<Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Office suite </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> License </Th> <Td> Proprietary commercial software </Td> </Tr> <P> Microsoft Office 2000 is a release of Microsoft Office, an office suite developed and distributed by Microsoft for the Windows family of operating systems . Office 2000 was released to manufacturing on March 29, 1999, and was made available to retail on June 7, 1999 . It is the successor to Office 97 and the predecessor to Office XP . </P> <P> New features in Office 2000 include HTML document creation and publishing; Internet collaboration features such as integration with NetMeeting; roaming user profile support; COM add - in support; an updated version of the Office Assistant; improved compliance with the year 2000; and interface improvements including personalized menus and toolbars that omit infrequently used commands from view . Office 2000 introduces PhotoDraw, a raster and vector imaging program; and Web Components . It is also the first version of Office to use Windows Installer for the installation process . </P>

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