i have been using office 2003 for over 30 days now.. pretty cool when office 2003 running on windows xp machine.. the office visual style of skin sucks.. it is very dark blue.. but when switches to xp classic mode.. the office 2003 skin / visual style looks great.. i wish we can change skins for office likewise we can do with windows xp..
access has been secured.. expesially against malicious codes and states .. as well as whole office is well secured againt malicious macros..
microsoft office 2003 comes with something called InfoPath 2003 which is something like a office integrated information store..
Outlook 2003 has undergone a lot of improvements as well..
and yes publisher does come with office 2003 professional but its a seprate CD