Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Upgrade [OLD VERSION]

by Microsoft

Product Features

• Junk e-mail filtering and blocking of unsafe attachments
• Backward compatibility with older versions of Office programs
• Automatic backup and recovery of documents
• Create professional and effective documents using Word
• Access, analyze, and display data with Excel spreadsheets

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9.8 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000BZ54L
• Item model number: 021-06153
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 24, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,180 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Solve the challenges you and your business face with Microsoft Office 2003. Microsoft Office 2003 is designed to help you improve your productivity and achieve better results. Powerful new functionality behind familiar and easy-to-use applications will let you take on today's demanding business challenges. The new Microsoft Office provides the building blocks for you to create solutions that will help your organization take more effective action. Discover new ways to communicate with others, create and share documents, and utilize information.

Key Features:

• junk e-mail filtering and blocking of unsafe attachments
• backward compatibility with older versions of Office programs
• automatic backup and recovery of documents

Why pick Standard?

More Secure, Manageable E-mail: Get better management of your e-mails with junk e-mail filters for enhanced protection.

Complete Compatibility: Create documents with Microsoft Office Word 2003, Excel 2003, and PowerPoint 2003, which can be read and edited by users of Microsoft Office 97, 2000, or XP. PowerPoint Presentations on Any PC: Burn multimedia PowerPoint presentations—including a free PowerPoint viewer—directly to CD, then show the presentations on any PC, even one without Office.

Upgrade Eligibility

Determine whether your current version of Microsoft Office qualifies you for the upgrade price. The following products qualify:

• Microsoft Office XP: Office XP Developer, Office XP Professional with FrontPage., Office XP Professional Special Edition, Office XP Professional with Publisher, Office XP Professional, Office XP Small Business Edition, Office XP Standard
• Microsoft Office 2000: Office 2000 Developer, Office 2000 Premium, Office 2000 Professional, Office 2000 Small Business Edition, Office 2000 Standard
• Microsoft Office 97: Office 97 Professional, Office 97 Small Business Edition (version 2), Office 97 Small Business Edition (version 1), Office 97 Standard
• Microsoft Works: Works Suite 20061, Works Suite 2004, Works Suite 2003, Works Suite 2002, Works Suite 2001, Works 2000, Works 8.0, Works 7.0, Works 6.0

Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition includes:

• Microsoft Word 2003
• Microsoft Outlook 2003
• Microsoft Excel 2003
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

Product Description

Microsoft Office 2003, the hotly anticipated successor to Microsoft Office XP, brings even more enabling power to this cornerstone of productivity that helps users connect to the right people, information and processes throughout the world of business and ideas. A host of innovations make it easier for people to take effective action and get better results! Enhancements include:

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile purchase, March 8, 2006

By 

Linda R. Slone (Surprise, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Upgrade [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I needed upgrades for my Microsoft Office and this really did the trick. I enjoy using Outlook 2003 much more than the older version I had for several years. Most of the other parts of the package are fairly similar, although there are several features of Word that are a bit annoying to me. Otherwise I would give it an excellent rating.

41 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Like Bugs? If Yes, Then Buy This!, December 18, 2003

By 

Martina Schmidt (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Upgrade [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

I am writing with reference to Office 2003 Standard in both Upgrade and Full (non upgrade) versions.

The upgrade CD would not accept the 25 alpha numeric `product ID' key. It would take 4 characters then jump to the next box. It would not allow you to return to the previous box and back fill the missing letter or number. In short, you could not ever enter the correct product ID. I can't say more about this version as I could not get past this point.

The Full (non upgrade) version seemed more stable. It accepted the `product ID' key at least but that is where the problems began.

The first problem I had was that in PowerPoint there was no preview. Sure enough, less than 30 days out and there was a critical upgrade to fix this problem.

I went to the Microsoft Update page to download it. It failed several times. I then contacted Microsoft Technical support. This is a known problem and you must download (at least for now) all updated to your local hard drive and install from there. If they don't solve this problem, its going to be a major problem when there are more than a few updates for Office 2003 available.

I also started to receive `run time error messages' when I used Microsoft Internet Explorer. Microsoft technical support says this is not an Office 2003 issue, but an Operating System issue. Sure it is! I did not have this problem before I installed Office 2003. The resolution was to disable all Third Party devices (such as the Google tool bar), and remove some other things as well.

The new Outlook interface looks great, but what good is a great looking interface if it does not work?

For some reason, email sent using Outlook 2003 is identified as `Spam' by several spam filtering programs, including Spam Assassin. I found this out when some people I was sending email to did not reply. I telephoned one of them and said they had not received any email form me. They then checked and found it in the `spam' folder. Here is the error message that Outlook 2003 generated:

> Content analysis details: (5.70 points, 5 required)
> FORGED_YAHOO_RCVD (2.7 points) 'From' yahoo.com does not match 'Received'
> headers
> MSG_ID_ADDED_BY_MTA_2 (0.8 points) 'Message-Id' was added by a relay
> (2) FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK (2.2 points) Forged mail pretending to be from
> MS Outlook MISSING_OUTLOOK_NAME (0.0 points) Message looks like
> Outlook, but isn't

This is also a known problem to Microsoft Technical Support. The fix is to turn off all firewall and virus protection and to remove some networking package updates. I tried this but it still did not solve the problem. It remains unresolved.

I had more problems but I think this illustrates the point that this product was just released to soon.

If you enjoy `bleeding edge' technology, this is for you. If you are looking for something that works without `bleeding edge' features (bugs or problems) then take to heart the advice I was given by Microsoft Technical Support; ". . . I usually wait 6 months after a release before I upgrade. By then most of the major problems have been resolved."

Sage Advice!

As for me, I am returning to an earlier edition of Office at least for a while.

Here is the phone number for Microsoft Technical Support. If you buy this product right now, you are going to need it: 1-888-346-5229

Good Luck, your going to need it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars easy to use, works great, November 6, 2006

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dialysis biller (Layton, UT, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Upgrade [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Finally upgraded from Office 97 and I'm very happy I did. I like the improved features better, especially with Outlook. If you are a holdout like me, go ahead and upgrade--it's worth it!