Office Versions

SharePoint works with Office 2000, 2002 (XP), and 2003. However, the feature set varies a great deal among these versions. Basically, all versions allow you to save and open files from SharePoint sites through a browser; 2002 supports some integration (export list to spreadsheet); and 2003 provides full integration through the Shared Documents task pane.

			Office version
Product	Feature	2000	2002	2003
All	Save and open files from SharePoint sites	X	X	X
	Shared Workspace task pane			X
	Updates document for shared attachments			X
	View and edit a shared attachment	X	X	X
	Create new documents in web browser		X	X
	Collect metadata automatically			X
	Promote and demote file properties and metadata automatically	Limited	X	X
	Track document versions			X
	Check out and check in documents			X
	Manage Microsoft Project documents, risks, and issues			X
	Upload multiple documents			X
	Inline discussions	X	X	X
	Microsoft Office Components for SharePoint			X
	Person Names Smart Tag			X
	Integration with Microsoft Business Solutions			X
	Shared attachment			X
	Create Document workspace sites			X
Outlook	Create Meeting workspace sites automatically			X
	Synchronize calendar and contact list sites			X
	Alerts	X	X	X
	Alert integration with Outlook			X
Excel	Two-way synchronization with SharePoint lists			X
	Export list data to Excel spreadsheet		X	X
	Create custom list from Excel spreadsheet			X
Access	Link table to SharePoint list			X
	Export list data to Access database table			X
	Create custom list from Access database table			X
FrontPage	Edit and customize Windows SharePoint Services web sites			X
	Create and customize data-driven web part pages			X
	Solution packages			X
	Browse and search web part galleries			X
	Manage list views			X
	Design templates			X
	Web part connections			X
	Backup and restore site			X
InfoPath	Business document library	N/A	N/A	X
	Edit documents in InfoPath	N/A	N/A	X
	Aggregate business reports	N/A	N/A	X