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    Call in the MOD squad for easy Office application development

    Microsoft Office Developer (MOD) can greatly enhance your coding tasks and doesn't require a degree in programming. Bruce Maples discusses a few of the most noteworthy features included in Office Developer.

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    With a little Visual Basic magic, you can take Office documents such as Excel spreadsheets and turn them into applications. Your users won't even realize they're using Office. In this Daily Drill Down, Bruce Maples shows you how.

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    Microsoft Office Web Components are powerful tools for publishing interactive Web pages on your intranet. In this Daily Drill Down, Bruce Maples gives an overview of how to put these components to work for you.

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    Even if you think Clippit and those other Office Assistants are silly, your users may like them. In this Daily Drill Down, Bruce Maples shows you how to create custom help information in Visual Basic using the Assistant object model.

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    Build Your Skills: Create a custom Outlook support solution

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    Win2K Pro provides effective client security

    Windows 2000 Professional offers several new security features that are great for stand-alone computers. Find out how EFS, IPSec, and smart cards can help better protect your workstations.

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