Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit

A guide for information professionals profiles the Office 2000 environment, including deployment, support, management, Web-integration, and customizing, configuring, and implementing Office 2000

This is it--Microsoft's official goody bag for users of the company's latest suite of office productivity software. Regardless of which edition of Microsoft Office 2000 you use and under what circumstances, you're sure to find something helpful in Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit.

Comprising a book and a CD-ROM, this package includes some very good Office 2000 information. You'll find step-by-step procedures for such tasks as configuring Office applications to work with various languages and installing Office 2000 to work under Windows Terminal Server. You'll also learn what to keep in mind in special situations, such as when creating a compound document that involves elements from various versions of Office applications. Of particular note, the editors went to great lengths to include information on using Office 2000 in a multilingual enterprise--valuable stuff if your team spans continents.

The CD-ROM in this package is at least as valuable as the book. The collection of supplementary software includes tools you can use to salvage apparently corrupt Excel files and render spreadsheets Y2K-compliant by converting their two-digit year references to four-digit ones. You'll also find the Internet Explorer Administration Kit (IEAK) for creating customized versions of Internet Explorer, the System Policy Editor for centralizing Office 2000 administration, and several tools for use with Windows Terminal Server and help systems. --David Wall