The book you now hold is an insider's guide to Microsoft Office 2000, an exciting collection of application programs and accessories that every business and home can use. We have designed this guidebook with the practical goal of making you an expert in Office 2000 commands, procedures, and techniques. When you're finished, you'll have all the skills necessary to create a wide range of professional and personal documents, and you'll know a few tricks that have been practiced only in the enigmatic halls of Microsoft. The most innovative refinements in Office 2000 are related to the Internet, so if you're looking to leverage your work with Web publishing or online collaboration, just power up your modem, sit back, and relax: We'll show you all the Web tricks right here.

Office 2000 Small Business contains Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Outlook, and a collection of powerful small business tools that integrate directly with the Office 2000 software suite. This book shows you how to get the most from these best-selling applications and describes ways that you can use them together to create professional-looking reports, presentations, financial models, and Web pages. We've designed this book to help get you up and running quickly, learn the basics of the Office applications, and then build on your new skills by exploring advanced concepts. If you follow the tips, tutorials, and examples in this book, you'll be creating and printing documents the very first day you use the Office software. As you gain experience with Office, you can also use the book as a reference to the advanced features and capabilities of your applications. A comprehensive index, the table of contents, and our cross-referencing system will guide you instantly to the solutions you need.