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What's New in Microsoft Office 2000 | ||||||
Most of the changes in Microsoft Office 2000 are fairly subtle, but you will notice improvements in the user interface. The menus and toolbars automatically adjust based on how you use them, the Office Clipboard improves cut-and-paste, and you might even begin to like the Office Assistant! Web support is thoroughly integrated in Office 2000, which, by the way, now includes Internet Explorer. You can save almost anything -- document, spread sheet, calendar, presentation -- as HTML for the Web, keeping most of its formatting. (Some of the files will be pretty large, though.) Also, Office 2000 does not have file compatibility problems between versions that Office 97 had.
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You'll see the first Office 2000 improvement when you install it -- an improved
installation procedure that allows you to select exactly what you want to install,
and even when you want to install it. (One option is to install on first use;
click the icon of an uninstalled program and Office 2000 will begin to install
it.) The Office 2000 CD also has repair utilities to fix DLL version or compatibility
problems.
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| Menus and Toolbars | ||||||
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Are you are tired of searching through menus and toolbars full of items you rarely use? Office 2000 has an answer. Menus and toolbars are shortened to display, by default, only those commands that you have used most recently. (Don't worry, all the other commands are still be there; click the double arrow at the bottom of a menu or the end of a toolbar or, for menus only, just wait a few moments.)
Best of all, Office 2000 programs do this automatically. As you use a particular command, it is added to the "short list". Items used less often will drop off the short list, and only be visible when you expand the menu or toolbar.
You can also create your own menus. This is not a new feature, but it's much easier to do in Office 2000. Select Tools->Customize, click the Commands tab, and select the "New" category. The shorter toolbars in Office 2000 allow you to reduce the space they take up while still having access to all their buttons. You can also use the handle at the beginning of each toolbar to move it wherever you want it, even floating outside the program's window.
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| Help System | ||||||
| The Office Assistant floats freely on the screen (and stays out of your way!) in Office 2000, making it less obtrusive. Also, unlike previous versions, the Help opens in a separate window, so you can have Help and the program going at the same time. | ||||||
| Office 2000 Clipboard | ||||||
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Most Office 2000 programs support the new Office Clipboard (as opposed to the Windows clipboard), which you use to copy or cut-and-paste. What's new about the Office Clipboard is that it stores up to twelve items at once!
The first time you cut or copy an item in an Office 2000 program, the Clipboard Toolbar will appear, with an icon for that item. (If the Clipboard Toolbar doesn't appear, right-click on any existing toolbar and select Clipboard Toolbar from the shortcut list.) Each item you cut or copy after that is added to the toolbar. To paste an item on the Clipboard Toolbar, click where you want the item to go, then click the item's icon on the toolbar. |
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| Want to Know More? | ||||||
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Check out the ACCC's Upgrading to Office 2000 seminar; its online materials are
at:
http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/seminars/office2000-upgrade/ General seminar information is at: http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/seminars/
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