Microsoft OfficeMicrosoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. As well as the office applications, it includes associated servers and Web-based services. Recent versions of Office are now called the 'Office System' rather than the 'Office Suite' to reflect the fact that they include Servers as well. Office made its first appearance in the early '90s, and was initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications that were previously marketed and sold separately. The main selling point was that buying the bundle was substantially cheaper than buying each of the individual applications on their own. The first version of Office contained Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Additionally, a "Pro" version of Office included Microsoft Access and Schedule Plus. Over the years the Office applications have grown substantially closer together from a technical standpoint, sharing features such as a common spell checker, OLE data integration and the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. In recent years, Microsoft has attempted to position Office as a development platform in its own right, but has had mixed results with this. Office is currently the most popular office suite in the world and considered to be the de facto standard for productivity programs, although its market share is currently decreasing with the rise of viable free and open source alternatives. It has certain features not present in other suites, and other programs have capabilities Office lacks. The next version, 12.0, will have a radically different user interface from the older versions. Office programsThese programs are included in all editions of Microsoft Office 2003, except Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003. Microsoft Office Basic Edition includes Word, Excel and Outlook only. Office WordMicrosoft Word is a word processor. It is considered to be the main program of Office. It possesses a dominant market share in the word processor market. Its proprietary DOC format is considered a de facto standard, although its most recent version, Word 11.0/2003, also supports an XML-based format. Word is also available in some editions of Microsoft Works. It is available for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.org Writer, StarOffice, Corel WordPerfect, Apple Pages and AbiWord. Office ExcelMicrosoft Excel is a spreadsheet program. Like Microsoft Word, it possesses a dominant market share. It was originally a competitor to the dominant Lotus 1-2-3 but it eventually outsold it and became the de facto standard. It is available for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.org Calc, StarOffice, Corel Quattro Pro and Gnumeric. SPSS is often used for advanced statistical applications. Office OutlookMicrosoft Outlook, not to be confused with Outlook Express, is a personal information manager and e-mail communication software. The replacement for Microsoft Mail starting in the 1997 version of Office, it includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager and address book. Its e-mail program's main competitors are Mozilla Thunderbird/Mozilla, and Eudora. Its personal information manager's main competitors are Mozilla, Lotus Organizer, and Novell Evolution. It is available for Windows; a version is also included with most Pocket PC handhelds. Its Macintosh equivalent is Microsoft Entourage. Office PowerPointMicrosoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation program for Windows and Macintosh. It is used to create slideshows, composed of text, graphics, movies and other objects, which can be displayed on-screen and navigated through by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides. Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto) will have a version of this program. It possesses a dominant market share. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.org Impress, Corel WordPerfect and Apple Keynote. Other programs included in the Windows versionsAn office dinosaur, as depicted in a Microsoft Office ad encouraging businesses to update.
Other programs included in the Mac versions
Web services associated with Microsoft Office
Older programs no longer included
Since 1997 Office has included Office Assistant, a system that uses animated characters to offer unrequested context-sensitive suggestions to users and access to relevant parts of the help system. Intended to make the software less intimidating to new users, it is typically disabled by experienced users. The Assistant is often dubbed "Clippy" or "Clippit," due to its default to a paperclip character, coded as CLIPPIT.ACS. The Assistant is the main use of Microsoft Agent technology. Also, beginning with Macintosh Office 4.2, the Macintosh and Windows versions of Office share the same file format. Consequently, any Macintosh with Office 4.2 or later can read documents created with Windows Office 4.2 or later, and vice-versa. Office 11.0/2003 introduced a new, optional file format for the entire suite, built on XML technology. Office X for Mac is also built to handle this file format. Other related companion servers
EditionsThe Windows version of Microsoft Office 11.0/2003 is available in six editions: (Please note that for the most part, pricing reflects installation on only a single computer.)
The Macintosh version, Microsoft Office for Mac 2004, is available in three editions. All include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage. They are identical except for pricing and the inclusion of Virtual PC in the Professional Edition.
