybefoundthroughtheTools|Customize…option.
SpecializedtasksandoptionswhichwerenotpartofthemainstreamproductprocessesweremovedtotheCommandorToolbartabsintheCustomizedialog.
Toactivateaspecificoptionavailablefromoneofthesetabs,consultthehelpfeatureofOffice.
Insomeofthefollowingmaterial,thefirstfewrowsofanapplication'scomparisontablemayhaveentriesnotedinitalics.
ThesearecorefeaturesthatmayhaverelevancetosomemenuoptionsandwhetherornottheyappearinOffice2003.
OfficeCoreOfficefeaturesOfficeXPOffice2003ActiveXcontrolenablementYesYes–bettersecurityconfigurationoptionsCollaborationYesYes–enhancedHelpcontentYesYes–enhancedandInternetavailableLanguageTranslationSupportNoYes(limited)LocalInstallationSourceNoYesOfficeArtYesYes–enhancedSecurityenhancementsYesYes–major–newVeryHighmacrosecurityAccessAccessfeaturesOfficeXPOffice2003Form/ReportErrorCheckingNoYes–newImport/ExportWizardsYesYes–enhancedandintegratedImport/ExportXMLYesYes–enhancedImport/Export/LinktoSharePointNoYes–newMacroSecurityNoYes–newSmartTagsNoYes–newTableAnalyzerWizardYesYes-enhancedFileNew…Yes(dialog)Yes–nowataskpaneFileBackupDatabase…NoYes-newFileWebPagePreviewNoYesEditOfficeClipboard…NoYesViewObjectDependenciesNoYes-newViewTaskPaneNoYes-newToolsMacroYesYesSecurity…NoYesToolsToolsontheWeb…YesNoHelpMicrosoftOfficeOnlineNoYes-newHelpWhat'sThisYesNoHelpofficeontheWebYesNoHelpAccessDeveloperResourcesNoYes-newHelpContactUsNoYes-newHelpCheckforUpdatesNoYes-newHelpCustomerFeedbackOptionsNoYes-newExcelExcelfeaturesOfficeXPOffice2003ExcelFormulaAuditingLimitedYes-enhancedExcelGoalseekNoYesExcelScenariosNoYesFormulaAutoCorrectYesYes-enhancedNaturalLanguageFormulasYesYes-enhancedUpdatedChartingYesYes-enhancedFilePermissionNoYes-newUnrestrictedAccessNoYes–newDoNotDistribute…NoYes–newRestrictPermissionAs…NoYes–newFileSendToYesRemoved–howeverstillavailableasacustomoption.
SelectTools|Customize|Commandsandactivatethesemenuoptionsinthemenuofyourchoice.
MailRecipient(asAttachment)YesRoutingRecipientYesExchangeFolder…YesOnlineMeetingParticipantYesViewToolbarsYesYesListNoYesToolsResearchNoYesToolsSharedWorkspaceNoYes-newDataListNoYes–newCreateListNoYes–newResizeListNoYes–newTotalRowNoYes–newConverttoRangeNoYes–newPublishListNoYes–newViewListonServerNoYes–newUnlinkListNoYes–newSynchronizeListNoYes–newDiscardChangesandRefreshNoYes–newHideBorderofInactiveListsNoYes–newDataXMLNoYes–newImportNoYes–newExportNoYes–newRefreshXMLDataNoYes–newXMLSource…NoYes–newXMLMapPropertiesNoYes–newEditQueryNoYes–newXMLExpansionPacksNoYes–newWindowCompareSidebySidewithNoYes–newHelpShowtheOfficeAssistantNoYesHelpCheckforUpdatesNoYesHelpContactUsNoYesHelpCustomerFeedbackOptionsNoYesHelpMicrosoftOfficeOnlineNoYesHelpOfficeontheWebYesNoHelp1-2-3Help…YesNoHelpWhat'sThisYesNoOutlookThemenustructureofOutlookchangesdramaticallydependingontheinstalledconfiguration,profile,andappliedadd-ins.
ThisisacorelookatthebaselinefeaturesofOutlook2002comparedtothecorebaselinefeaturesofOutlook2003.
Severallistheaders(From,Subject,Received,Size,etc)aresort-ablebyclickingonthem(rightmouseclickforspecificcontrolaccess).
Notallofthemenuoptionsorfeaturesarecoveredinthiscomparison.
Overall,Outlook2003hassignificantchangesintheUIandfeaturesets,comparedtoOutlook2002.
Inmanycases,theenhancementsandchangestoOutlook2003makecomparingthesetwoapplicationsdifficult.
However,valuableinformationregardinghowsomefeaturesandmenuoptionshavemorphedintonewfeaturesoroptionswithinOffice2003maybediscoveredbyreviewingthefollowingtable.
