Maybe you've customized Office in any of the hundreds of possible ways that allow you to work with it the way that suits you best. At least, that's how it used to be. The new eServices make it easy for users to work with their custom versions of Office from multiple machines and when they upgrade to new PCs. They're part of Microsoft's ongoing investment in delivering software as a service, to provide continuous value to customers and to help them receive the greatest benefits from using Office. Auto Update Enables Users to Easily Update Office Auto Update, one of the new Web-based eServices, examines a computer and recommends new product enhancements and product updates to keep the user's version of Office in peak running condition.
Users can also choose to be notified via email when a critical update is available.
Office 2000 SR-1 is the first update available via Auto Update. It is a collection of application updates based on customer feedback about Office 2000. The new Save My Settings Wizard enables users to save their user profile or system preferences, including custom dictionaries, custom templates, and AutoCorrect and AutoFormat lists, and access them from virtually any computer. The Wizard works by allowing people who log on to different computers to download their individual settings over the Internet to those computers. My Settings Wizard will have their Office 2000 user profiles stored at a secure location on the Office Update Web site.