Pricing as of April 9, 2005 [3] [4] Cross-platform useMicrosoft develops Office primarily for Windows and secondarily for Macintosh. However, most versions of the suite can also be run on Unix-like operating systems through the use of a compatibility layer such as CrossOver Office or WINE. The older, simpler versions tend to run considerably better on WINE than newer ones. However, all versions are known to work to some extent. VersionsMajor Microsoft Windows versions
There are variants of more recent versions such as Small Business Edition, Student and Teacher Edition, Professional Edition and Developer Edition with different collections of applications and pricing points. Apple Macintosh versions
Add insA major feature of applications in the Office suite is the ability for users and third party companies to write Office COM add-ins. Component Object Model (COM) add-ins are supplemental programs that extend the capabilities of an application by adding custom commands and specialized features that can accommodate specific tasks. TriviaScreenshot of Word 97 running on Windows NT 3.51For some reason, most versions of Microsoft Office (including 97 and later, and possibly 4.3) use their own widget set, and as a result do not exactly match the native operating system. Whereas Windows uses "Service Packs", Office used to release "Service Releases". However, after Office 2000 Service Release 1, Office releases only Service Packs. Service Releases are not cumulative (i.e. it is necessary to install each release in turn) whereas Service Packs are. This means that any copy of the original Office 2000 ("RTM" or "Gold" in Microsoft documentation) requires Service Release 1 to be installed before a Service Pack can be installed. AlternativesThere are also several alternative office suites available, including:
Microsoft Office Converters and Viewers, provided by Microsoft. It is not designed to replace MS Office, and has only compatibilities of reading Office files. It is for Windows, free-of-charge. [5] This page about office 2003 includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about office 2003 News stories about office 2003 External links for office 2003 Videos for office 2003 Wikis about office 2003 Discussion Groups about office 2003 Blogs about office 2003 Images of office 2003 |
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[5]. However, due to dedicated users like Fanjita, at the time of writing at least some unsigned software can be run by any firmware version through the use of a special loader program. It is for Windows, free-of-charge. Compare to the GP2X handheld by Gamepark, which supports and encourages homebrew software. It is not designed to replace MS Office, and has only compatibilities of reading Office files. Finally, users who utilize emulation software have been discouraged by firmware versions 1.52 and above, each of which added new blocks to prevent unsigned code from being executed. Microsoft Office Converters and Viewers, provided by Microsoft. The PSP has also been criticized for its high price, more comparable to that of the Playstation 2 console than competing handhelds. There are also several alternative office suites available, including:. However, firmware releases since then have added new formats, including Microsoft's WMA, and more may be forthcoming. This means that any copy of the original Office 2000 ("RTM" or "Gold" in Microsoft documentation) requires Service Release 1 to be installed before a Service Pack can be installed. At launch, the PSP was criticized for its lack of support for popular file types, following Sony's trend in preferring to use proprietary formats. it is necessary to install each release in turn) whereas Service Packs are. This trojan downgrader is fairly rare, unless a downgrader is downloaded from an "untrustworthy" site. Service Releases are not cumulative (i.e. This can be caused by two things: the interruption of a program writing to the flash (Upgrader, Downgrader) or a trojan downgrader that purposely deletes all data on the flash. However, after Office 2000 Service Release 1, Office releases only Service Packs. Please note that systems that do not power on correctly (the green power button is on, but it will not boot) are considered "bricked," and all data stored on the internal flash memory has been deleted or corrupted. Whereas Windows uses "Service Packs", Office used to release "Service Releases". Issues from sticky "square" buttons, to analog nubs that do not work properly, and even systems that simply cannot power on, are also noticed on occasion. For some reason, most versions of Microsoft Office (including 97 and later, and possibly 4.3) use their own widget set, and as a result do not exactly match the native operating system. However, recent PSPs seem to be free of such defects. Component Object Model (COM) add-ins are supplemental programs that extend the capabilities of an application by adding custom commands and specialized features that can accommodate specific tasks. The PSP also suffered from a plague of dead pixels straight out of the factory, along with an extremely high defect rate at the time of its initial release. A major feature of applications in the Office suite is the ability for users and third party companies to write Office COM add-ins. Due to its use of high density optical media, loading times exist on many games, over half a minute long in some. There are variants of more recent versions such as Small Business Edition, Student and Teacher Edition, Professional Edition and Developer Edition with different collections of applications and pricing points. For example, in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, when an explosion occurs near the character, he will exhibit ghosting. However, all versions are known to work to some extent. Some early models have more "ghosting" than others, meaning that one can see a trail left from moving objects on the screen. The older, simpler versions tend to run considerably better on WINE than newer ones. A possible rebuttal is that the first year of a new system usually sees a drought in quality software, as seen with the PS2. However, most versions of the suite can also be run on Unix-like operating systems through the use of a compatibility layer such as CrossOver Office or WINE. The PSP is often criticized for a perceived lack of quality games, as many of its titles consist of ports or remakes from console systems. Microsoft develops Office primarily for Windows and secondarily for Macintosh. Whilst the PSP does not have input devices (yet)such as a keyboard using a usb cable one can connect to any PC run the portable apps and save Photo,jpeg and other user files in the PHOTO file on the PSP Pro Duo card for viewing later somthing a U3 usb drive is unable to do portable apps can be downloaded from http://portableapps.com/. Pricing as of April 9, 2005 [3] [4]. Portable application used in this way vastly increase the funtionality of the PSP. They are identical