Office 97 had a function in Excel which allowed simple maps with optional
info (Capital cities/airports etc) to be added. Office 2003 does not come
with this as standard. The help function tells you to add XML data, which is
all well and good, but does not point you to where it is lodged (presumably
on a Microsoft site).
As a draughtsperson who works with maps, this was a very useful feature.