Microsoft Office Word 2003 Preview

From Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite for Windows:
“As a professional writer of sorts, I spend much of my day in Microsoft Word. Indeed, my familiarity with Word is one of the primary reasons I’m having a hard time adjusting to OneNote, Microsoft’s new Office 2003 application for taking and managing notes. I’m not the only one familiar with Word, either: As the second oldest Office application behind Excel, Word can safely be called a mature product, and predictably it hasn’t changed dramatically in years. The version of Word that ships as part of Office 2003 is no different: Aside from adopting the new Office 2003-style user interface and task pane, Word doesn’t visually differ from previous versions, and in day-to-day use, it’s almost identical to Word 2002 (XP), which added the Smart Tags feature on which I now rely.”

“However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything new in Word 2003. Here are the features I’ve identified as being both dramatically different from previous versions and important to end users. I’ve listed them in order of importance to me; your needs may vary.”