except for pricing and the inclusion of Virtual PC in the Professional Edition. It is possible to use the PSP Pro duo memory card inside the PSP as a container from which portable applications such as Firefox, Open office, and many other usefull portable apps these run from the memory card in a similar way to U3 usb memory sticks. All include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Entourage. Office 11.0/2003 introduced a new, optional file format for the entire suite, built on XML technology. B is 1.51. Consequently, any Macintosh with Office 4.2 or later can read documents created with Windows Office 4.2 or later, and vice-versa. For the value pack in the U.S., A is 1.5. Also, beginning with Macintosh Office 4.2, the Macintosh and Windows versions of Office share the same file format. Each letter corresponds to which version it represents. The Assistant is the main use of Microsoft Agent technology. To help buyers be aware of what version they are getting, there is a letter near the bar code on the PSP merchandise box. The Assistant is often dubbed "Clippy" or "Clippit," due to its default to a paperclip character, coded as CLIPPIT.ACS. This exploit now works on firmware version 2.60 also. Intended to make the software less intimidating to new users, it is typically disabled by experienced users. Recently, an exploit, for firmware version 2.5, was found in the game Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories that allows homebrew code to be run from a save game file when loaded into the game. Since 1997 Office has included Office Assistant, a system that uses animated characters to offer unrequested context-sensitive suggestions to users and access to relevant parts of the help system. However there are limitations with running homebrew on 2.0 being programs will be run in user mode and not kernel mode. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.org Impress, Corel WordPerfect and Apple Keynote. Using a buffer overflow exploit, it is possible to install 1.50 firmware onto a 2.0 firmware PSP, thus downgrading it and allowing for the execution of unsigned code. It possesses a dominant market share. Later exploits have allowed for PSPs using version 1.50 of the firmware to run homebrew software nearly transparently. Windows Mobile 2005 (Magneto) will have a version of this program. What this meant in practice was that these PSPs could run homebrew software, as the mechanism for checking to make sure that software has been approved by Sony had not yet been activated. It is used to create slideshows, composed of text, graphics, movies and other objects, which can be displayed on-screen and navigated through by the presenter or printed out on transparencies or slides. In May 2005, it was found that PSPs using the 1.00 version of the firmware (meaning original, first launch Japanese-only PSPs) could execute unsigned code. Microsoft PowerPoint is a popular presentation program for Windows and Macintosh. UK is the only European country in which Sony has taken any form of legal action against importers of the PSP prior to its European release. Its Macintosh equivalent is Microsoft Entourage. One such importer, Electricbirdland Ltd., claimed they had sold several PSP consoles to SCEE staff [15]; they were subsequently singled out and taken to court. It is available for Windows; a version is also included with most Pocket PC handhelds. Sony Europe took legal action against small importers [14] in the UK citing trademark infringement. Its personal information manager's main competitors are Mozilla, Lotus Organizer, and Novell Evolution. This resulted in PSPs being imported without authorisation, from Japan and the United States into Europe. Its e-mail program's main competitors are Mozilla Thunderbird/Mozilla, and Eudora. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe had delayed the launch date originally set for March to meet demand from other regions. The replacement for Microsoft Mail starting in the 1997 version of Office, it includes an e-mail client, calendar, task manager and address book. The European and Oceanian launch took place on 1 September 2005 [13]. Microsoft Outlook, not to be confused with Outlook Express, is a personal information manager and e-mail communication software. Ten days later this was followed by a joint launch in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on May 12, 2005. SPSS is often used for advanced statistical applications. It was later released in North America on March 24, 2005 and in South Korea on May 2, 2005. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.org Calc, StarOffice, Corel Quattro Pro and Gnumeric. The PlayStation Portable was first introduced to the public at the Tokyo Game Show 2004 (see: http://www.eurotechnology.com/tokyogameshow2004/ ) and released on December 12, 2004 in Japan. It is available for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Similar cases also applied to the game Coded Arms. It was originally a competitor to the dominant Lotus 1-2-3 but it eventually outsold it and became the de facto standard. For example, a user running the Japanese version of Ridge Racer cannot play (via wireless) with another user running the UK version of Ridge Racer. Like Microsoft Word, it possesses a dominant market share. A Japanese version of a game cannot be played against an American or European version of the same game. Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program. However, multiplayer compatibility across regions is not preserved. Its main competitors are OpenOffice.org Writer, StarOffice, Corel WordPerfect, Apple Pages and AbiWord. Probably there is a difference between the Japanese and European region 2 settings. It is available for the Windows and Macintosh platforms. Note: however at least some region 1 PSP's with V.1.5 cannot play region 2 (European) movies. Word is also available in some editions of Microsoft Works. It should also be noted that, despite what many websites say, Region 1 PSPs are capable of playing Region 2 and Region 4 UMD movies, and Region 2 PSPs are capable of playing Region 4 UMD movies (except the Region 4 version of Be Cool for an unknown reason). Its proprietary DOC format is considered a de facto standard, although its most recent version, Word 11.0/2003, also supports an XML-based format. There are ways around the region protection through such programs as UMD Emulator (currently this is only possible through firmwares V1.00 and V1.50). It possesses a dominant market share in the word processor market. Movies, on the other hand, are usually region-locked. It is considered to be the main program of Office. This follows the lead that Nintendo started with their Game Boy line, leaving open the "portability" of the handheld, as well as enabling gamers who want to buy a PSP game while visiting another country will still be able to play it on their native PSP's. Microsoft Word is a word processor. There will be no limitation as to which country's handheld can