Microsoft Office 2000
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Microsoft Office 2000 is a release of Microsoft Office
that succeeded Microsoft Office 97
and was designed as a fully 32-bit and Y2K compliant version to match Windows 2000
features. All the Office 2000 applications have OLE 2
capacity, which allows moving data automatically between various programs. Microsoft Office XP
is a successor of Office 2000. The most comprehensive Office 2000 suite is Office 2000 Developer. Office 2000 RTM is the last Microsoft Office edition which does not include Product Activation
, although SR-1 updated editions of Office 2000 had product activation in copies sold in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United States except their volume license editions. They required the user to activate the product via the Internet.
Mainstream support for Office 2000 ended on June 30, 2004, and extended support ended on July 14, 2009.
The application version descriptors were changed from Microsoft's previous version numbering scheme to highlight their Y2K compliance. The previous applications had numbers 97/98; 2000 was chosen for all the new versions. Word 97, Excel 97, PowerPoint 97, Outlook 98, Access 97, Publisher 98, FrontPage 98 and Project 98 were the predecessors to Office 2000's applications. PhotoDraw's predecessor was Picture It!
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Microsoft Office 2000 Personal was a SKU solely designed for the Japanese market, including Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook 2000.http://www.microsoft.com/japan/Office/previous/2000/Personal/package.mspx This compilation would later become widespread as Microsoft Office 2003 Basic.
technology. This allowed service packs to be slipstreamed
into the original release version. The first update was called Service Release 1 (SR-1). Subsequent updates were called service packs. SP3 was the last service pack.
contained a hidden game called Dev Hunter, Microsoft Access
had a hidden 8 ball toy, and Microsoft Word
had team development credits.
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a non-free commercial office suite of inter-related desktop applications, servers and services for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems, introduced by Microsoft in August 1, 1989. Initially a marketing term for a bundled set of applications, the first version of...
that succeeded Microsoft Office 97
Microsoft Office 97
Microsoft Office 97 was a major milestone release of Microsoft Office, which included hundreds of new features and improvements, introduced "Command Bars", a paradigm in which menus and toolbars were made more similar in capability and visual design featured natural language systems and...
and was designed as a fully 32-bit and Y2K compliant version to match Windows 2000
Windows 2000
Windows 2000 is a line of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, business desktops, laptops, and servers. Windows 2000 was released to manufacturing on 15 December 1999 and launched to retail on 17 February 2000. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the...
features. All the Office 2000 applications have OLE 2
Object Linking and Embedding
Object Linking and Embedding is a technology developed by Microsoft that allows embedding and linking to documents and other objects. For developers, it brought OLE Control eXtension , a way to develop and use custom user interface elements...
capacity, which allows moving data automatically between various programs. Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Office XP is a productivity suite written and distributed by Microsoft for their Windows operating system. Released on March 5, 2001, it is the successor to Office 2000 and the predecessor to Office 2003, and was known as Office 10 in the early stages of its development cycle...
is a successor of Office 2000. The most comprehensive Office 2000 suite is Office 2000 Developer. Office 2000 RTM is the last Microsoft Office edition which does not include Product Activation
Product activation
Product activation is a license validation procedure required by some proprietary computer software programs. In one form, product activation refers to a method invented by Ric Richardson and patented by Uniloc where a software application hashes hardware serial numbers and an ID number specific...
, although SR-1 updated editions of Office 2000 had product activation in copies sold in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United States except their volume license editions. They required the user to activate the product via the Internet.
Mainstream support for Office 2000 ended on June 30, 2004, and extended support ended on July 14, 2009.
