What is the difference between microsoft office 2003 and microsoft office xp small office editions?

I need to know the difference due to im in college for medical billing for 2 years %26 when i do find out which would be better, is it a permanant program on my computer or a temp?

What is the difference between microsoft office 2003 and microsoft office xp small office editions?ktm

theyre software u install .. and officeXP is just generally an older version ...

What is the difference between microsoft office 2003 and microsoft office xp small office editions?nortan

Office XP is the oldest version. Office 2003 is old too. The current version is Office 2007. Open Office is better:

http://www.openoffice.org/
read up on microsoft.com and it tells you the features. all programs you buy are yours forever.