Using Office with a Web Server

During Office 2000 Setup, you can select the following features to install on client computers:

• Web Publishing

  Installs the Web Folders object. Users can view, open, and save documents on any supported Web server.

• Web Discussions

  Installs the Web Discussions and Web Subscriptions features. Users can collaborate on Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint®, HTML, and RTF documents that are published on Web servers.

To install Web features during Office Setup

1. On the Selecting Features panel in Office Setup, expand the Office\Office Tools feature.
2. Select the Web features you want.

   To make these features available to users only when they need them, set the installation state for Web Publishing and Web Discussions to Install on demand.

 Note    The Web Publishing feature is included with Microsoft Windows® 2000, so Office 2000 Setup does not reinstall the feature during Office Setup.

For users of Windows 95 and Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, you might want to install the Windows Desktop Update included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01. The Windows Desktop Update makes the Web Publishing feature stable. (The Windows Desktop Update is already included in the Windows 98 and Windows 2000 operating systems, and it is not required when using Internet Explorer 5.)

 Note    When you install Office 2000 on a computer that more than one person uses, such as a Windows Terminal Server, do not specify a user name during Setup. If you specify a user name, all Web Discussions items are attributed to that user — regardless of who adds an item.

See also

You can use the Custom Installation Wizard to add Web features to your Office installation. For more information, see Office Custom Installation Wizard.

If you install the Microsoft Office 2000 MultiLanguage Pack, you can use localized client Web features supported by Office Server Extensions. For more information, see Features of the MultiLanguage Pack.