ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Publisher 2003

Well we have reached the end of the review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Microsoft Publisher 2003.

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 has a goal of simplicity, frugal pricing and being a little of everything for millions of consumers. Microsoft accomplished this with Microsoft Publisher 1.0 and continues to do so eight versions later...and priced at a low $99!. Use of this matured product for business and personal purposes has never been easier. There is not on product out there that can claim to provide you with as many options in so many different avenues as Microsoft Office Publisher 2003. Beyond its world renowned greeting card, newsletter and invoice templates lives a World Wide Web authoring, commercial printing, and daily letter writing work horse tool. While I believe the Microsoft company as a whole doesn't seem to quite understand the consumers wants and needs, the Publisher team surely stands out alone when it comes to you and I and what we want to see on our desktops in our daily routine.

Specs & Package
Overall Score	93%
Version Reviewed	Publisher 2003
Release Date	October 21, 2003
In The Box?	1 CD 1 Rebate Certificate
The Good Points	Magellen Mouse Support, Features Rich, Improved integration with Microsoft Office, Added features to TaskPane, Abiltity to merge database of images, CMYK Composite Support, Improved Word Import Filter, Improved MS VBA.s
The Bad Points	Still no Calculations possible in tables, lacks popular *.pdf, printing options too limited
System REquirements	Computer and processor Publisher 2003: Personal computer with an Intel Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor, Pentium III recommended Publisher 2003 with Digital Imaging: Personal computer with an Intel Pentium 500-MHz or higher processor, Pentium III recommended 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or above recommended Hard disk usage will vary depending on configuration; custom installation choices may require more or less hard disk space. Listed below are the hard disk requirements for Publisher 2003 and Publisher 2003 with Digital Imaging. 250 MB of available hard disk space Optional installation files cache (recommended) requires an additional 200 MB of available hard disk space. Publisher 2003 with Digital Imaging: 500 MB total of available hard disk space for installation of Publisher 2003 (250 MB) and Digital Image Pro (250 MB) Optional installation files cache (recommended) requires an additional 200 MB of available hard disk space. Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 3 (SP3) or later; or Windows XP or later Super VGA (800 600) or a higher-resolution monitor
Reviewers PC Setup	Pentium 4 2.6 Ghz Dell Dimension 8100 Windows XP Professional SP1 512 MB Ram 17" Dell Flat Panel Microsoft Trackball Explorer