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This paper explains the basic differences between Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003 at a cursory level. It describes the obvious changes a user might see in the menu bar user interface and what a user might perceive as a bug, depending on his or her advanced usage of the various Office applications. This paper also provides a summary of the most likely issues an administrator might encounter during and after a migration of Office XP to Office 2003. Included is information about several design changes that affect programmatic access to Office application objects, which may also affect custom applications.

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