You might want to download the Office 2003 trial and try using the org chart
tools.
http://www.microsoft.com/office/trial/default.mspx They're very
different than the old Org Chart. If you install the Office trial, I'd
recommend installing it on a non-critical computer -- or at least one where
it won't overwrite your existing Office installation. And if you decide to
upgrade the trial to the real thing (that is, buy Office 2003), uninstall
the trial and install the full software -- don't try to convert the trial
version to the full paid version. Too many people have had too many problems
converting trial to paid.
That said, the "new" (in Office XP/PPT 2002 and Office/PPT 2003) Org Chart
isn't an OLE object like the old Org Chart was. In many ways, it's easier to
control and gives better formatting options than the old version -- but you
have to know to turn off AutoLayout on the Org Chart toolbar; otherwise it's
very difficult to format in 2003. But if you turn off Autolayout, you're in
good shape.
Also, the new Org Chart uses PPT's drawing tools -- it doesn't have its own.
Oh, and if you want to edit an old Org Chart in Office 2003 (on a system
that's not been upgraded from Office 97 or 2000), you'll have to download
the old Org Chart installation from Microsoft. (Holler if you want that
link.) The old Org Charts don't convert to the new Org Charts.
It's really just totally different, so it's hard to give you "new features."
Is there anything in particular you're wondering about?