OutlookfeaturesOfficeXPOffice2003FileNewYesYesOutlookBarShorcutYesNoInternetFaxNoYesSearchFolder…NoYesNavigationPaneShortcutNoYesOfficedocumentYesNoFileFolderYesYesSharing…NoYesFileCachedExchangeModeNoYesDownloadFullItemsNoYesDownloadHeadersandThenFullItemsNoYesDownloadHeadersNoYesOnSlowConnectionsDownloadOnlyHeadersNoYesEditClearYesNoViewGoToYesNo–Nowaseparate"Go"menuoption(seebelow)ViewCurrentViewYesYes–changedto"ArrangeBy"ByFollow-upFlagYesNo-seenextFlaggedforNextSevenDaysYesNoByConversationTopicYesNoBySenderYesNoDateNoYesConversationNoYesFromNoYesToNoYesFolderNoYesSizeNoYesSubjectNoYesTypeNoYesFlagNoYesAttachmentsNoYesE-mailAccountNoYesImportanceNoYesCategoriesNoYesCustomNoYesShowinGroupNoYesShowViewsinNavigationPaneNoYesViewNavigationPaneNoYesViewReadingPaneNoYesRightNoYesBottomNoYesOffNoYesViewRefreshNoYesViewFolderListYesNoViewOutlookBarYesNoFavoritesYesNoGoCalendarNoYesGoContactsNoYesGoTasksNoYesGoNotesNoYesGoJournalNoYesGoFolder…NoYesGoMailNoYesGoFolderListNoYesGoShortcutsNoYesToolsSend/ReceiveYesYesSendAllNoYesThisFolderNoYesSend/ReceiveAllNoYesDownloadHeadersinThisFolderNoYesMarktoDownloadMessageNoYesUnmarkSelectedHeadersNoYesUnmarkAllHeadersNoYesProcessMarkedHeadersinThisFolderNoYesDial-UpConnectionNoYesUseExistingConnection(LAN)NoYesNewLocationNoYesLocationSettings…NoYesSend/ReceiveSettingsNoYesDefineSend/ReceiveGroupsNoYesDisableScheduledSend/ReceiveNoYesShowProgress…NoYesMakethisFolderAvailableOfflineNoYesToolsSend/ReceiveSettingsYesNoDefineSend\ReceiveGroupsYesNoDisableScheduledSend/ReceiveYesNoShowProgressYesNoToolsFindYesYesFindYesYes–PreviouslyinToolsdropdownAdvancedFind…YesYes–PreviouslyinToolsdropdownFindPublicFolder…YesYes–PreviouslyinToolsdropdownToolsToolsontheWebYesNoActionsFollowUpYesYesRedFlagNoYesBlueFlagNoYesYellowFlagNoYesGreenFlagNoYesOrangeFlagNoYesPurpleFlagNoYesFlagComplete…NoYesAddReminderNoYesClearFlagNoYesSetDefaultFlagNoYesRedFlagasDefaultNoYesBlueFlagasDefaultNoYesYellowFlagasDefaultNoYesGreenFlagasDefaultNoYesOrangeFlagasDefaultNoYesPurpleFlagasDefaultNoYesActionsFindAllYesNoActionsJunkE-mailNoYesAddtoJunkSender'sListYesNoAddtoAdultContentSendersListYesNoAddsendertoBlockedSendersListNoYesAddSendertoSafeSendersListNoYesAddSender'sDomain("")toSafeSendersListNoYesAddRecipienttoSafeRecipientsListNoYesMarkasNotJunk…NoYesJunkE-mailOptionsNoYesHelpOfficeontheWebYesNoHelpMicrosoftOfficeOnlineNoYesHelpContactUsNoYesHelpCheckforUpdatesNoYesHelpCustomerFeedbackOptions…NoYesPowerPointPowerPointfeaturesOfficeXPOffice2003FilePackandGo…YesNoFilePermissionNoYes-newUnrestrictedAccessNoYes–newDoNotDistribute…NoYes–newRestrictPermissionAs…NoYes–newFilePackageforCDNoYesFileSendToYesYesRoutingRecipient…YesNoRecipientusingInternetFaxService…NoYesEditReconvertNoYesViewViewDirectionNoYesLeft-to-RightNoYesRight-to-LeftNoYesInsertTextBoxNoYesHorizontalNoYesVerticalNoYesFormatAlignmentYesYesDistributedNoYesFormatParagraphDirectionNoYesRight-to-LeftNoYesLeft-to-RightNoYesFormatFontAlignmentNoYesHangingNoYesCenteredNoYesRomanNoYesUpholdFixingNoYesFormatLineBreak…NoYesToolsSpellingandGrammarYesYes–PreviouslywasjustSpellingToolsResearch…NoYesToolsThesaurus…NoYesToolsTypography…NoYesToolsSharedWorkspace…NoYesToolsMeetingMinderYesNoSlideShowOnlineBroadcastYesNoHelpMicrosoftOfficeOnlineNoYesHelpContactUsNoYesHelpCheckforUpdatesNoYesHelpOfficeontheWebYesNoHelpCustomerFeedbackOptionsNoYesWordWordfeaturesOfficeXPOffice2003FilePermissionNoYesUnrestrictedAccessNoYesDoNotDistributeNoYesRestrictPermissionAs…NoYesFileSendToNoYesFaxRecipientYesNo–seenextRecipientusingaFaxModem…NoYesRecipientusingInternetFaxServiceNoYesViewReadingLayoutNoYesViewShowParagraphMarksNoYesViewGridlinesNoYes–movedto"ReviewingPane"buttonViewThumbnailsNoYesInsertNumber…NoYesInsertTextBoxYesYesHorizontalNoYesVerticalNoYesFormatFixText…NoYesFormatAsianLayoutNoYesPhoneticGuideNoYesEncloseCharactersNoYesHorizontalinVerticalNoYesCombineCharactersNoYesTwoLinesinOneNoYesToolsResearchNoYesToolsLanguageYesYesJapaneseConsistencyCheckerNoYesTranslate…NoYesToolsFixBrokenText…NoYesToolsSharedWorkspace…NoYesWindowCompareSidebySidewithNoYesHelpMicrosoftOfficeOnlineNoYesHelpOfficeontheWebYesNoHelpContactUsNoYesHelpCustomerFeedbackOptions…NoYesHelpCheckforUpdatesNoYesRelevantKnowledgeBasearticlesforOfficeXPmigrationtoOffice2003ThefollowingtablesofKnowledgeBasearticlesaregroupedbyapplication.
