Microsoft Office has established a position as the most efficient suite of applications for document creation, communication and business information analysis. For many functions, the business platform has evolved from paper to the Web.

Microsoft Office 2000 extends desktop productivity to the web, streamlining the way you work and making it easier to share, access and analyze information so you get better results.

Office 2000 offers a multitude of new features. Of particular importance for this release are the features that affect the entire suite. These Office- wide, or shared features hold the key to the new realm of functionality enabled by Microsoft Office 2000.

Office 2000 Standard includes:

• Microsoft Word 2000 -- it's easy to create great looking documents
• Microsoft Excel 2000 -- allows you to view your data in dynamic ways for more comprehensive analysis, helping you make more informed decisions
• Microsoft Outlook 2000 -- helps you track all email, tasks, appointments, and contacts to communicate with and track customers effectively
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 -- lets you create powerful presentations quickly

New Features include:

• Universal Document Viewing
• Save To The Web
• Create and Edit Presentations Efficiently
• Web Themes
• Web Discussions
• Outlook Web ShortCuts
• Data Access Pages
• Self-Repairing Applications
• Collect and Paste
• Floating Tables
• TRI-Pane View
• Language AutoDetect
• Office E-Mail

Microsoft Office is the world's most popular productivity suite with over 40 million end users. And as over 2.6 million developers have discovered, it's also a powerful development platform with an equally strong development environment.

Microsoft Office Pro 2000 extends desktop productivity by giving you new ways to use the Web to share information and collaborate on projects. It also provides powerful analysis tools to help you respond quickly to changing business information.