Word 2002 Version Upgrade

Smart Tags really come into their own in Word 2002.Hover your mouse over a contact name in a letter, and the menu allows you to send them an e-mail, open your contacts book in Outlook, refer to outstanding diary commitments and so on. This is joined-up organisation of the best kind; in effect you're using Web-page-style hotlinks to hop from your Word document around your office suite.

There is only so much you want to change in a word processing package, which is for quickly and simply writing documents, after all. But the ability to select unconnected chunks of text (so you could cut and paste two unconnected paragraphs in one go); the Reveal Formatting Task Pane, which lets you see all the formats and styles on a given selection; and the Drawing Canvas, which allows much finer positioning of pictures within a document than before, are all excellent innovations. --John Rennie

AutoCorrect Options Smart Tags provides an easy mechanism for users to control and modify automatic behavior that takes place within Word. Undo an automatic correction, choose to not have that correction take place in the future, or access the AutoCorrect Options dialog box. With Name, Address, and Date Smart Tags, Word 2002 recognizes names, addresses, and dates. When an item is recognized, the user is provided with a Smart Tag that allows them to obtain additional information from the Web or other Office applications. Additional Smart Tags will be available on the Office Update Web site and can be extended by organizations and third parties to offer unique document solutions. Word 2002 now gives users the ability to translate words in their document (available languages are determined by language dictionaries that are installed) or to access a translation service on the Web. This service provides entire document translation as well as additional languages. Word 2002 now increases user productivity by supplementing traditional mouse and keyboard execution with voice commands. Users can dictate text, make direct formatting changes, and navigate menus using speech and voice commands. (Note: Speech is currently available for U.S. English, simplified Chinese, and Japanese.) The Word Count toolbar allows users to easily update the word count in a document without having to go to the Word Count dialog box. Additional improvements in Word Count allow users more flexibility in whether headers and footers are counted in their document.