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Office Professional 2003 Brings XML to the Desktop
Many companies have implemented XML as a standard for transactions involving large enterprise systems, and have invested in networks and Internet services to support it. However, because easy-to-use XML tools haven't been available for desktop programs, employees rarely tag the content and structure of their documents. The opportunity to capture and later reuse the information contained in those documents is then lost, or companies have to spend a lot of time migrating the data to an enterprise system.
With Office Professional 2003, some of the most popular desktop productivity tools?including Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, and Microsoft Office Access 2003?now support XML. Microsoft Office InfoPath? 2003, also available in Office Professional 2003, also takes advantage of XML. By using XML:
You can save and organize new data as XML so that coworkers can use it.
Companies can pull XML data from a variety of sources into documents, databases, presentations, and spreadsheets.
Developers can create "intelligent programs" (that is, programs that return helpful information based on user-entered data) for users to capture information in files.
By using the XML support in Office Professional 2003, you can make sure you cost-effectively create, organize, and share your valuable business information.
Note In all Office 2003 Editions, Word 2003 documents and Excel 2003 spreadsheets can be saved in a native XML file format which can be manipulated and searched using any program that can process industry standard XML. With Office Professional 2003, companies can also use customized XML formats?or schemas?to enable easier and more advanced information creation, capture, exchange, and reuse.
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