Microsoft Office 2003 is an office suite written and distributed by Microsoftfor their Windows operating system. Released to manufacturing on August 19, 2003[3] and launched on October 21, 2003,[4] it was the successor toOffice XP and the predecessor to Office 2007. It is the final version of Office to have the 97-2003 format as default across all applications, as well as being the final version to include the toolbar and menu interfaces across the core applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and parts of Outlook).
A new Office logo was debuted as part of a rebranding effort by Microsoft,[5]as well as two new applications: InfoPath and OneNote. OneNote is a note-taking and organizing application for text, handwritten notes or diagrams, recorded audio and graphics, and InfoPath is an application for designing, distributing, filling and submitting electronic forms containing structured data. Office 2003 was the first version to use Windows XP style icons, visual stylesand colors.
Office 2003 runs only on NT-based versions of Windows; it is not supported on Windows 98, Windows Me, or Windows NT 4.0. It is the last version of Office compatible with Windows 2000, as Office 2007 requires Windows XPor newer. It is listed as being "Not Compatible" with Windows 8 by the Microsoft Windows 8 Compatibility Center, although most users have claimed it is compatible.[6]
Service Pack 1 for Office 2003 was released on July 27, 2004, Service Pack 2 was released on September 27, 2005, and Service Pack 3 was released on September 17, 2007. The last cumulative update for Office 2003, Service Pack 3 resolved several compatibility and stability issues with Windows Vistaand later operating systems. Mainstream support for Office 2003 ended April 14, 2009, and extended support April 8, 2014, the same times as Windows XP.[7]
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