Essential SharePoint 2007, 2nd Edition

Appendix B. Reference Tables

Office Versions

SharePoint works with Office versions 2000 to 2007. However, the feature sets vary a great deal among these versions. Basically, all versions allow you to save and open files from SharePoint sites through the browser; 2002 supports some integration (export list to spreadsheet); and 2003 provides full integration through the Shared Documents task pane. Table B-1 further details Microsoft Office version compatibility.

Table B-1. Microsoft Office version compatibility

Product	Feature	Office version
		2000	2002	2003	2007
All	Save and open files from SharePoint sites	X	X	X	X
Â	Shared Workspace task pane	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Document updates for shared attachments	Â	Â	X	X
Â	View and edit a shared attachment	X	X	X	X
Â	Create new documents in web browser	Â	X	X	X
Â	Collect metadata automatically	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Promote and demote file properties and metadata automatically	Limited	X	X	X
Â	Track document versions	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Check out and check in documents	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Manage Microsoft Project documents, risks, and issues	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Upload multiple documents	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Inline discussions	X	X	X	X
Â	Microsoft Office Components for SharePoint	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Person Names Smart Tag	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Integration with Microsoft Business Solutions	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Shared attachments	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Create Document Workspace sites	Â	Â	X	X
Outlook	Create Meeting Workspace sites automatically	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Synchronize calendar and contact list sites	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Receive alerts	X	X	X	X
Â	Alert integration with Outlook	Â	Â	X	X
Excel	Two-way synchronization with SharePoint lists	Â	Â	X	X
Â	Export list ...