What's New in Microsoft Office Project 2003?

You'll notice some changes as soon as you start Microsoft Office Project 2003. The toolbars and menus have a new look, for example. But the features that are new and improved in this version of Project go beyond just changes in appearance. Some changes won't be apparent to you until you start using the program.

The following table lists the new and improved features that you might be interested in as well as the lessons and topics in which those features are covered.

New or Improved Feature	What Does This Feature Help You Do?	Lesson	Topic
Office Online Service	Connect to the Microsoft Web site for assistance. Use Office Online to get training, templates, help from a community, and more.	Getting Started with Project	Starting Project Standard
Additional project templates	Use these new templates to jump-start common projects and promote consistency.	Getting Started with Project	Starting Project Standard
Project Guide	Use this set of instructions and controls to manage tasks and resources, specify and change working time, track your project, and report project information.	Getting Started with Project	Creating a New Project Plan
Project Guide	Use this set of instructions and controls to manage tasks and resources, specify and change working time, track your project, and report project information.	Creating a Task List	Entering Tasks
Project Guide	Use this set of instructions and controls to manage tasks and resources, specify and change working time, track your project, and report project information.	Creating a Task List	Organizing and Linking Tasks
Euro Currency Converter	A previously downloadable Project Component Object Model (COM) add-in that is automatically installed with Project Standard 2003 and Project Professional 2003. The Euro Currency Converter add-in displays its own, separate toolbar.	Setting Up Resources	Setting Up People Resources
Report Project Guide/ Printing Wizard	Selects a view or report, changes the content or orders information in a view or report, changes the look or content of a Gantt chart, compares progress against baseline work, and prints a view or report.	Fine-Tuning the Project Plan	Evaluating Resource Allocation
Project Guide/Print Current View Wizard	Prints anything you view on your screen as a report through a simplified, wizard-like printing interface under Reports on the Project Guide.	Printing Project Information	Preparing to Print a Project Plan
Copy Picture to Office Wizard	Creates a project summary report for use in another Office application.	Sharing Project Information	Exporting Project Data to PowerPoint
Add-In for Visio diagramming	With this feature, you can create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) chart in Visio from Project 2003 data.	Sharing Project Information	Working with Other File Formats