Learn to Use Excel 2003

Advantages: Keeps me Safe
Disadvantages: A bit pricey

...it was sorted I discovered that many of my programmes had to be reinstalled. This one was no exception. But that is when the problems began. Because it had been previously been installed, it affected the new installation. But after advice from the very useful Symantec website (www.symantec.co.uk) we were able to get up and running again. The website is excellent for information about their products, and also has much information about any problems encountered. They also have a free email facility for problems that you can’t find the answer to, but they do charge for telephone support. As stated previously I purchased this with Norton SystemWorks 2003. The two products integrate very well and Live Update picks up updates for all of the programmes and virus updates. I would certainly recommend this software. I probably haven’t found out... Read review

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Advantages: Much better HTML, CSS & scripting support, easy to use
Disadvantages: some features rely on Sharepoint Services which most people won't have.

...FrontPage has had a troubled history. Those that enjoyed its simple WYSIWYG approach felt let down by its lack of support for newer web technologies whilst HTML gurus sneered at its poor HTML generation and dependence on proprietary extensions on the server to achieve anything useful. With the 2003 release Microsoft have tried very hard to please everyone and managed to achieve great strides although it is still far from perfect. In terms of support, things are now much more impressive. There is support for XML, XSLT, CSS, Jscript, Javascript, VBScript and ASP.NET. Where it still lacks is mainly PHP and common non Microsoft databases such as MySQL The support extends to IntelliSense and AutoComplete as well as easy access to any code snippets you may have in your library. FrontPage 2003 also has tools to help develop web site... Read review

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Advantages: Nice looking interface, some great (and long overdue!) features in Outlook.
Disadvantages: Still quite a bit of money for an incremental upgrade. OneNote a little disappointing.

...need to. As far as complaints about Outlook go - here's something that's still just killing me. There's no integrated Newsreader. Outlook2003 teases you by letting you add a button called "News" to your toolbar - but when you click on it, it just opens up an iteration looking disturbingly like "Outlook Express," as your "Newsreader." May I please have all my messaging functions in one messaging program someday? Please? Word, Excel and Access are all doing the same things for me they always have. I appreciate the nicer looking interface in all of them - none of the new features they have are anything I know how to use. Or knew enough to want. Finally - the new piece: OneNote. OneNote is very interesting - at first, you'd think it was designed specifically for TabletPC, because that is what it seems to do - take the place... Read review

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