Microsoft Office 2000
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Initial release | June 7, 1999[1] |
| Stable release | 2000 Service Pack 3[2] / October 21, 2002[3] |
| Operating system | Windows 95 to Windows Server 2003 |
| Platform | IA-32 |
| Type | Office suite |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Website | office.microsoft.com |
Microsoft Office 2000 is a release of Microsoft Office, an office suite for Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. It succeeded Microsoft Office 97 and preceded Microsoft Office XP. It comes in five different editions, the most comprehensive of which is Office 2000 Developer.
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[edit] Overview
Microsoft Office 2000 was designed as a fully 32-bit suite of software developed with year 2000 problem in mind. All the Office 2000 applications support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) which allows moving data automatically between various programs.
Office 2000 was released to manufacturing without product activation protection, although after the release of Service Release 1, updated retail editions of Office 2000 with product activation were sold in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the United States. They required the user to activate the product via the Internet.
Office 2000 was the first version of Office to use Windows Installer technology. This allowed service packs to be slipstreamed into the original installation files. The first update was called Service Release 1 (SR-1). Subsequent updates were called service packs. Service Pack 3 was the last service pack.
Mainstream support for Office 2000 ended on June 30, 2004[4], and extended support ended on July 14, 2009[4].
[edit] Editions
Five different editions of Office 2000 was available:[5]
| Office programs | Standard | Small Business | Professional | Premium | Developer |
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| Word 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Excel 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Outlook 2000 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PowerPoint 2000 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Publisher 2000 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Small Business Tools | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Access 2000 | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FrontPage 2000 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| PhotoDraw 2000 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Developer Tools and SDK [6] | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Visio 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Project 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
| MapPoint 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
| Vizact 2000 | No | No | No | No | No |
Microsoft Office 2000 Personal was a SKU solely designed for the Japanese market, including Word 2000, Excel 2000 and Outlook 2000.[7] This compilation would later become widespread as Microsoft Office 2003 Basic.
[edit] Easter eggs
Microsoft Office 2000 had three easter eggs. Microsoft Excel contained a hidden game called Dev Hunter; Microsoft Access had a hidden 8 ball toy; and Microsoft Word had team development credits.
[edit] References
[edit] 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)
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