A guide to the features and functions of Office 2000, this work also reveals undocumented shortcuts and advanced tips. It looks at creating documents with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook, and explores Office 2000's publishing capabilities. There is coverage of features that are new in the 2000 version, such as speech-recognition software. The accompanying CD-ROM contains shareware and freeware programs, including Office 2000 enhancements such as CheckWriter for Access, PowerPak for Excel, Internet tools, systems tools, file compression utilities and graphics/text editors.