EachtableisfocusedonOfficeXPrelatedissuesassociatedwithamigrationefforttoeachOffice2003application.
However,othermigrationissuesrelevanttoOffice2003whichmaynotbeapplicabletoOfficeXPareincludedduetothehighprobabilitythatfeaturesintroducedwithsubsequentreleasesofOfficemaycauseorcontributetotheseissues,regardlessoftheversionofOfficeyoumaybemigratingfrom.
TheleftcolumnofthefollowingtablesindicateswhethertheKnowledgeBasearticleisdirectlyrelatedtomigrationorifitwillhelpsavetimewithpostmigrationissuesthatmightariseduetomigration.
Ifan"x"appearsinthecolumn,itisveryimportantforyoutoreadtheKnowledgeBasearticle.
Ifno"x"appearsinthecolumn,itisanoptionalread,butprobablyworthyourwhiletoatleasttakealookatitifyouhavethetime.
Potentially,knowingthecontentinthesubsequentKnowledgeBasearticlescouldsaveadministratorsconsiderableeffortbothbeforeandafteramigrationbyplanningforthelistedissueoratleasttakingitintoaccountbeforethemigrationoccurs.
Itisverypossiblethatsomeoftheoptionalinformationmayleadtoago/no-goscenarioforyourcompanyduetoproblemsyoumaynotbeabletoovercomeinatimelymanner.
Asapointofreference,itispossibletoreadallthesearticlesinaboutsixtosevenhours.
Access815277"NumericFieldOverflow"ErrorMessageOccursWhenYouQueryaTableThatIsLinkedtoExcelSpreadsheetX819780Access2003StopsRespondingwithanErrorMessageThatReferencestheMsaccess.
exeFileWhenYouOpenaDatabaseFileX820531ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoCreateaNewDocumentinanOffice2003ProgramX823224AccessQuerieswithaWildcardCharacterDoNotExportDatainanXMLDocument823225"ProjectIsUnviewable"ErrorMessageWhileOpeningaVisualBasicforApplicationsProjectinMicrosoftAccessX823227"MicrosoftOfficeAccessNeedsVBAMacroLanguageSupporttoCompleteThisAction"ErrorMessageWhenYouDoaMinimalUpgradeandThenStartAccess2003X823228FieldSizeIsChangedWhenYouCopyandPasteaTable824159YourUpdateQueryorYourDeleteQueryFailsIftheQueryReadsDatafromaLinkedTextFile824160YouReceiveIncorrectResultsWhenYouApplyaFilterinaMicrosoftAccessProjectX824168MicrosoftAccessClosesWhenYouTrytoExportaTabletoanAccessDatabaseX824171AdministrativeInstallationoftheAccessRun-timeApplicationIsNotSuccessful824172"UnabletoReadFile"ErrorMessageWhenYouOpenanExcelWorkbookThatContainsLinkstoOtherExcelWorkbooksX824258ErrorMessagesWhenYouConverttheWorkgroupInformation(.
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"820796BleedsDoNotPrintEvenif"AllowBleeds"IsSelected821397"YouHavetoSendtheHostFonts"ErrorMessageWhenYouPrinttoAdobeDistiller821960Prepress:PublicationMayNotPrintinPublisher2003WhenYouUsetheAdobeAcrobatDistiller5.
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0PrinterDriver822564RecoloredEPSGraphicsArePrintedinOriginalColors823134Prepress:SpotColorEPSDistillIncorrectlytoPDFasColorSeparations823135"OffendingCommand:Exch"ErrorMessageWhenYouPrintAsCompositeCMYK823571ColorPrintingOptionIsUnavailableinPublisher2003823572Prepress:SpotColorsMayNotBeRecognizedinImportedPictures825781ErrorMessage:PublisherCannotPrintThisPublication825923EmbeddedCMYKTIFFGraphicsAreExportedAsRGBwithanAlphaChannel825924ColorsChangeWhenYouCopyfromOnePublicationandThenPasteinAnother826357HowtoAddaCustomPaperSizetoPublisherx826358WordArtObjectsfromPublisher2000FilesMayAppearDistortedx826359TextThatFlowsAroundPicturesReflowsIncorrectlyWhenYouOpenPublicationsThatArefromPublisher2000x826360HowtoConfigureAdobeAcrobatDistillertoWorkwithPublisher2003x826485TheonlineBroadcastFeatureIsNotAvailable826827WebPagesAlwaysHaveFramesinMicrosoftOfficePowerPoint2003826835CannotInsertOrganizationChart2.
