As a result, Microsoft appended the 'Office' branding to the names of all programs. With the release of Office 2003, Microsoft rebranded the Office productivity suite as an integrated system dedicated to information workers. It also introduces the Picture Manager graphics software to open, manage, and share digital images. Office 2003 introduces two new programs to the Office product lineup: InfoPath, a program for designing, filling, and submitting electronic structured data forms and OneNote, a note-taking program for creating and organizing diagrams, graphics, handwritten notes, recorded audio, and text.
New features in Office 2003 include information rights management new collaboration features improved support for SharePoint, smart tags, and XML and extended use of Office Online services. The Mac OS X equivalent, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac was released on May 11, 2004. It was the successor to Office XP and the predecessor to Office 2007.
Office 2003 was released to manufacturing on August 19, 2003, and was later released to retail on October 21, 2003, exactly two years after the release of Windows XP. Microsoft Office 2003 (codenamed Office 11 ) is an office suite developed and distributed by Microsoft for its Windows operating system.
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