Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003 is the basic personal and business productivity solution that provides familiar, easy-to-use document authoring, analysis, presentation, and communication applications.

OEM, or Original Equipment Manufacturer, software is completely electronic, there are no manuals or retail boxes to manufacture and distribute. You will recieve the CD-ROM of the software, except in the case of operating systems - where you recieve a small start-up guide. Keep in mind that the entire users manual is installed onto your computer during the software's installation process. This electronic manual is stored in the "Help" section. It has a complete index, searchable index, and sections that you can print out. The help menus have been so descriptive that customers who have purchased the software with manuals end up hardly using them.

Service Pack 1 contains significant security enhancements, in addition to stability and performance improvements. Service Pack 1 (SP1) also includes many performance and feature enhancements to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003.