play which country's version of the game. Microsoft Office Basic Edition includes Word, Excel and Outlook only. Games for the PSP are currently being encoded as region-free, and an official Sony statement [12] states that this will continue indefinitely. These programs are included in all editions of Microsoft Office 2003, except Microsoft Office Basic Edition 2003. Sony has recently stated that PSP games will be region free while UMD Movies are region locked. . However, support for regional lockout does not necessarily mean it will be used for all software. It has certain features not present in other suites, and other programs have capabilities Office lacks. (Some European PSPs had version 2.0 on the demo disc, but came preinstalled with version 1.5.) *See External Links for Firmware Release ChangeLogs. Office is currently the most popular office suite in the world and considered to be the de facto standard for productivity programs, although its market share is currently decreasing with the rise of viable free and open source alternatives. Version 2.0 of the firmware was supplied on the demo disk inside the box of European PSPs, with version 1.52 preinstalled on the unit. In recent years, Microsoft has attempted to position Office as a development platform in its own right, but has had mixed results with this. Various updates have included WPA-PSK encryption; a built-in web browser; the ability to stream audio using RSS; Location Free player (the PlayStation 3 will have this function built into it), keyboard input mode for Web input; AVC video playback from memory stick; audio switch function and 4:3 mode for memory stick video; GIF, BMP, PNG, and TIFF image viewing; AAC, ATRAC3plus, WAV and WMA audio playback from memory stick; wallpaper function; an image sharing feature; region-free streaming television and higher security for a recently discovered exploit in the Photo menu. Over the years the Office applications have grown substantially closer together from a technical standpoint, sharing features such as a common spell checker, OLE data integration and the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications scripting language. The current firmware version is 2.60. Additionally, a "Pro" version of Office included Microsoft Access and Schedule Plus. While firmware updates can be used with PSPs from any region, Sony recommends only downloading firmware updates released for the corresponding region. The first version of Office contained Word, Excel and Powerpoint. The PSP's firmware is updatable via Wi-Fi infrastructure connection to a Sony server, by downloading the update application with a PC and transferring to the PSP via USB, or from a UMD disk (allowing games to update the firmware automatically). The main selling point was that buying the bundle was substantially cheaper than buying each of the individual applications on their own. User skins can also be made available through downloads or by game publishers within their game discs. Office made its first appearance in the early '90s, and was initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications that were previously marketed and sold separately. For older versions of firmware there exist homebrew programs, such as PSPSet or PSPPersonalise, which allow changing the PSP's background. Recent versions of Office are now called the 'Office System' rather than the 'Office Suite' to reflect the fact that they include Servers as well. Firmware 2.0 and greater allows manual choice of color theme, or specify a wallpaper from any photos that the user has stored to the PSP memory card. As well as the office applications, it includes associated servers and Web-based services. Upon release, the default background color changed depending on the current month of the year, as follows:. Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. The OS may be accessed at any time in a game by pressing the "Home" button on the console. It is almost fully compatible with Microsoft Office files. The main menu system allows the user to, amongst other things, adjust settings such as date, time, and the PSP's nickname for wireless networking, play video or audio files from the memory stick, load games or movie UMDs, check on estimated battery life, and set the PSP into a "link mode" which makes the inserted memory stick available to a PC via USB. ThinkFree Office, a free web-based alternative office suite. It consists of a horizontal sequence of icons (Settings, Photo, Music, Video, Games, Network (added in 2.0; for now only features the tab-supported web browser and the LocationFree Player; 2.60 brought "RSS Reader" to the Network tab, which allows users to stream RSS 2.0 (audio) feeds through the Internet.)) which when highlighted show a vertical sequence of sub-icons (for example, selecting Games allows the memory stick or a UMD to be selected). Lotus Notes provides the email/PIM portion of the Lotus offering. The PSP's main menu interface is the "Cross Media Bar (XMB)" used by recent Sony TVs and the PSX hardware. Lotus SmartSuite, provided by IBM contains a word-processing program called Word Pro, spreadsheet program called Lotus 1-2-3, a program similar to Microsoft's PowerPoint, Lotus Freelance Graphics and a database program called Lotus Approach. These are similar in concept to the cheap battery life extenders available for mobile telephones. GNOME Office, a loosely coupled group of open-source applications including Abiword and Gnumeric, which is targetted for the GNOME desktop environment. These are typically either USB charging cables that allow the PSP to charge from any PC with a USB port or are simply a series of AA batteries with a voltage regulator. KOffice, an open-source office suite which is part of the KDE Desktop Environment. A number of companies are now offering other chargers for the device. Includes Pages, for word-processing, and Keynote, for presentations. The PSU itself is about the same size as a deck of cards. iWork, Apple's Mac-only office suite. This multivoltage power supply is internally and externally similar to but not compatible with similar ones used with Sony's CLIÉ PDAs, and the power lead is a standard figure-of-eight cable similar to the power cable used with the PlayStation and PlayStation 2. Corel's WordPerfect Office. The system ships with a multivoltage power supply for recharging the battery, allowing it to be charged in any country with the appropriate power lead. StarOffice, based on the OpenOffice code. It is available in Japan, the U.S., and Europe. NeoOffice, an open-source OpenOffice.org port for Mac OS X that integrates into its Aqua interface. Additionally, in late 2005, Sony released a battery that has a 20% higher charge capacity. It includes practically full compatibility with Microsoft Office (with the exception of lack of full support for Microsoft Office Publisher (pub) files and a lack of a mail client à la Microsoft Office Outlook, however, there are many alternative mail clients to choose from.)