Editions
Office 2000 was available in five suites:| Office programs | Description | Standard suite | Small Business suite | Professional suite | Premium suite | Developer suite |
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| Word Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,... 2000 |
word processor Word processor A word processor is a computer application used for the production of any sort of printable material.... |
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| Excel Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications... 2000 |
spreadsheet program Spreadsheet A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper accounting worksheet. It displays multiple cells usually in a two-dimensional matrix or grid consisting of rows and columns. Each cell contains alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas... |
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| Outlook Microsoft Outlook Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available both as a separate application as well as a part of the Microsoft Office suite... 2000 |
personal information manager Personal information manager A personal information manager is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. The acronym PIM is now, more commonly, used in reference to Personal information management as a field of study... |
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| PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft PowerPoint, usually just called PowerPoint, is a non-free commercial presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Office suite, and runs on Microsoft Windows and Apple's Mac OS X operating system... 2000 |
presentation program Presentation program A presentation program is a computer software package used to display information, normally in the form of a slide show... |
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| Publisher Microsoft Publisher Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application from Microsoft. It is an entry-level application, differing from Microsoft Word in that the emphasis is placed on page layout and design rather than text composition and proofing... 2000 |
desktop publishing program Desktop publishing Desktop publishing is the creation of documents using page layout software on a personal computer.The term has been used for publishing at all levels, from small-circulation documents such as local newsletters to books, magazines and newspapers... |
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| Small Business Tools | tools for small businesses | |||||
| Access Microsoft Access Microsoft Office Access, previously known as Microsoft Access, is a relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. It is a member of the Microsoft Office suite of... 2000 |
relational database Relational database A relational database is a database that conforms to relational model theory. The software used in a relational database is called a relational database management system . Colloquial use of the term "relational database" may refer to the RDBMS software, or the relational database itself... |
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| FrontPage Microsoft FrontPage Microsoft FrontPage was a WYSIWYG HTML editor and web site administration tool from Microsoft for the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. It was branded as part of the Microsoft Office suite from 1997 to 2003... 2000 |
HTML editor HTML editor An HTML editor is a software application for creating web pages. Although the HTML markup of a web page can be written with any text editor, specialized HTML editors can offer convenience and added functionality. For example, many HTML editors work not only with HTML, but also with related... |
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| PhotoDraw Microsoft PhotoDraw Microsoft PhotoDraw 2000 is a vector graphics and raster imaging software package developed by Microsoft. PhotoDraw fills a hole in the Office productivity suite, which includes software programs for word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and alike, but lacks a capable image creation and... 2000 |
vector graphics Vector graphics Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon, which are all based on mathematical expressions, to represent images in computer graphics... and raster graphics Raster graphics In computer graphics, a raster graphics image, or bitmap, is a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a monitor, paper, or other display medium... |
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| Visio Microsoft Visio Microsoft Visio , formerly known as Microsoft Office Visio, is a commercial diagramming program for Microsoft Windows that uses vector graphics to create diagrams.- Features :... 2000 |
Business diagramming Diagramming software Diagramming software is a computer program that is used to produce graphical diagrams. Diagrams are used in software and business to represent dataflows, workflows and software architecture.- Flowchart :* ARIS Express * Creately... |
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| Project Microsoft Project Microsoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.The application creates critical path... 2000 |
Project management Project management Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources to achieve specific goals. A project is a temporary endeavor with a defined beginning and end , undertaken to meet unique goals and objectives, typically to bring about beneficial change or added value... |
The application version descriptors were changed from Microsoft's previous version numbering scheme to highlight their Y2K compliance. The previous applications had numbers 97/98; 2000 was chosen for all the new versions. Word 97, Excel 97, PowerPoint 97, Outlook 98, Access 97, Publisher 98, FrontPage 98 and Project 98 were the predecessors to Office 2000's applications. PhotoDraw's predecessor was Picture It!
Microsoft Picture It!
Microsoft Picture It! is a discontinued photo editing application created by Microsoft. Version 1.0 was released in September 1996. Borrowing from the wizard user interface concepts of Microsoft Publisher, Picture It! was geared to make digital imaging easy for consumers...
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Microsoft Office 2000 Personal was a SKU solely designed for the Japanese market, including Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook 2000.http://www.microsoft.com/japan/Office/previous/2000/Personal/package.mspx This compilation would later become widespread as Microsoft Office 2003 Basic.
Service releases
Office 2000 was the first version of Office to use Windows InstallerWindows Installer
The Windows Installer is a software component used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software on modern Microsoft Windows systems...
technology. This allowed service packs to be slipstreamed
Slipstream (computing)
In computer jargon, to slipstream updates, patches or service packs means to integrate them into the installation files of their original software, so that the resulting files will allow a direct installation of the updated software....
into the original release version. The first update was called Service Release 1 (SR-1). Subsequent updates were called service packs. SP3 was the last service pack.
Easter eggs in Office 2000
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...
contained a hidden game called Dev Hunter, Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Office Access, previously known as Microsoft Access, is a relational database management system from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software-development tools. It is a member of the Microsoft Office suite of...
had a hidden 8 ball toy, and Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Word is a word processor designed by Microsoft. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS , the Apple Macintosh , the AT&T Unix PC , Atari ST , SCO UNIX,...
had team development credits.
Tips
In Word PowerPoint or Excel, you can change a button image (the picture on a button such as the bold button) by opening one of the programs clicking on the tools menu and then by clicking customize. right click the button you want to edit and select "edit button image". when you are done editing the image you can revery back to the buttons original look by doing every thing the same but instead of selecting "edit button image" select "reset".Contemporary components
- Microsoft MapPointMicrosoft MapPointMicrosoft MapPoint is both a technology and a specific software program created by Microsoft that allows users to view, edit and integrate maps. The software and technology are designed to facilitate the geographical visualization and analysis of either included data or custom data...
2000 - Microsoft ProjectMicrosoft ProjectMicrosoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.The application creates critical path...
2000 - Microsoft VisioMicrosoft VisioMicrosoft Visio , formerly known as Microsoft Office Visio, is a commercial diagramming program for Microsoft Windows that uses vector graphics to create diagrams.- Features :...
2000 - Microsoft Vizact 2000
External links
- Office 2000 Solution Center
- Downloads for Office 2000 - Downloads - Microsoft Office Online
- Microsoft Office Programs (original Microsoft site archived by Internet Archive)
- Office 2000 Suites (original Microsoft site archived by Internet Archive)