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AS
THE YEAR 2000 gets closer, more people are interested in software
that will be used in the
future. On March 2 the Danbury Area Computer Society will present
a program that will launch
computer users into the next millennium.
Microsoft Office 2000
is the newest version of the popular suite. Office 2000 will
go beyond
desktop productivity and extend to the Web. Office 2000 offers
new ways to use the Web in order
to collaborate on information more effectively.
Come and see some of the features
that will be available with Microsoft Office 2000:
- Universal Document Viewing. With
Office 2000, you can save Office documents in HTML file
format and retain the fidelity of a native Office file format.
By saving as HTML, anyone with a
Web browser can view your documents. Editing those documents
is not a problem either because Office 2000 allows "rounding
trip" them back into the original Office program without
losing any of the rich functionality of the Office file formats.
- Save to the Web. Office 2000 also
simplifies publishing your Office documents to an Intranet or
to an Internet site. New File Open and File Save dialog boxes
make saving documents to a Web server as easy as saving them
to the hard disk or to a file server.
- Web Themes. Business users are
now creating Web pages to serve many purposes on the
Internet or for a team's Intranet. To make this easier, over
30 new design themes have introduced in Office 2000. These themes
come with graphical backgrounds, bullets, and other design elements
that make creating Web pages in Office as straightforward as
creating documents.
DACS is a computer user group of
the Greater Danbury
area. General meetings take place the
first Tuesday of the month at the Danbury Hospital auditorium,
24 Hospital Avenue, and are open
to the public. Meetings start at 6:30 p.m. with casual networking.
At 7 p.m. members ask their
most pressing computer questions during Random
Access. The featured presentation starts at 8
p.m. DACS members include beginners, intermediates, and expert
users. Special Interest Groups
cover specific computer topics from Web-page building to Windows
and Macintosh and meet
throughout the month. Check the SIG calendar in this issue or
on the DACS Website
(http://www.dacs.org). You
can also reach DACS at 203-748-4330. Coming in April: Jasc
Software presenting Paint Shop.
Please note that
due to a scheduling conflict with Danbury Hospital, the March
general meeting will be held at the Ethan Allen Inn, 21 Lake
Avenue Extension, Danbury.
Directions
Ethan Allen Inn
Exit 4 off I-84
From New York: I-95 North to Route 287 to Route 684 North
to Route I-84 East. Exit 4. Right at light.
From New Jersey: Garden State Parkway to New York State
Thruway East. To Tappan Zee Bridge. To Route 287. Follow above.
From Hartford: Route I-84 West to Exit 4. Right at light.
From Lower Fairfield Cty.: I-95 to Exit 15 Route 7 North. Follow through
Ridgefield to Danbury. Get on I-84 East to Exit 4. Right at light. |
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