Office 2004 (Word 2004, etc.) - released May 11, 2004. One is thus able to purchase extra batteries as an accessory; at the Japanese launch, they cost ¥5,040 including tax (around US$47, €37, £26, AU$62). Office v.X (The first Mac OS X/Aqua edition; Word X, etc.) - released November 19, 2001. The PSP's battery is removable for replacement by the end-user. Office 2001 (Word 2001, etc.) - released October 11, 2000. While full-length movie UMDs were not available for this test, a repeating loop of the demo UMD bundled in the Value Pack provided a little over four hours of playback on a full charge. Office 98 (Word 98, etc.) - released March 15, 1998. The system is capable of approximately ten hours of MP3 playback from memory stick on a full charge and around half this for AVC playback. Office 4.2 (The first Power Mac-aware version; Word 6.0, etc.) - released June 2, 1994. In one test[11], this dropped to approximately two and three quarter hours when using Wi-Fi multiplayer continuously. Office 3 (Word 5, etc.) - released 1993. In practice, tests using Ridge Racer have given between three and a half and slightly less than six hours of continuous gameplay, depending on screen brightness and volume. Office 2 (Word 4, etc.) - released 1992. Currently the PSP's CPU is fabricated using a 90-nm process, but eventually Sony will shift to 65-nm and 45-nm when the technology becomes available. Office 1 (Word 3, etc.) - released 1990. Ken Kutaragi, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, has compared the system to the Walkman, in that battery life will be improved with each product revision, and has outlined some steps (switching to a different fabrication process, for example) which will be used to improve the system's endurance. Office 12.0 - due to be released simultaneously, or near simultaneously with Windows Vista, Microsoft's next major consumer operating system. Battery life is heavily dependent on the game chosen; technically simpler games such as Lumines tend to extend the battery life of the system, with graphically advanced games (or games that frequently access the UMD drive) such as Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories tending toward shorter battery life. Office 11.0/2003 (Word 2003, etc.) - released November 17, 2003. The system's manual states that the PSP is capable of three to six hours of gameplay, depending on the screen brightness or volume level selected. Office 10.0/2002/XP (Word 2002, etc.) - released May 31, 2001. The PSP uses a rechargeable lithium-ion battery for power (an AC adaptor is included for charging and running from the mains). Office 9.0/2000 (Word 2000, etc.) - released January 27, 1999. The PSP was preceded in this regard by Nokia's N-Gage in 2003, the Nintendo DS, and the Tapwave Zodiac in 2004. Office 8.0/'97 (Word '97, etc.) - released December 30, 1996 (was published on CD-ROM as well as on a set of 45 3½-inch floppy disks). Nonetheless, the implementation of a GPU in the PSP is still a significant technological advance, in that it implements robust hardware-rendering for 3D graphics in the handheld market. Office 7.0/'95 (Word '95, etc.) - released August 30, 1995. Unlike Sony's PlayStation 2 console, the GPU (PS2 Vector Unit equivalent) is not programmable, meaning that many effects that the PS2 can resolve in hardware must be implemented in software on the PSP. Office 4.3 (The last 16-bit version; Word 6.0, Excel 5.0, PowerPoint 4.0 and in the pro version: Access 2.0) - released June 2, 1994. Specifications state that the PSP is capable of rendering 33 million flat-shaded polygons per second, with a 664 million pixel per second fill rate [10]. Office for NT 4.2 (Word 6.0 [32-bit, i386 and Alpha], Excel 5.0 [32-bit, i386 and Alpha], PowerPoint 4.0 [16-bit], "Microsoft Office Manager") - released July 3, 1994. The independent 166 MHz 90 nm graphics chip sports 2 MiB embedded memory and through its 512 bit interface it provides hardware polygon and NURBS rendering, hardware directional lighting, clipping, environment projection and texture mapping, texture compression and tessellation, fogging, alpha blending, depth and stencil tests, vertex blending for morphing effects, and dithering, all in 16 or 32 bit colour, along with handling image output. Office 4.0 (Word 6.0, Excel 4.0, PowerPoint 3.0) - released January 17, 1994. It doesn't have integrated memory. Office 3.0 (CD-ROM version: Word 2.0c, Excel 4.0a, PowerPoint 3.0, Mail) - released August 30, 1992 (repackaged as Office 92). The Coprocessor 0 that normally manages the TLB-based MMU seems to be a custom effort by Sony. Office for Mac 2004 Professional Edition (MSRP New User Price $499 US; Upgrade Price $329 US). No evidence of a TLB has been found to date. Office for Mac 2004 Student and Teacher Edition (MSRP New User Price $149 US). There is no memory management unit for the CPU. Office for Mac 2004 Standard Edition (MSRP New User Price $399 US; Upgrade Price $239 US). The system has 32 MiB of main RAM and 4 MiB of embedded DRAM. Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition 11.0/2003 (volume licensing only). The primary CPU core is responsible for traditional game processor functions; the secondary core, dubbed the "Virtual Media Engine," is responsible for decoding multimedia, for example the H.264 decoder. Microsoft Office Professional Edition 11.0/2003 (MSRP New User Price $499 US; Upgrade Price $329 US). Exploits could, on previous firmware versions, unlock 333 MHz operation to seemingly no ill effect (except a slight decrease in battery life), but changes to the power management in firmware 2.60's kernel have since made this impossible. Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 11.0/2003 (MSRP New User Price $449 US; Upgrade Price $279 US). Overheating concerns have also been cited as a possible reason for the cap, and gaming site Gamesradar has said this is the "most logical reason for the processor capping." The cap was previously set at the level of add-on software, not through the firmware (though the crossbar runs at 222 MHz). Microsoft Office Standard Edition 11.0/2003 (MSRP New User Price $399 US; Upgrade Price $239 US). During the GDC, Sony revealed that it has currently capped the PSP's CPU clock at 222 MHz; apparently in an attempt to lengthen battery life. Microsoft Office Basic Edition 11.0/2003 (bundled with new computers only). The PlayStation Portable's CPU is a dual-core MIPS32 R4000-based CPU, each core being globally clocked between 1 and 333 MHz. Microsoft Office Student and Teacher Edition 11.0/2003 (MSRP New User Price $149 US). The most noticeable element of the PSP is its 110 mm/4.3" (diagonal) 16:9 ratio TFT LCD screen sporting a 480 x 272 pixel resolution capable of 16.77 million colours. