Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint all have built-in pen and drawing tools, but they can be a bit lackluster, especially ...

PowerPoint will let you animate chart elements, but the option's not easy to find. If you don't know about it, you might not even go looking for it.

In tests of the beta of Producer 2003, which works with PowerPoint 2002 and 2003, I found many welcome new features that improve the capability and quality of rich presentations created with the tool.