When Microsoft Corp. releases its Office 2003 suite in June, several new application bundles will join the Office lineup, including a high-end Professional edition and a new Small Business edition.

Microsoft changed Word’s format with version 2007, adding new features that some people find useful. But in doing so, they broke compatibility with an industry-wide standard. Fortunately, the company ...

Microsoft late Tuesday warned of “massive disruptions” to sales of Office, as well as to partners such as Best Buy, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard, if the injunction that prevents it from selling Word 2003 ...