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server collaboration server. The unit measures 170 mm (6.7 in) in length, 74 mm (2.9 in) in width, and 23 mm (0.9 in) in depth, and weighs 280g / .62 lbs (including battery). Microsoft Office Project Server - project management server. The PlayStation Portable (PSP) was designed by Shi Ogasawara [小笠原氏] for the Sony Computer Entertainment company. Microsoft Office Live Communications Server - real time communications server. Microsoft Outlook Express – mail client (in Office 98 Macintosh Edition, later replaced by Microsoft Entourage). South Korean PSPs will ship with software providing web browsing and multimedia streaming features, but only through company-owned Wi-Fi hotspots, and with a monthly fee[9]. Microsoft Mail – mail client (in old versions of Office, later replaced by Microsoft Outlook). launch, supporting online play. Its functions were incorporated into Microsoft Outlook. Use of infrastructure networks in PSP software began with a small number of titles at the U.S. It featured a Planner, To do list, and Contact Information. Packet tunneling systems are in development by third-parties which allow any Wi-Fi game to operate across the Internet (see External links). Microsoft Schedule Plus – released with Office 95. Navy Seals) and an as-of-yet untitled MMORPG, have been announced which use this wireless network functionality. Microsoft Binder – incorporates several documents into one file. launch games (Including the multi-million selling game, SOCOM: U.S. - [2]. A handful of titles, including sixteen U.S. Patch detection and installation service for Office 2000, XP, and 2003. The PSP's menu can recognize protected and non-protected wireless networks within its range, and attempt to request a firmware update from Sony's servers. Microsoft Office Update – Web site. The PSP's main menu allows the user to configure the system for use across the Internet via a wireless connection, known as infrastructure mode. Included in all versions of Microsoft Office 2003. With the update of 2.0 or higher the PSP can use the Ad-Hoc technology to send pictures from one PSP to the other. Microsoft Office Online – Web site. Hosting a game in this manner increases power consumption and reduces battery life by as much as fifty percent, depending on the complexity of data transfer. An online Office suite as part of Microsoft's Windows Live initiative. One unit can act as the host for a game, which is available to other PSP units within that systems range, and appears in a list when the client PSP searches for available hosts. Microsoft Office Live – Web service. The launch titles Ridge Racer and Lumines, for example, support this. Similar to Windows Update, but also encompasses other Microsoft applications. Ad-hoc wireless networking allows for up to 16 PSPs within range of each other to communicate directly, typically for multiplayer gaming. Microsoft Update – Web site. First party European titles Fired Up and Wipeout Pure both shipped with Gamesharing features; subsequent titles have followed suit. Included with Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2004. Such "Gameshare versions" of software usually have their feature set reduced and are intended, for example, to allow the multiplayer aspects of the software to be used while holding back single player or bonus functionality. Virtual PC – Emulates a standard PC and its hardware. A self-contained version of the game being shared is sent to the remote PSP over the wireless network, whereupon it boots and runs as though loaded from a UMD disc. Microsoft Entourage – Personal information manager and communication software for Macintosh only (similar to Outlook). As the Nintendo DS does with its DS Download Play, the PSP allows one user to share his or her game with a third party, usually—but not necessarily—as a precursor to multiplayer gaming. Developer Tools – (included only with developer editions). The update included a web browser and support for connecting to networks with WPA and WEP encryption. Microsoft Office Communicator 2005 - [1]. A version 2.0 firmware update was released on July 27, 2005 for Japanese PSPs, and August 24, 2005 for North American PSPs. Microsoft OneNote – note taking software for use with tablet PCs or regular PCs. Use of wireless network features increases the power consumption and lowers the battery life of the system. Microsoft Project – project manager. As the PS3 has only recently been unveiled, details on link-up features are slim, however Hideo Kojima has discussed the possibility of a link-up between Metal Gear Solid 4 and Metal Gear Ac!d 2. It was temporarily supplemented by Microsoft PhotoDraw in Office 2000 Premium edition. Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b) support allows the PSP to connect to wireless networks, other PSP units for multiplayer gaming, the Internet and Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3. Microsoft Photo Editor – photo editing/raster graphics software in older Office versions, and again in XP. It is still at it's beta stages and can only run about 50% of EBOOTs. Microsoft Office Picture Manager – basic photo management software (similar to a basic version of Google's Picasa or Adobe's Photoshop Elements). An EBOOT Loader for 2.60 has already been released by Fanjita. Microsoft Visio – diagram software. Although a bug found in the game Grand theft Auto : Liberty City Stories, a bug has e=been found and has seemed to open the door for homebrew once again. Offered only as a stand-alone program for the 2003 version (not part of the office suite). Recently the 2.60 update has been released, the