0FilesThatAreCreatedinEarlierVersionsofOfficeintoOffice2003827112SlideShowOptionsAreDifferentWhenYouViewTheminaBrowserx827464TheRoutingReceiptOptionIsNoLongerAvailableinPowerPointx827465MeetingMinderFeatureisNotAvailableinPowerPoint2003x827665CannotAddorPlayaCustomSoundtrackinaMicrosoftOfficePowerPoint2003SlideShow827760PowerPointTemplatePackdoesNotInstallinMicrosoftOfficePowerPoint2003x828510PrintJobFailsandYouDoNotReceiveanErrorMessageWhenYouPrintaPublicationasColorSeparations827906SpotColorsinEPSFilesDoNotAutomaticallySeparatetoSpotColorPlates829173HyperlinksinaRotatedTextBoxoraTextBoxThatHasBorderArtAreLost829172MergedFieldsAreTruncatedto255CharactersinaPublisher2003PublicationField829174Publisher2003DoesNotPrintTransparentAreas831481TrapLinesMayNotAppearWhenYouPrintaPublisher2003PublicationasColorSeparations828508TextReflowsAfterYouChangethePublicationTypeinPublisher2003827908DuotonesAreDisplayedandSeparatedIncorrectly827907LargeEPSGraphicsTakeLongerthanYouExpecttoImportinPublisher2003827764WhenYouClickSaveAsWebpageinPowerPoint2003theDefaultFileTypeisSingleFileWebPage(HTML)SharePointPortalServicesx816954InvalidDataSynchronizedtoSharePointListx817937"AFatalSetupErrorHasOccurred"ErrorMessageWhenYouInstallDocumentManagementx817942EmbeddedObjectsonWebPagesinInternetExplorerAreEitherSlowtoAppearorDoNotAppear817944"EventID489:SystemCannotFindtheFileSpecified"WhenYouRestoreSharePointPortalServerDatatoAnotherComputerx817945LanguageConsiderationsinServerFarmDeploymentsofSharePointPortalServer2003x817946SharePointPortalServerRestoreLogsAreNamed"Backup"Insteadof"Restore"821460SupportedUpgradePathsforMicrosoftOfficeSharePointPortalServer2003x821517VirtualServerCreationFailsAfterYouPromotetheServertoaDomainControllerx821518MicrosoftSearchServiceTakesaLongTimetoRestartAfterYouStoptheProcess821519YouCannotCreateorDeleteaSubfolderorAddaDocumenttotheDocumentLibraryWhenYouAccessaSharePointPortalServerSiteByUsinganAlternateAccessPortalURL821520ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoRestoreOfficeSharePointPortalServer2003fromBackup822059"FormSubmissionCannotBeProcessedBecauseItExceededtheMaximumLength"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoUploadFile822258YouCannotImportanOutlookContactThatDoesNotHaveanE-MailAddressx822265"CannotGenerateSSPIContext"ErrorMessageandConfigurationDatabaseIsNotCreatedWhenYouRunSharePointPortalServerSetup823267ThereIsNotanOptiontoRestoreDatabasestotheOriginalServerintheSharePointPortalServerDataBackupandRestoreTool823281ConfigureYourSharePointPortalServer2003WebSitetoIdentifytheServerThatCreatedaWebPage823282SQLAccessErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoEdittheConfigurationDatabaseAdministratorAccount823283CannotRestoreorRe-createtheActionsControlontheDefault.
aspxPageofaSharePointPortalServerWebSite823510CustomizationstoNoiseWordFilesAreNotSavedWhenYouUsetheBackupandRestoreTool823548YouAreNotPromptedtoConfirmtheDeleteOperationWhenYouDeleteanAlternatePortalSiteSettinginSharePointPortalServer823550WatermarkIsDeletedWhenYouSaveaPageinFrontPage823554"BrowserSecuritySettings"ErrorMessageWhenYouViewaWebPageThatContainsWebParts823722SharePointPortalServerEvaluationCopyExpirationBehavior823723"CannotGenerateSSPIContext"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoUseSharePointPortalServerCentralAdministration823724DatabaseandVirtualServerSettingsThatYouMustSpecifyWhenYouRestoreaPortalbyUsingSharePointPortalServerCentralAdministrationx823799"UpgradeCouldNotOpentheMSIFile"ErrorMessageWhenYouRunSpsupgrade.
exefromtheCommandLinetoUpgradeaServerinYourServerFarmtoSharePointPortalServer2003Beta2TechnicalRefreshx823800"UnexpectedErrorOccurred"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoAddaNewServertotheServerFarm823801Search,AlertNotification,andPortalCreationFeaturesAreUnavailableAfterYouUpgradetoSharePointPortalServer2003Beta2TechnicalRefreshx824877HOWTO:IntegrateanExistingWindowsSharePointServicesInstallationwithSharePointPortalServer2003x825238SharePointPortalServerCrawls.
AspxPagesThatAreContainedinChildPortalsx826800WebPageIsNotUpdatedAfterYouUpdateaCascadingStyleSheetonYourPortalSite826790YouReceiveaDr.
WatsonErrorMessageWhenYouStoptheSharePointPortalServerNotificationService826889CannotModifySomeSearchableDocumentProperties827386DocumentIsNotReturnedinSearchResultsEvenThoughtheDocumentExistsonthePortalSite827390"UserNotFound"ErrorMessageWhenYouClickaLinktoViewaUserProfileinaSharedServicesEnvironment827391"GeneralErrorOccurred"ErrorMessageWhenYouCreateaPortalSiteAfterYouReinstallSharePointPortalServer827392"ObjectReferenceNotSettoanInstanceofanObject"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoEditaSiteGroup827393"UnhandledException:System.
