Microsoft Office 2003 Deployment at Marshall University Chuck Elliott Associate Director Customer Services University Computing Services This presentation is online at http users marshall edu celliott Office2003 ppt What s Included Office 2003 Professional Access Excel InfoPath OneNote Outlook PowerPoint Publisher Word January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 2 Additional Applications Also licensed through the Microsoft Campus Software Agreement MCSA FrontPage Project Professional Visio Professional January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 3 New Features Outlook 2003 Reading Pane Multi line message view with smart dates and grouping Arrange by conversation New mail Desktop Alert Junk e mail settings Block external content Shared calendar Contact picture Cached Exchange Mode January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 4 New Features continued Word 2003 Reading Layout view Merge enhancements Track changes enhancements Formatting Restrictions Editing Restrictions Excel 2003 Improved List creation XML Improved Standard Deviation computation Smart tag integration January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 5 New Features continued PowerPoint 2003 Thesaurus integration Annotations in Slide Show view Expanded playlist formats Full screen playback PowerPoint Viewer and Package for CD Access 2003 Back up a database AutoCorrect option Dependent Objects Font Control for the SQL Window Error checking Making a local table Propagating field properties January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 6 Compelling Reasons To Upgrade Outlook 2003 Spam Filter Much Improved Interface Cached mode improved data synchronization performance Consistency with Exchange 2003 web interface 20GB pst files Outlook 97 2002 used 2GB limit PowerPoint 2003 Save presentation to CD installs the free PowerPoint Viewer Excel 2003 List creation XML January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 7 System Requirements for using Office 2003 To use Office 2003 Editions you need Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor recommended 233megahertz MHz required Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent processor will provide optimal performance for Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 128 megabytes MB of RAM or above recommended 400 MB of available hard disk space Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 3 SP3 or later or Windows XP or later Super VGA 800 600 or a higher resolution monitor See http www microsoft com office editions prodinfo sysreq mspx for more details In short any machine purchased by MU in last 4 years January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 8 Hopefully an unlikely scenario For administrators and tech support staff If upgrading from Office 97 to Office 2003 this white paper is a must read http www microsoft com office ork 2003 journ 97 03DeltaWPIntro htm January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 9 Deployment Strategy October 2003 January 2004 Controlled Deployment ITSPs and other IT pros January 2004 Added to all faculty staff images Will continue to support Office XP but will market Office 2003 to all faculty and staff March 2004 Testing on UCF image begins June 2003 Deployed to Drinko 3rd floor August 2003 Deployed to all UCF sites for Fall semester January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 10 Business and Personal Use Strict changes to our Microsoft agreement mean Volume license key can only be used on university owned computers Cannot be used on personally owned computers For personally owned computers individuals must purchase separate media Must be for official work at home Must sign agreement Media available at the UCS Front Desk For unrestricted home use by family and friends we recommend Office 2003 Standard Edition Student and Teacher version Available locally including MU bookstore for approx 149 May be installed on up to 3 computers Note lacks IRM and XML functionality January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 11 Department Level Implementations For business critical Office applications Reviewers guide available at http www microsoft com office editions prodinfo guide mspx courtesy of Microsoft a detailed Office 2003 Deployment project plan is available in Project 2003 template area also here As a minimum Upgrade Windows 9x and NT users to Win2K Windows XP preferred Offer training to users Step By Step will be on the image Test macros Test file conversions Join MU s Office 2003 Forum and share your knowledge January 30 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 12 Questions Chuck Elliott Associate Director Customer Services University Computing Services This presentation is online at http users marshall edu celliott Office2003 ppt