Microsoft Office xp product Guide

Feature

Description	How to Access
Document Discussions	Users can insert and reply to a discussion on an Office document or Web site. By default, discussions are not displayed within an Office document, but can be easily expanded for viewing purposes.	Open up a document that you have saved to a document library. Click the Discuss button on the toolbar. On the Discussion toolbar (at the bottom), select Insert a Discussion.
Editing in FrontPage	Microsoft SharePoint Team Web pages can be edited directly in FrontPage®. Users can change the theme of the site, add FrontPage components, or add static HTML elements to customize their team site exactly the way they want it.	Open your Microsoft SharePoint team Web site. Click Edit in the browser.

Connecting and Coordinating with others

Feature	Description	How to Access
MSN Messenger Integration	When an Outlook user opens an e-mail message (or views it via the Preview Pane) or a contact card, he or she can identify whether that person is online. Users can then immediately initiate an MSN Messenger session from within Outlook.	In Outlook, select Tools>Options and go to the Other tab. Select “Enable Instant Messaging in Outlook.”
Outlook Free/Busy Sharing	Using Microsoft Outlook, users can share Free/Busy information with others over the Internet. This makes it easy to schedule meetings among Outlook users who do not share an Exchange server.	Create a new appointment. Type in an smtp address (e.g. [e-mail] and click send. Outlook will prompt if you want to establish free/busy sharing.
Propose New Time	When receiving a meeting request, users now have the option of proposing a new meeting time to the meeting organizer rather than just declining the request. Furthermore, users who have Exchange server will be able to see the free and busy times of each attendee before submitting the new meeting time.	Open up a meeting request. Select the Propose New Meeting Time button.
Group Schedules	Users can save multiple group calendars within Outlook for quick and easy access to their team or conference room schedules. Within this single calendar interface, users can view the free and busy times of their group as well as easily send e-mail or set up an appointment with the entire group.	Within the Calendar view, select the Schedules button. Select the New button to add a group.

Organizational Experience

Office XP offers a set of tools that can be used by individuals, teams, and organizations to increase overall organizational productivity. Below are some of the capabilities that enable organizations to experience greater productivity and a lower total cost of ownership (TCO). More specifically, Office XP offers organizations the tools to help build and edit powerful Web-based and collaborative solutions, and to lower costs associated with deploying, managing, and administering Office applications.

Integrated Office and Web-Based Solutions

As organizations continue to move their business solutions to the Web, they have a greater need to make their Office applications part of their overall Web solution. Organizations must be able to make the solutions they created in Office be an integral part of the Web so that their users (and third parties) can access and share information. Office XP provides a variety of tools that allow organizations to create and extend their solutions to the Web.

Feature	Description	How to Access
XML Support in Excel and Access	Excel now supports Extensible Markup Language (XML). Users can load and save generic, well-formed, and spreadsheet XML directly into Excel. Furthermore users can query XML spreadsheets from the Web and thereby analyze important Web data. Access users can easily import or export XML schema and data documents into and out of Access. Users can automatically import the XML tables or access advanced options to customize the import. Similarly, when users export XML data, schema, and presentations, they can leave the defaults as they are, or they can select advanced options for greater control over the exported output.	Example: In Excel, choose Save As from the File menu. From file-type drop-down menu, select XML Spreadsheet.
Smart Tag Extensibility	In addition to the Smart Tags that will ship as part of Word and Excel, third parties can tie in to the Smart Tag technology to offer their own solutions for Office XP users. For example, an organization can create a Smart Tag that links the user directly to all the organization’s customers, orders, prices, and more, when the user simply types in an order number into Excel.	Smart Tags can be customized via the Smart Tag SDK which will be available on Microsoft’s Web site and as part of the Microsoft Office XP Developer edition.