What's installed with Access 2003 - Access

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What's installed with Access 2003

Applies to: Microsoft Office Access 2003

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This topic provides reference information about which features are installed with Microsoft Office Access 2003 and where you can find these features in the installation program. These features are also installed by the Microsoft Office 2003 installation program; they include Microsoft Access features as well as Office Shared Features and Office Tools. The default installation features are installed unless you customize the installation by including or excluding features.

Show Installed (default)

Feature	Location in the installation program
AutoShapes and Themes	Office Shared Features; Clip Organizer; Clip Organizer Collections
Calendar Control	Microsoft Access for Windows
Document Update Utility	Office Tools
Encapsulated Postscript	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
GIF (GIF: A graphics file format (.gif extension in Windows) used to display indexed-color graphics on the World Wide Web. It supports up to 256 colors and uses lossless compression, meaning that no image data is lost when the file is compressed.) (Graphic Interchange Format)	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Help for Microsoft Access	Microsoft Access for Windows
Help for Microsoft Graph	Office Tools; Microsoft Graph
Hosted Webs	Office Tools; Office Server Extensions Support
JPEG (JPEG: A graphics file format (.jpg extension in Microsoft Windows) supported by many Web browsers that was developed for compressing and storing photographic images. It's best used for graphics with many colors, such as scanned photos.) Interchange Format	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Macintosh PICT Import	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Microsoft Access Program Files	Microsoft Access for Windows
Microsoft Graph	Office Tools
Microsoft Office Download Control	Office Shared Features
Office 2003 Web Components	Office Shared Features
Office SOAP Toolkit	Office Shared Features
Office XP Web Components	Office Shared Features
Popular Clip Art	Office Shared Features; Clip Organizer; Clip Organizer Collections
Research Explorer Bar	Office Tools
Save My Settings Wizard	Office Tools
Smart Tag Plug-ins	Office Tools
Spelling and Grammar Checkers	Office Shared Features; Proofing Tools; English
System Information	Office Tools
Tag Image File Format (Tagged Image File Format (TIFF): A high-resolution, tag-based graphics format. TIFF is used for the universal interchange of digital graphics.) Import	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Typical Themes	Office Shared Features; Themes
Typical Wizards	Microsoft Access for Windows
Web Discussions	Office Tools; Office Server Extensions Support
Windows Bitmap Import	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Windows Metafile Import	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Windows SharePoint Services Support	Office Tools

Show Installed on first use (default)

Feature	Location in the installation program
Access .NET Programmability Support	Microsoft Access for Windows; .NET Programmability Support
Additional Themes	Office Shared Features; Themes
Additional Wizards	Microsoft Access for Windows
Computer Graphics Metafile Import	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Corel Draw Import	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Database Replication	Microsoft Access for Windows
Digital Signature for Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Projects	Office Shared Features
Equation Editor	Office Tools
French Proofing Tools	Office Shared Features; Proofing Tools
Japanese Font	Office Shared Features; International Support
Language Settings Tool	Office Tools
Microsoft Graph .NET Programmability Support	Office Tools; Microsoft Graph; .NET Programmability Support
Microsoft Handwriting Component	Office Shared Features
Microsoft Query	Office Tools
Northwind Database	Microsoft Access for Windows; Sample Databases
Northwind Sample Access Project	Microsoft Access for Windows; Sample Databases
Office 2003 Web Components .NET Programmability Support	Office Shared Features; Office 2003 Web Components; .NET Programmability Support
Office Assistant (six additional Assistants)	Office Shared Features; Office Assistant
PNG File Format Import	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters
Snapshot Viewer	Office Shared Features; Snapshot Viewer
Spanish Proofing Tools	Office Shared Features; Proofing Tools
Speech	Office Shared Features; Alternative User Input
Visual Basic Help	Office Shared Features; Visual Basic for Applications
Web Scripting (Microsoft Script Editor)	Office Tools; HTML Source Editing
WordPerfect Graphics Filters	Office Shared Features; Converters and Filters; Graphic Filters

Show Not installed (custom installation only)

Feature	Location in the installation program
Handwriting	Office Shared Features; Alternative User Input
New and Open Office Document Shortcuts	Office Shared Features
Syriac Font	Office Shared Features; International Support
Universal Font	Office Shared Features; International Support

Show Other features such as the sample databases and proofing tools

After you have installed Microsoft Access 2003, the sample databases appear on the Help menu, under Sample Databases, if they were installed.

The Microsoft Access 2003 Setup program may also install Text Converters and additional Proofing Tools; most of these components are installed on first use and therefore do not consume a large amount of disk space. Although you can use these components with other Microsoft Office 2003 applications such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, they are not designed to be used directly with Microsoft Access.

Show Other programs in Microsoft Office 2003

The following programs are installed with all configurations of Microsoft Office 2003, if a typical installation is selected. Additional programs may be installed with other configurations.

Program and location in the Custom dialog box of Setup	Installed with Typical Setup?
Microsoft Excel	Yes
Microsoft Word	Yes
Microsoft PowerPoint	Yes
Microsoft Outlook	Yes