Business Technology: Be in to win Microsoft Office suite

Microsoft has five copies to give away to readers.

To celebrate the launch of NZ Herald Business Owner, Microsoft has generously provided five copies of Microsoft Office Small Business edition 2003 to give away to readers.

The package features Microsoft Office Outlook with Business Contact Manager, Microsoft Office Publisher, Microsoft Office Word and Microsoft Office Online.

Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager allows you to store and access information about sales opportunities, accounts and individual business contacts in a program that is familiar, and easy to use. Business Contact Manager is a one stop information shop, that can help a small business owner maximise sales opportunities or improve existing business relationships by creating a contact page containing essential information for every business opportunity.

Other features include being able to set reminders or alerts to follow-up sales leads, setting rules which help automatically sort emails into folders and storing additional data as the customer relationship grows.

Microsoft Outlook handles email efficiently and shares information with ease. Outlook gives you the ability to flag and find important emails as well as specific information buried in messages. On the flip side, new junk email filters give users the power to control which messages are singled out for review or deletion.

Microsoft Office Publisher 2003 can help you easily create marketing communications materials for print, web or email use. Promote your business with professional-quality newsletters, brochures, websites, marketing email messages, catalogues and other materials that you can create in-house.

Thinking about updating potential and existing customers on new product or service offers, sales or business developments? The 'Letters and Mailing' wizard in Microsoft Office Word 2003 can help you develop bulk direct mail letters which are customised with specific customer information.

Combine this with the power of Publisher to print branded labels or envelopes.
Microsoft Office Online provides helpful tools and resources, including how-to articles, training, templates, clip art and product updates.

How to win

To go in the draw to win a copy of Microsoft Small Business Edition 2003, simply email us at supps@nzherald.co.nz with:
*Your name, business name and description
*Number of employees

Terms and conditions

Entry is open to NZ residents only, except employees of APN New Zealand, Microsoft, their advertising and promotional agencies, and their immediate families. There are five prizes of Microsoft Small Business Edition 2003h. Prize winners will be contacted by phone/email and delivery will be arranged between Microsoft and the winner. This competition closes at 5pm, Thursday, 7 July 2005, and the draw will be made on 8 July 2005 by a NZ Herald representative. One entry only. The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. The NZ Herald accepts no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected mail. The NZ Herald reserves the right to extend, change or terminate this competition at any time. The NZ Herald will not be liable to any person in any way in relation to this competition or the prizes (including but not limited to personal injury) except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law. NZ Herald collects and holds personal information provided with each entry to verify prize winners' identities and, unless otherwise requested, may be used for future promotional activities conducted by the NZ Herald. Under the Privacy Act 1993, all individuals have rights to access to and correction of their personal information held by The NZ Herald at 46 Albert Street, Auckland by contacting the Herald during business hours. Failure to provide all requested personal information at the time of submitting an entry may result in the entry being invalid. The winners' names and photos may be used for publicity purposes and by accepting the prizes the winners must make themselves available for this purpose. For enquiries, phone the helpline, 0508 276 556 .