are excel 2003 and xp the same

[Ivan]

I'm looking at online and evening classes for excel. Some of them mention
Excel XP is required software to take the course. I have Excel 2003
installed on my home computer. Is 2003 considered the same as XP?

[Niek Otten]

Excel 2003 is newer than Excel xp, so anything you learn on xp you can use on 2003. The differences are minimal. I see no problem
in taking a course on xp, while using 2003.

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"Ivan" <mr_jerky_maker@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:122ts9qo5sds285@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm looking at online and evening classes for excel. Some of them mention Excel XP is required software to take the course. I
> have Excel 2003 installed on my home computer. Is 2003 considered the same as XP?
>

[Marcus Fox]

"Ivan" <mr_jerky_maker@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:122ts9qo5sds285@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm looking at online and evening classes for excel. Some of them mention
> Excel XP is required software to take the course. I have Excel 2003
> installed on my home computer. Is 2003 considered the same as XP?

Excel XP is basically the 2002 version (Office 10). 2003 is Office 11.
Probably for your purposes there will be no effective difference between
2000, 2002 and 2003 versions. To see what the differences are you can
compare them on the Microsoft site.

Marcus