March 22, 1999

The Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit brings together a comprehensive set of information and tools for deploying, maintaining, and supporting Office 2000. This kit will help you take advantage of all that Office 2000 has to offer. And the Office 2000 Resource Kit doesn’t just make your job easier – it also helps you reduce your total cost of ownership in Office 2000.

Microsoft Office 2000 has been designed to work efficiently and cost effectively in a variety of network and operating system environments. To that end, Office 2000 offers more options, configurations, and features than any previous version. The Office Resource Kit provides the detailed procedures, settings, and tips you need to customize Office 2000 for even the most complex workplace scenario.

Whether your job is to deploy Office throughout a multinational organization, or to administer a company intranet, or to help users upgrade to Office 2000 with minimal disruption, you’ve come to the right place.

Extensive Documentation

Topics in the Office 2000 Resource Kit address everything from your network and operating system environment to ongoing maintenance of Office 2000 in your organization. Special attention is given to deploying Office 2000 in both simple and complex circumstances – including the many options you have for customizing and fine-tuning your installation of Office 2000.

Other topics in the Office 2000 Resource Kit help you:

• Help users take full advantage of your company intranet from within Office 2000 applications – including collaborating on Office documents that are published on a Web server.
• Develop efficient migration strategies that allow users to share documents across versions or even across languages.
• Deploy an international configuration of Office 2000, which allows you to standardize on one core product but also make available a broad array of plug-in language features.
• Create custom Help topics and error messages relevant to your organization, and integrate them with Office 2000 online Help.

Comprehensive Set of Tools

The Office Resource Kit contains new tools that help you deploy and manage Office faster and more efficiently than ever before. Many of these tools are designed to give you more precise control over where and how Office features are installed – and what users see when they start up Office 2000 for the first time.

Ongoing Source of Information

In addition making the core Office 2000 Resource Kit documentation and tools readily available, the Office Resource Kit Web site will continue to provide up-to-date and specific information to help you deploy and support Office 2000 over the long run. Every month, check this Web site for new articles, tips, and tools designed specifically for administrators and IT professionals.

It has never been easier – or more worthwhile – to upgrade to Office. And the Office 2000 Resource Kit is an invaluable tool for helping you get there.

The Microsoft Office 2000 Resource Kit is also published by Microsoft Press® books. The printed book is available through your local bookseller, online bookstores, or directly from Microsoft Press. Included with the book is a CD-ROM that contains Office Resource Kit tools, reference information, and supplementary documents.