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SoapServerException"MessageAppearsWhenYouTrytoEditaPortalbyUsingFrontPagex830970HOWTO:RenameaMicrosoftOfficeSharePointPortalServer2003Computer830974"AnErrorOccurredWhileProcessingtheDataforThisRequest"ErrorMessageWhenYouClickaDataViewWebPartLink830980StoringASPPagesinWindowsSharePointServicesDocumentLibraryMayExposeSensitiveInformationSharePointTeamServices817100ViewFiltersDoNotSupportNon-GregorianCalendarDates(STS)817941UnexpectedResultsWhenYouUseVisualStudiotoOutputAssembliestoWSSBinFolder821512OnlyOperationsThatArePerformedbyAdministratorsAreLoggedtotheW3wp.
logFile821513ABlank,WhiteWebPageIsDisplayedinInternetExplorerWhenYouTrytoViewDocumentsintheDocumentLibraryinExplorerView822259GraphicFormatsThatAreSupportedforThumbnailCreationinaWindowsSharePointServicesPictureLibrary823208ThereIsNoOptionintheSharedWorkspaceTaskPaneofanOffice2003ProgramtoEditthe"LocationforNewWorkspace"Listx823265"PageNotFound"ErrorMessageWhenYouBrowseExchangeServer2003Client823266"FileNotFoundException"ErrorMessageWhenYouUsePage.
LoadControltoLoadaWebUserControl823285"TheConfigurationDatabaseShowsThattheVirtualServerHasBeenExtendedAlready"ErrorMessageWhenYouExtendVirtualServer823375YouCannotAddWebPartsfromtheOnlineWebPartGallerytoYourWebPartPagex823376"TheServerAdministrationProgramsandtheServerExtensionsontheWebServerAreNotCompatible"ErrorMessageWhenYouUsetheSmigrate.
exeTooltoMigrateaSharePointTeamServicesSitex823377YouReceivethe"TheDatabaseThisServerIsUsingDoesNotSupportSearch"ErrorMessageWhenYouConfigureFull-TextSearchfortheVirtualServerx823378"VirtualServerIsRunningFrontPage2002ServerExtensions"MessageWhenYouRunWindowsSharePointServicesSetuporWhenYouTrytoExtendtheVirtualServerwithWindowsSharePointServices823379"ServerErrorin'/'Application.
AccesstothePathIsDenied"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoLogOntoWindowsSharePointServicesX823508YouReceiveanErrorMessageWhenYouUsetheSmigrate.
exeFiletoRestoreaSite823509ListItemsinaColumnThatStoresDataandTimeInformationAreGroupedIncorrectlyinaView823552YouReceivea"ServiceUnavailable"ErrorMessageWhenYouBrowseaWindowsSharePointServicesWebSiteX823553WhenYouClickaLinktoanOfficeDocumentonaWindowsSharePointServicesWebSite,YouArePromptedforAuthenticationManyTimes823555"ColumnLimitExceeded"MessageWhenYouAddaNewColumntoaSharePointServicesList825510HowtoStopthe!
NewTagfromAppearingWhenYouAddNewItemstoYourSharePointTeamServicesandWindowsSharePointServicesWebSiteWordx813593ErrorMessagesWhenYouDeleteaLargeNumberofMessages813598OutlookDoesNotDialtheModemWhentheNetworkCableIsUnplugged813602Outlook11:ProblemsifThereIsaFileConflictwiththeMAPIFileonYourComputer813603YouCannotOpenOtherUser'sOutlook2003FolderwithOwnerPermission813604Outlook11:ErrorMessageifYouExceedYourMailboxSizeLimit813605Outlook2003ArchiveFileDataIsLostifYouUseWindowsExplorertoOpenanArchiveFile813606Outlook11:OnlyaPortionofanAddressintheSubjectBoxAppearsasaLink813607ErrorMessage:CouldNotFindaContactwiththisE-mailAddress813609"UnabletoLoadFree/BusyInformation"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoUseMeetingPlannerinOutlook2003813610YouReceiveErrorMessagesWhenYouTrytoPrintaDocumentorChangeYourPrintSettingsinOutlook2003x813611Outlook11:YouMustInstallaPrinterBeforeYouCanPerformPrinter-RelatedTasks813612ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoSynchronizeanOffilineFileinOutlook11x813613Outlook11:ProblemsifYouDoNotHavetheCurrentVersionofWindowsMediaPlayer813614Outlook11:YouCannotSendanE-MailMessagewithanAttachmentinAnotherProgramUnlessOutlookIsRunningx813720ErrorMessage:SomeControlsonThisPresentationCannotBeActivatedx813980YouReceiveanErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoOpenorReplaceaWordDocument813981WD2003:ErrorMessageWhenYouUsethe"EditwithMicrosoftWord"Commandx813982VBARun-TimeErrorWhenYouUseMappedDataFieldName813983WD2002:Run-TimeError4248,4605,or5941WhenYouTrytoUseVBAtoChangeDocumentProperties813989MultipleCausesforthe"WordCouldNotRe-EstablishaDDEConnection"ErrorMessage813990WD2003:ErrorMessage:SettingsYouChoseFortheLeftandRightMargins,ColumnSpacing,orParagraphIndentsAreTooLargeForthePageWidthinSomeSectionsx813991ErrorMessageWhenYouInsertContactfromSchedule+Contacts813992ErrorMessageWhenYouAttempttoStopRepagination813993WD2003:ErrorMessage:ThePasswordIsIncorrect.
WordCannotOpentheDocumentx813995ErrorMessage:"Run-timeError'5663':MicrosoftMailLocalFaxisNotInstalledonYourSystem"WhenYouSendaFaxinWord2003813996WD2003:ErrorMessage:TheCustomDictionaryIsFull.
TheWordWasNotAdded813997WD2003:WordStopsRespondingorYouReceiveErrorMessagesWhenYouTrytoSaveaFile817099TheFullShortcutMenuDoesNotAppearinInternetExplorer5.
