Hello primreamer,
Firstly - welcome to
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Office 2003 can work with Vista, but it takes a little bit of special effort as a lot of people have reported problems with it. You should consider Ghost375's suggestion of OpenOffice, or purchasing Office 07 - or switching your computer to XP and gaining a speed boost as well as 100% compatibility.