main features include streaming of podcast audio directly from the web using an RSS feed; and also playback of the WMA audio format (this requires online activation). Microsoft FrontPage – web design software (also requires its own server program). Also added were the Korean character set, the ability to play copyrighted movies, form history on the web browser, and time and date synchronization via the internet. For the 2003 version, included in Microsoft Office Small Business Edition 2003, Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, and Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003. If owners own a LocationFree Base Station at home, they can play streaming movies, over the Internet, from anywhere in the world, on their PSP. Microsoft Publisher – Desktop publishing software. It also included the LocationFree Player [8]. Included in Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003. Speculation states 2.50 was launched to attract users to upgrade: blocking any possible means of homebrew. Microsoft InfoPath – application that enables users to design rich XML-based forms. After the 2.01 firmware version SONY released the new 2.50. For the 2003 version, included in Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003, and Microsoft Office Professional Enterprise Edition 2003. This upgrade fixed the image overload buffer problem that allowed the PSP to be "downgraded" via a homebrew hack. Microsoft Access – database manager. On October 3, 2005, firmware version 2.01 was released. It also added support for WPA-PSK wireless encryption. It also added the ability to send photos wirelessly to another PSP system and allowed owners to use an image as background wallpaper. The firmware upgrade added the ability to play MP4 AAC audio files, ATRAC3plus audio files from a Memory Stick Pro Duo, MPEG-4 AVC video files (if encoded using a proprietary Sony encoding), as well as view GIF, Bitmap (BMP), and TIF image files. It was also packaged in the retail product for European and Australian PSPs. Sony released firmware update version 2.0 on July 27, 2005 in Japan and on August 24, 2005 in North America. Game and movie trailers, in particular, are increasingly available, even from the studio's official site. Many movie files, both free-to-distribute and pirated, have been encoded for the PSP and are available on the internet. A hundred-minute feature film can fit on a 256 MB Memory Stick. (This is enough for a 30 minute television episode with the commercials removed) This means that a 512 MB Memory Stick can hold approximately nine of these files. With reasonable settings (a resolution of 320x240, a video bit rate of 500 Kilobits per second, and an audio sampling rate of 22050 kHz) a 22 minute movie file is roughly 55 megabytes. Video file sizes largely depend on the audio and video bit rates. Using these tools, nearly any digital video file (including movie files ripped from DVDs or digital video recorders like the TiVo) can be played on a PSP, after conversion to AVC. Additionally, some FOSS programs, such as FFmpeg can be used to convert video into a properly sized and formatted PSP video file. Some popular alternatives include Media Boss for PSP, PSP Movie Creator, PSP Video Express, Xcopy9, PSPWare, iPSP, Mobile Media Maker, PSP Video 9, 3GP Converter and PSP Multimedia Extender all simplify the task of converting and transferring files to and from the PSP's Memory Stick. A cottage industry has grown around offering useful tools for converting and copying files for use on the PSP. Sony's software is not the only toolset for getting music or movies onto a PSP, however. Sony's SonicStage software can be used to copy *.mp3 and ATRAC files to the PSP as well. It will also convert most common still image files into JPEG format. It can convert *.avi, MPEG1/2/4, QuickTime and *.wmv movie files to AVC, as well as the "Giga Pocket" and "Do VAIO" files used by VAIO PCs to record television. A preview version was made available shortly after the PSP launch. Sony has announced that Image Converter 2, a piece of PC software for converting video files to AVC for playback on CLIÉ PDAs, will be available before the end of the year, and may be used with the PSP. Unlike UMD movies, resolution of movies on a memory stick is limited to 76,800 pixels (320x240, 368x208, 480x160, etc.), resulting in lower quality movies than UMD movies. A corresponding thumbnail image file (160x120 pixel JPEG files renamed with the .THM extension) with the same file name (besides the extension) of the movie file can optionally be placed in the same directory. Since firmware version 2.00, users can upload movies with a Sony proprietary AVC codec encoding, by putting them in the /MP_ROOT/100ANV01 Folder, and named as MAQ#####.MP4. The file(s) must be placed in the /MP_ROOT/100MNV01 directory on the Memory Stick, and be named in the following format: M4V#####.MP4 (where "#" is any digit). The PSP also has the capability to decode MPEG-4 Part 2 and MPEG-4 Part 3 from the *.mp4 container, if located on the Memory Stick. The system supports MP3 and Sony's ATRAC3 plus formats for audio, MPEG-4 for video on UMD discs, and JPEG images. The PSP is capable of displaying still image, movie, and audio files stored on the UMD disk format or a memory stick. Additionally, due to the smaller size of the UMD, special features that are on the DVD equivalents are usually cut out. Because the UMDs cannot be played on a television via some output cable (due to Universal Studios being late among major American motion picture studios to commit to the UMD format) and because few G-rated titles are available in the format, UMDs have been criticized for not truly being "universal." As in many other shortcomings, a third-party hack can allow the PSP to display on a TV set, however using this hack involves removing the faceplate of the PSP. The initial North American releases included House of Flying Daggers, xXx, Hellboy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spider-Man 2, and Resident Evil: Apocalypse from Sony Pictures, along with Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Kill Bill Volume 2 (Miramax) and Pirates of the Caribbean from Disney Pictures. Movies on UMD were first made available in April 2005. (Japanese releases have been somewhat more eclectic, and include UMD/DVD combination packs [6] and pornography.) On June 22, 2005, Sony confirmed that both House of Flying Daggers and Resident Evil: Apocalypse have both sold more than 100,000 copies each[7]. Most releases provide alternate audio languages and content, subtitles, and special features. Anime companies, such as Bandai, Geneon, FUNimation, and Viz Media are planning to release anime series, such as Trigun, and Gungrave, and movies, such as Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz, the Ah! My Goddess movie, and Ghost in the Shell to name a few. Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Lions Gate Entertainment, Sony Pictures, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Pictures, and Anchor Bay Entertainment. Companies releasing UMD movies (or will release) include Disney, Warner Bros. Because of the UMD's relatively large storage space (1.8 gigabytes) and the PSP's large display screen, some film studios have released feature films in the UMD format with pricing comparable to DVD videos. This is probably in large part due to the small size of the screen, combined with the fact that unlike the PS1, the PSP's graphics chip performs texture filtering. While most of the available games are less complex than games available on PS2, the graphics nonetheless tend to be much closer in quality to the PS2 than the PS1. The graphics and audio capabilities of the PSP lie somewhere between those of the original PlayStation and the PlayStation 2. While it is used in the same way as the analog thumb stick of a modern console, the resistance springs are calibrated differently: They are softer, making quick, coarse adjustments a bit easier, but fine-grained ones a bit more difficult. Concerns existed regarding the practicality of the input (its position requires a slightly asymmetrical grip on the unit to adequately use, with the left hand being lower than the right). Its odd placement initially led to speculation that it was a speaker (there are two holes on the front of the PSP that are also not speakers, but are made to look like them, the actual speakers are on the bottom). The PSP's analog input, often called the "analog nub," is not a traditional analog stick, but rather a sliding flat panel. The UMD disks are small enough to fit comfortably in a pocket, and superficially similar to Sony's earlier product, the MiniDisc, but for the lack of a protective shutter and slightly different cartridge shape. There is also a row of secondary controls along the underside of the screen, for controlling volume, music settings (either switching the audio off and on in games or selecting different equalizer presets in the OS), screen brightness, accessing the system's main menu, as well as the standard Start and Select buttons. The PSP's inputs are geared for gaming rather than multimedia, with two shoulder buttons (triggers), the iconic PlayStation face buttons start and select buttons, a digital 4-directional pad, and an analog input. [5]. Since its launch in September the PSP sold 610,000 through to December 10 in the UK, with the UK having "performed better than any other European territory". It is estimated 2.6 million PSP units have been sold in Japan through to 2006 via the Media Create tracking service [4]. At CES Sony indicated it had sold 4 million PSPs to consumers in North America [3] including December sales. It is estimated that Sony has sold 2.5 to 3 million PSP units in the US [2] through to November. Note that these figures are PSP units shipped, not sold. Shipments there total 4.5 million units and are followed in the ranking by Asia, at 3 million, and then Europe, at 2.5 million, SCEI said. SCEI has shipped the greatest number of PSPs in North America. [1]. By hitting 10 million units shipped in 10 months it marked the "fastest penetration speed" of any PlayStation platform. Sony was expecting a large boost in sales by the end of the year with the creation of the PSP Giga Pack, which debuted at the start of the holiday season. The figures are not for how many PSPs have actually been sold. These are only figures for the number of PSP units shipped to retailers, however. As of Friday October 21, 2005, the PSP had shipped 10 million units worldwide. The PSP's major rival, the Nintendo DS, is considered to be in the same market as the PlayStation Portable (though representatives from both companies have stated that each system targets a different audience). The Giga Pack was released in Japan on October 31, 2005, North America on November 3, 2005, and also released on 17th November 2005 in Europe. The suggested retail price is ¥29,800 in Asia, $299 in North America, and £214.99 in the UK. It will also contain all of the other accessories found in the standard PSP Value Pack, except for the hand strap. On October 20, 2005, Sony announced the PSP Giga pack, which will contain a 1 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, a USB Cable, and a stand. This variation is unlikely to ever be released outside of Japan and South Korea. This PSP is the same as the black one, with the box, system and slip case now in white. On July 21, 2005, Sony announced in an event in Tokyo, Japan that there would be a ceramic white version of the PSP that was released on September 15, 2005 in Japan and later released in South Korea. The Giga Pack contains a console, battery, a 1 GB Memory Stick Duo, headphones with remote control, a slip-case, a stand, and USB cable. (The standard pack is only available in Japan) The Value Pack contains the console, battery, a 32 MB Memory Stick Duo, ear bud headphones with remote control, a slip-case, a wrist strap, and a Sampler Disc (in some territories), for USD $249.99, CDN $315.98, £180.00, ¥26,040 or AUD $399.00. In all territories the PSP is available as part of a Value Pack, and in most territories it is also available as part of a Giga Pack. . The PSP was first announced during E³ 2003 and was unveiled on May 11, 2004 at a Sony press conference during E³ 2004. It is Sony's first entry into handheld systems. 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