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Product name	Office Professional 2003	Office 2003 Standard Edition	Office 2003 Small Business Edition	Office XP Professional	Microsoft Office Standard 2007
Price	$69.99 to $364.99	$144.59 to $397.25	$147.98 to $263.89	$44.50 to $164.99	$259.15 to $399.99
CNET editors' rating	stars Overall score: ( stars)	stars Overall score: ( stars)	stars Overall score: ( stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.8 (3.5 stars)
Average user rating		3.0 stars		2.0 stars	2.0 stars
Release date					January 30, 2007
The Bottom Line				Microsoft Office XP's online and collaborative tool improvements make it a smart upgrade for businesses and groups, but it's not worth the cost, time, and effort for single or home users.	Overall, Microsoft Office Standard 2007 is a worthy upgrade if you need to make sleeker-looking documents and presentations to share with others, and Outlook is better than ever, but you can stick to your current software if you don't feel that it lacks anything.
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Platform	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows	Windows
Language(s)	English	English	English	English	English
License Type	Complete package	Complete package	Complete package	Complete package	Complete package
Subcategory	Office applications - office suite	Office applications - office suite	Office applications - office suite	Office applications - office suite	Office applications - office suite
Product Description	Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 - Complete package	Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 - Complete package	Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003 - Complete package	Microsoft Office XP Professional - Complete package	Microsoft Office Standard 2007 - Complete package
Category	Office applications	Office applications	Info unavailable	Office applications	Office applications
License Pricing	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard	Standard
License Qty	1 user	1 user	1 user	1 user	1 PC
Distribution Media	CD-ROM	CD-ROM	CD-ROM	CD-ROM	CD-ROM
OS Required	Microsoft Windows XP or later Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or later	Microsoft Windows XP or later Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or later	Microsoft Windows XP or later Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 or later	Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6 or later Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6 or later	Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or later Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later
Package Type	Retail	Retail	Retail	Retail	Retail
Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications	Full specifications
Buying choices	Royal Discount $228.95 In stock: Yes VioSoftware Inc. $349.99 In stock: Yes BuyPCsoft.com $288.95 In stock: Yes Prices from 3 CNET Certified stores	Royal Discount $144.59 In stock: Yes VioSoftware Inc. $289.89 In stock: Yes Discount Mountain $397.25 In stock: Yes Prices from 3 CNET Certified stores	Royal Discount $147.98 In stock: Yes VioSoftware Inc. $263.89 In stock: Yes BuyPCsoft.com $239.95 In stock: Yes Prices from 3 CNET Certified stores	Royal Discount $82.28 In stock: Yes VioSoftware Inc. $164.99 In stock: Yes Prices from 2 CNET Certified stores	TigerDirect.com $366.99 In stock: Yes Amazon.com $323.99 In stock: Yes Royal Discount $298.97 In stock: Yes Prices from 12 CNET Certified stores
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