Essential SharePoint

Appendix B. Reference Tables

Office Versions

SharePoint works with Office 2000, 2002 (XP), and 2003. However, the feature set varies a great deal among these versions. Basically, all versions allow you to save and open files from SharePoint sites through a browser; 2002 supports some integration (export list to spreadsheet); and 2003 provides full integration through the Shared Documents task pane.

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