In Brief

  • The Office Suite has been renamed Office System 2003. The new release includes new products, such as InfoPath and OneNote, and also enhances existing products with XML support, particularly Word, Excel, and Access.

  • InfoPath is focused as a general-purpose electronic forms design, creation, and submission tool. It uses XML as the representation format for electronic forms data and has intrinsic support for relational databases and Web services.

  • With Electronic Forms, InfoPath can be utilized as a Smart Client for front-end Web services.

  • XML support primarily exists in Word, Excel, and Access. XML support provides the capability for Office documents to be exported as XML or support for specific pieces of the document to be data bound to XML ...

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