0817101HowtoConfigureaVirtualServerforUsageAnalysisLoggingx817120DefaultLookofaSharePointTeamServicesWebSiteIsLost817124SelectionofDataViewMayBeLostAfterMomentarySelectionx817127AccessibilityDoesNotDetectMissingALTTextAsAnError817129ThemeAppliedtoaSharePointTeamServicesWebSiteinInternetExplorerIsNotAppliedWhenYouEditWebSiteinFrontPagex817130STS:CannotApplyCSSorThemetoaFrontPageDynamicWebTemplate(.
dwt)Page817133CannotEditOws.
cssorAddaStyleSheettoYourSharePointTeamServicesWebSite817136"CannotConnecttotheFTPServer"ErrorMessageWhenYouAccessanFTPSitex817137ErrorMessage:TheDocumentCausedaSeriousErrortheLastTimeitWasOpenedx817881E-mailEnvelopeIsMissingaSendButton817928WebFolderMappingsContaintheCharacters"%20"WhenYouCopyandPasteaURL817930RequestTimedOutAfterSelectingTemplateforVirtualServerSitex817933NewDocumentDoesNotAppearinExplorerViewx817934CannotOpenaWebSite,AccessFilesonaServer,orSaveFilestoaServerx817936ErrorMessageWhenYouClicktheBackButtonontheFirstScreenoftheDocumentLibrarySetupWizardx817952YouCannotChangetheDefaultProfilebyUsingthe"ChooseProfile"DialogBoxWhenYouOpenOutlook2003x817953OutlookSecurityMessagesRepeatedlyAppearinFranklinCoveyPlanPlusx817954NoWarningAppearsWhenaMeetingIsOverwritteninOutlookCalendarx817956Second.
pstFileIsCreatedWhenYouMove.
pstFilex818851DifferencesBetweentheFieldNamesThatAreUsedinaMicrosoftOutlookContactListandaMicrosoftWordMailMerge818852ThisModificationIsNotAllowedBecausetheDocumentIsLockedx818853PPT2002:HyperlinktoSlideDoesNotWorkWhenSlideTitleContainsaCommax820533EnforceStylePropertyDescriptionIncorrectinWordVisualBasicHelpx820534SomeTextAppearsMissingorOverlappedinReadingLayoutView820588TheTrackChangesFeatureTurnsOffUnexpectedlyinaWord2003Document820590CannotForwardaFaxtoAnotherFaxRecipientx820757ErrorMessageWhenYouUseAdobeAcrobatinanOffice2003Program820916HOWTO:ChangeEquationEditorOptionsintheWindowsRegistryforWord2003x820917HOWTO:ChangeWordOptionsintheWindowsRegistryforWord2003x820919HOWTO:UsetheTroubleshootUtilityforProblemsThatOccurWhenYouStartorUseWord2003821414HowtoTurnOnthe"MakeLocalCopyofFilesStoredonNetworkorRemovableDrives"SettinginWord2003x821713HOWTO:DeletetheWordDataRegistryKeyinMicrosoftOfficeWord2003x821715HOWTO:RenametheNormal.
dotGlobalTemplateinMicrosoftOfficeWord2003x821716HOWTO:TurnOfftheStartupFoldersinMicrosoftOfficeWord2003x822005HOWTO:ResetUserOptionsandRegistrySettingsinWord2003x822127HOWTO:DeletetheCOMAdd-insRegistryKeyforWord2003822128PasswordPromptWhenYouCloseaWordDocumentThatYouOpenedinaWebBrowser822373PSRV2002:DuplicateTemplatesAppearinProjectWebAccessx822509TextinaMicrosoftWord2003DocumentAppearswithReducedClarityonSomeMonitors822510PrimaryKeyColumnofMailMergeDataIsinPlainTextWhenWord2003DocumentIsSavedAsHTM,XML,andMHTFileFormat822511"InsufficientMemory"ErrorMessageWhenYouOpenaSubdocument822645Part1:HowtoTroubleshootErrorMessagesThatYouReceiveinWord822646HowtoTroubleshootErrorMessagesThatYouReceiveinWord(Part2)822648HowtoTroubleshootErrorMessagesThatYouReceiveinWord(Part3)x822908HOWTO:DeletetheWordOptionsRegistryKeyforWord2003x823128YouReceiveanErrorMessageWhenYouSynchronizeYourPalmDevicewithOutlook2003x823433MinimumSystemRequirementsforMicrosoftProjectStandardandMicrosoftProjectProfessional(321382)823480HOWTO:DetermineWhetherYouHaveaRetailorEnterpriseEditionofMicrosoftProjectx823522"CannotInstalltheNecessaryFilesDuetoWindowsInstallerError1605"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoStartWord823576WindowsSharePointServicesIsNotUpdatedWhenYouChangeanE-MailAddressinMicrosoftProjectWebAccess823584WheretoFindtheReadmeFilesThatAreIncludedwithProject2003andProjectServer2003x823585ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoCloseorSaveaWord2003Document823587HOWTO:ViewtheInstallationLogFilesandCreateVerboseInstallationLogFilesinMicrosoftOfficeProject2003andMicrosoftOfficeProjectServer2003x824122YouCannotOpenaSavedMessage(.
