Microsoft Office 2003 Final Version*

REDMOND, Wash. - Aug. 19, 2003 - Microsoft Corp. today announced the completion of the core products in the new Microsoft Office System and has released all products to manufacturing, marking a critical step in the delivery of the company's most powerful and valuable release of Office.

The Microsoft Office System is composed of industry-leading productivity programs, servers and services, and includes programs such as the Microsoft Office 2003 editions, and the 2003 versions of Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint?, Access, Outlook?, Visio?, FrontPage? and Publisher. The abilities in the core products can be extended in Microsoft Office System solutions by taking advantage of the productivity-enhancing capabilities of Microsoft Office SharePoint? Portal Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Office Live Meeting and the three new programs: Microsoft Office InfoPath? 2003, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2003 and Microsoft Office OneNote? 2003. The Microsoft Office System is the result of one of the largest and most successful development efforts and beta tests in Microsoft history. More than 600,000 beta testers ? approximately three times the participants in previous beta tests ? provided Microsoft with detailed feedback over the past year, allowing the company to develop the most innovative and stable Office products to date.
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