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Global Technologies in Microsoft Office 2000 Drive Deployment In Leading
Multinational Companies
Ford Motor Co., Shell Services International to Roll Out
Office 2000 In Over 30 Countries Around the World REDMOND, Wash. - Feb. 24, 1999 - Microsoft Corp. today
announced that two multinational corporations, Ford Motor Co. and Shell Services
International, will deploy the global features in Microsoft® Office
2000 to standardize desktops around the world and to more easily share
information across different languages. The company also announced that an
extended set of global features will be available to customers through Office
2000 Proofing Tools and Office 2000 with MultiLanguage Pack. "To deploy a successfully integrated global solution, it
is vital to address the language and cultural needs in diverse countries,"
said Cindy Miller, vice president of infrastructure technology services for
Shell Services International. "The global features in Office 2000 can help
reduce the complexity and cost of deployment, and its single worldwide
executable can make the whole process easier for us and our customers." The global features in Office 2000 include a single worldwide
executable architecture for simplified deployment across multiple languages,
language auto-detection capabilities in Word 2000 that allow easier editing and
proofing of multilingual documents, and support for the euro currency symbol. Office 2000 Proofing Tools is designed for end users and
extends Office 2000's global functionality by providing additional proofing
tools in over 30 languages. Office 2000 with MultiLanguage Pack is designed for
multinational companies and further extends global functionality by allowing
them to easily switch the user interface and Help to over 25 languages. Mobile
users and others in these multinational companies can thus share workstations
regardless of their language, and centralized global help desks can switch
language interfaces on their computer screens to match those of their users.
Office 2000 with MultiLanguage Pack also includes the features available in
Office 2000 Proofing Tools. Office 2000 Global Features Address Key Business Trend The global features in Office 2000 have been shaped by the
Office Advisory Council, a group of Office customers that have been directly
involved from start to finish in the process of designing Office 2000. The
council, which includes IT professionals from Ford and other multinational
companies, has provided valuable customer input from the earliest stages of the
design process. "The Office Advisory Council helped us see how valuable a
consistent, multilingual desktop platform is to multinational companies,"
said Jon DeVaan, vice president for Microsoft's desktop applications division.
"We designed Office 2000 to be easy for global IT administrators to deploy
and manage and to make individuals more productive in multilingual
environments." Distribution of Office 2000 With MultiLanguage Pack and Office
2000 Proofing Tools There will be three versions of the Office 2000 with
MultiLanguage Pack suite: Microsoft Office 2000 Standard with MultiLanguage
Pack, Microsoft Office 2000 Professional with MultiLanguage Pack and Microsoft
Office 2000 Premium with MultiLanguage Pack. Office 2000 with MultiLanguage Pack
will be available exclusively through Microsoft volume-license programs.
Microsoft Office 2000 Proofing Tools will be available through the retail
channel as well as Microsoft's volume-license programs, and will be priced in
the U.S. retail channel at approximately $79.95. Offers and prices are valid in
the United States and may not be available in other countries. About Office 2000 The Microsoft Office 2000 line includes five different suite
options, offering a set of tools tailored for each type of Office customer.
Office 2000 Premium is the most comprehensive of the suites and includes the
FrontPage® 2000 Web site creation and management tool, PhotoDraw™
2000 business graphics software, Word 2000, Microsoft Excel 2000, the Outlook®
2000 messaging and collaboration client, the PowerPoint® 2000
presentation graphics program, Microsoft Access 2000, Publisher 2000, Microsoft
Small Business Tools and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 browser software. About Shell Services International Shell Services International Group of Companies (SSI) is an
independent business solutions provider serving members of the Royal Dutch/Shell
Group and other global companies. SSI supports more than 40,000 customer
desktops in over 400 locations around the world. About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is the second largest manufacturer of
vehicles in the world. The Ford family of brands includes Lincoln, Mercury,
Ford, Mazda, Jaguar and Aston Martin. About Microsoft Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the
worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide
range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with
the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage
of the full power of personal computing every day. Microsoft, FrontPage, PhotoDraw, Outlook and PowerPoint are
either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United
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