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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
January 30, 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 2
What’s Included
• Office 2003 Professional– Access– Excel– InfoPath– OneNote– Outlook– PowerPoint– Publisher – Word
January 30, 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 3
Additional Applications
• Also licensed through the Microsoft Campus Software Agreement (MCSA)– FrontPage– Project Professional– Visio Professional
January 30, 2004 Marshall University Computing Services Slide 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
System Requirements for using Office 2003
• To use Office 2003 Editions, you need:– Intel Pentium III or equivalent processor recommended; 233-
megahertz (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 9
(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 10
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 11
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 12
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
Questions ??Chuck Elliott
Associate Director, Customer Services
University Computing Services
This presentation is online at http://users.marshall.edu/~celliott/Office2003.ppt