Lany,

Office 2003 was the first time that different versions of Excel were shipped
with the different levels of Office. Prior to Office 2003, the Excel you got
in one version of Office (Standard, Professional, Premium, etc) was the same
version of Excel you got in any other version of Office. Excel was Excel
was Excel.

That changed with Office 2003. In 2003, you need Office Professional or
Premium (I forget which) to get the version of Excel that has all the XML
features. If you have Office Standard (or Student/Teacher or Basic or
whatever they call it), that version of Excel doesn't have full XML support.

Personally, I think it was a bad decision to use different versions of Excel
in different versions of Office, but MS didn't ask me what I thought. As far
as I know, XML support is the only difference between the versions of Excel.

Just wait until Office 2007 is released -- there are going to be 7 (!)
versions of Office, ranging from Home/Student up to Ultimate.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email address is on the web site)





"Lany" wrote in message
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I am trying to use the XML function in Excel, and don't know who to talk
to.
The XML submenu should be in the data submenu, but it is not there. My
professor said it should be there in the 2003 version, and he was no help.
Any ideas? Thanks!