MSG)File825219YouReceiveanErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoConnecttoaMicrosoftProjectWorkspace825576HOWTO:MinimizeMetadatainMicrosoftWord2003x825771PageNumbersAreIncorrectlyUpdatedWhenYouUpdatetheIndexofYourWordDocument825772ARedXCharacterAppearsWhenYouPasteaLinkedImage825773ALinkedImageIsNotUpdatedWhenYouClickUpdateNow825942ProblemsintheGreetingLineWhenYouUseMailMerge826147HOWTO:MoveWordAutoCorrectEntriesBetweenComputersinWord2003x826711TraditionalChineseEnd-User-DefinedCharacters(EUDC)DoNotAppearCorrectly826838FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAboutMailMergex826840HowtoTroubleshootProblemsWhenYouStartorWorkinMicrosoftOfficeWord2003826867FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAbouttheLocationofWord2003Templates827101HOWTO:OptimizeMicrosoftOfficeWord2003827399WordandPowerPointFilesThatHaveCertainWMFandEMFMetafilesOpenSlowly827707HOWTO:UseOutlookContactswithMailMergeinMicrosoftOfficeWord2003827731CannotDeleteRevisionAuthorInformationfromaWord2003Document827889ConvertingWord2000MacrostoWord2003827890ConvertingMacrosfromMicrosoftWord97toMicrosoftOfficeWord2003827891UndocumentedExpressionfortheOpenDataSourceMethod:SubType828388"Error5631"ErrorMessageWhenYouUseaVBAMacrotoCreateaMailMerge828389YouReceivethe"WordCannotObtaintheDataforWord.
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8.
link"ErrorMessageWhenYouPasteTextThatIsFromaWord2003DocumentAsaLink828501IncorrectFontIsAppliedAfteraStyleIsAppliedtoaFormFieldinWord2003828638HOWTO:SetDuplexPrintingforMicrosoftWordAutomationClientsx828656SpellCheckerDoesNotDetectSomeMisspelledWords829121HowTo:DeterminetheNumberofMergedRecordsBeforeYouRunaMailMerge829616YouCannotInsertanObjectTypeinMicrosoftOffice2003829883ErrorMessage:ThisObjectWasCreatedinMSDraw831025Run-timeErrorMessage'5941'WhenYouTrytoBackUpYourAutoCorrectList831027CannotAddCommenttoaBlankTableCellinWord2003x831115Word2003MayStopRespondingWhenYouOpenaWord2003DocumentfromaSharePointSite831771HiddenMarkupTextMayAppearWhenYouOpenorWhenYouSaveaDocumentVisio825364HOWTO:SpecifyanAdditionalLocationforStoringStencilsinVisio2003825366FileNamesRemainintheOpenListoftheGettingStartedTaskPaneEvenAfterYouDeletetheFiles825367TheColorsofTransparentShapesinYourDrawingAreInconsistentWhenYouPrinttoaPostScriptPrinterx825368"ThePageCannotBeDisplayed"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoOpenaVisioXMLDrawingFile(.
vdx)inaWebBrowserx826411YouReceiveErrorMessagesWhenYouTrytoInsertaVisioDrawingControlinaVisio2003Documentx826412ErrorMessageWhenYouAddaVisioTemplatetotheDocumentLibraryinSharePointPortalServerx826413YouDoNotReceiveAnySearchResultsWhenYouSearchWithaVBACommand826414ShockwaveFlashExtensions(*.
swf)MayNotBeMappedinaWebSiteMapinVisio2003x826415Visio2003ShortcutStartsaVisioStandardSetupandthenQuitsx826416ErrorMessage:ThisFileCannotBeOpenedBecauseitWasCreatedwithaNewerorUnrecognizedVersionofVisiox826417VisioShapesandStencilsAreMissingWhenYouRunVisiofromaNetworkServer826419DatabasePropertiesAreLostAfterYouSaveaDrawingThatContainsanActiveXControl827235WindowsXPThemeIsNotAppliedtotheVerticalScrollBarWhenYouClickaCommentTaginYourDrawing827241BoldMtextinAutoCADDrawingDoesNotAppearAsBoldinVisio2003827243YouCannotUngroupCADDisplayObjectsinVisio2003Drawings827244PerformanceIsSlowWhenYouInsertaBlackandWhiteImageFileintoaVisioDrawing827247Simple3DGeometryIsNotVisibleinCADDisplayObjectsinVisio2003827286TextBlockShapeDoesNotHavetheCorrectDimensionsonaDrawingPage827502BoldorItalicMtextFormattingIsNotRetainedWhenYouOpenandViewaCADDrawinginVisio827867FontandLanguageSettingsofTextinYourDrawingAreNotRetainedWhenYouReopenYourDrawing827894DifferentSetofSearchResultsIsReturnedDependingonWhetherYouUsetheIndexingServiceWhenYouSearchforShapes827895"PageCannotBeDisplayed"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoViewaVisioDrawingThatIsSavedAsaWebPageonanFTPSite827897ColorSchemesDialogBoxDoesNotOpenWhenYouRight-ClickanEmptyAreaofYourTQMFlowchartandthenClick"ColorSchemes"828965MessageAppearsWhenYouTrytoOpenaStencilThatDoesNotContainMacros828966LinkstoDrawingPagesDoNotWorkWhentheDrawingIsSavedasaWebPage828968ShapeColorsThatAreSetintheShapeSheetAreDisplayedasBlack829219"PleaseWaitWhileVisioUpdatestheDirectoryCache"MessageWhenYouStartVisioinaTerminalServicesSession829223WordArtCommandIsUnexpectedlyListedontheSubmenuThatAppearsWhenYouPointtoPictureontheInsertMenu829225ErrorMessageWhenYouUsetheOrganizationChartWizardTemplatetoCreateanOrganizationChartfromDataThatIsStoredinanExchangeServerDirectory829228FlowchartShapesLoseFillAttributesinVisio2003829229NewDrawingNameIsIncorrectWhenYouCreateaNewDrawingDocument829231OnlyOneCADDisplayObjectIsDisplayedInYourDrawingAfterYouSaveYourDrawingasa.
dxfFile829232CroppedCADDisplayObjectsinYourVisio2003DrawingAreNoLongerCroppedAfterYouSaveYourDrawingasa.
dxfFile829238CannotFindWordArtCommandinVisio2003829617EUDCCharactersAppearAsaSquareWhenYouSaveaVisio2003FileSavedAsaWebPage829619ALT+F6KeyboardShortcutPerformsaDifferentActioninVisio2003ThaninWord2003829620OrderofHebrewWordsinYourOrganizationChartIsReversedAfterYouUsetheOrganizationChartWizardTemplatetoImportDatafromExcel829717MacroExamplestoShowandtoHidetheSearchforShapesBoxontheShapesTaskPane829724TheLayerNameofaAutoCADDrawingObjectIsTruncatedWhenConvertedinVisio2003829725CADDrawingObjectsThatHaveFillPatternsDoNotConvertAsExpectedinVisio2003829726ProjectTaskDurationAppearsAs0dWhenYouImportaProject2003FileinVisio2003829774MindMapLayerAddedtoLayerPropertiesinaVisio2003Drawing829776"AnError(1415)OccurredDuringtheActionOpenObject"ErrorMessageWhenYouTrytoEditanObjectinVisio2003x829777OrganizationChartShapes(Masters)ExtendOffVisio2003DrawingPage829933MessageIsReceivedWhenYouTrytoDragortoPasteaShapefromVisio2003829934"ThisPageIsAccessingInformationThatIsNotUnderItsControl"MessageWhenYouViewaWebPageThatContainsaVisio2003Drawingx829935CannotSetVisio2003SecuritySettingsintheCustomInstallationWizardx829936VisioDrawingTypesAreNamedSolutionsintheCustomInstallationWizard830033HOWTO:EnableOfficeCOMAdd-instoOpt-intoWindowsXPThemes830034JapaneseCharactersAreReplacedwithQuestionMarksintheDatabasePropertiesofEntityShapesandofViewShapesinVisio830035OnlyPartofYourMicrosoftOfficeVisioDrawingIsSavedWhenYouSavetheDrawingasaScalableVectorGraphicsFilex830036VisioStopsRespondingWhenYouClickCustomerFeedbackOptions830197InconsistentResultsforFinishDateWhenYouCreateaGanttChartwiththeImportProjectDataWizard830198TextIsPositionedIncorrectlyinanAutoCADDrawingWhenYouRotateandAlignText830874CustomPropertiesAreNotSortedinNumericOrderintheCustomPropertySheetinVisio2003830918ErrorMessage:ThisVersionofMicrosoftOfficeVisioCannotDisplayDGNFiles830919CannotFindVisio2003XMLDrawingFormat(.
vdx)Files831064CannotSearchforVisio2003ShapesbytheMasterName831065CannotUseAutoCADtoOpena.
dfxFileThatYouSavedinVisiox831066VisioandVisualBasicEditorStopRespondingConclusionRegardlessofissuesencounteredduringthemigrationofOfficeXPinstallationstoOffice2003,theoverallbenefitsofOffice2003outweighmosttechnicalissuesassociatedwithalargescalemigration.
Office2003providesthefollowingbenefits:Enhanceddeploymentabilities.
Improvedsecurityfeatures.
Enhancedfeatureset.
Almostnomemoryleaks.
ExtendedErrorMessages(withadditionalhelp).
Morelanguages(FrenchandSpanishareavailablewithcoreOfficeCD–othersareavailablefromtheMultilingualUserInterfacepack–aka:MUIpack).
Built-incollaborationfeatures.
InformationRightsManagementforWord,Excel,PowerPoint,andOutlook.
Enhancedworksheetfunctions.
ThesebenefitsarejustasmallportionoftheadvantagesassociatedwithOffice2003.
Thesebasicdifferencesbetweenthetwoversionsoftheproductaresubstantialandareworththegrowthpainsassociatedwithinstitutingachangeinanorganization'sprocesses.
Inmanycases,thechangetoOffice2003solvesmanyoftheproblemsanorganizationmaybefacingduetoviruses,memoryleaks,andslowperformance.
Formoreinformation:MicrosoftOfficeResourceKithomepageAddendumAdded9-1-2004topage1NoteOffice2003SP1wasreleasedinAugust2004.
SeveralupdatestovariousfeaturesofOfficehaveoccurredandrequirechangingtheADMandOPAfilesfortheOffice2003ResourceKittools.
SearchfortheOffice2003SP1ADMs,OPAs,andExplainTextdownloadfromtheMicrosoftDownloadCenterinordertoobtainthesetools,orclickonthefollowinghyperlink:Office2003SP1ADMs,OPAs,andExplainTextUpdateAdd9-1-2004topage32NoteWiththeSP1updateofOffice2003,adownloadexiststoupdatetheADMs,OPAs,andtoprovideamodicumofExplainTextinthetwoworkbookfilesthataccompanythisupdate.
Usethefollowinglinktoconnecttodownloadthisupdate:Office2003SP1ADMs,OPAs,andExplainTextUpdateAdded9-1-2004topage37NoteTheMicrosoftOfficeAccess2003ConversionToolkitisnowavailable.
Usethefollowinglinktofindoutwhatitcandoforyouandhowtodownloadit:http://www.
microsoft.
com/office/ork/2003/journ/accessconvert.
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