Microsoft® MapPointÖ 2000

Microsoft MapPoint 2000

Fast Facts

Microsoft^® MapPoint™ business mapping software combines powerful maps with the simplicity of Microsoft Office. Designed for everyday business use, MapPoint allows Microsoft Office users to easily find and illustrate points on the map, integrate maps into their Office documents, and quickly identify the trends of their business on the map using their own data. MapPoint puts once-inaccessible, hard-to-use map-analysis functionality into the hands of everyday business users, giving them the ability to use maps to better understand their business, effectively penetrate new markets and capture new customers. Microsoft MapPoint is the business-mapping companion for Microsoft Office users.

Find and Illustrate Your Points More Effectively on the Map

Feature Capability

Find Address/Place Easily pinpoint exact customer or business sites on the map by simply typing an address or location.

Map Annotations Add custom directions or highlight important areas on your maps using the familiar tools on the drawing toolbar.

Leading geographic accuracy Over 14 million addressed, street-level segments are included for all U.S. and worldwide country-level boundaries based on the premier map database, DynaMap 2000 from Geographic Data Technology Inc. (GDT), the largest supplier of cartographic data.

Map Feedback Wizard MicrosoftÆs best source for product improvements comes from its customers. With this feature, you can provide Microsoft directly with your feedback on the map data using this step-by-step link to the MapPoint product designers.

Legend/Overview Easily navigate the map using the tri-paned Legend/Overview view. Customize your map view by resizing the Legend/Overview windows or turning them off all together. Drag and drop in the Overview to quickly adjust your current location on the main map.

Zoom Slider/
IntelliMouse Using the Zoom Slider or support for the IntelliMouse™ pointing device, move freely to navigate the main map.

Context Bar Navigate between the various levels of map detail using easily accessible tabs on the Context Bar.

Map Style Choose one of three predefined styles designed to optimize for street level or thematic views of your map.

Highlighter and Distance Tool Illustrate the most efficient route to your destination simply by using the mouse to point and click your exact route.

Output to Pocket Streets 3.0 Easily create and download maps to your Palm-size or Handheld PC to take on the road with you.

Integrate Maps Into the Work You Do With Microsoft Office

Feature Capability

Office user interface Get a head start with MapPoint using familiar tools from Microsoft Office, such as dockable toolbars and ToolTips.

Answer Wizard Using natural-language technology, the Answer Wizard lets you easily ask questions about the product in everyday language.

Feature Capability

Drag & Plot Quickly and easily view your own customer or sales data on the map. Use the mouse to drag your data into MapPoint and see clearly the geographic trends youÆve never seen before.

Save as HTML Broadly share custom maps through the Internet or a company intranet.

Pushpin The Pushpin Explorer gives you the ability to easily manage multiple sets of Pushpins that contain contact information from Microsoft Excel or the Outlook™ messaging and collaboration client.

Templates Save time by creating boilerplate maps that include standard elements such as directions to your business location or frequently used sales district boundaries. Similar to templates in Microsoft Word, these can be used as starting points for your final map.

Output to Microsoft Word and the PowerPoint^® presentation graphics program Easily copy and paste your maps into presentations and proposals.

Output to Publisher Easily incorporate your maps into custom brochures and marketing collateral created in Microsoft Publisher.

Identify the Trends of Your Business Using Maps

Feature Capability

Data Mapping Wizard Step-by-step instructions help you create a variety of thematic maps using your own data. Choose from a variety of map types, including shaded area, Pushpin, shaded circles and graduated circles. Make your map look exactly the way you want by defining data range and legend label and choosing a ramp color palette.

Data Import Wizard Step-by-step instructions help you directly import or link information from Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Outlook to a MapPoint-based map.

Demographic Data With as many as 50 different demographic variables, you can easily compare your business information such as income, gender, age or ethnicity with government Census data on the same map.

Filter/Selection Tool Quickly narrow the information represented on the map to a specific geographic radius.

Insert Map Object/
In-Place Editing Easily insert your MapPoint-based maps into a Word document, Excel spreadsheet or Publisher brochure to share with others. Once the map is inserted into the document, you can easily make changes to the map in place with a simple double-click.

ActiveX^® Automation Automate the use of map capabilities, such as find address or filtering, in custom Microsoft Office solutions. Microsoft MapPoint supports an object model based on Visual Basic^® for Applications.

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Feature	Capability
Find Address/Place	Easily pinpoint exact customer or business sites on the map by simply typing an address or location.
Map Annotations	Add custom directions or highlight important areas on your maps using the familiar tools on the drawing toolbar.
Leading geographic accuracy	Over 14 million addressed, street-level segments are included for all U.S. and worldwide country-level boundaries based on the premier map database, DynaMap 2000 from Geographic Data Technology Inc. (GDT), the largest supplier of cartographic data.
Map Feedback Wizard	MicrosoftÆs best source for product improvements comes from its customers. With this feature, you can provide Microsoft directly with your feedback on the map data using this step-by-step link to the MapPoint product designers.
Legend/Overview	Easily navigate the map using the tri-paned Legend/Overview view. Customize your map view by resizing the Legend/Overview windows or turning them off all together. Drag and drop in the Overview to quickly adjust your current location on the main map.
Zoom Slider/ IntelliMouse	Using the Zoom Slider or support for the IntelliMouse™ pointing device, move freely to navigate the main map.
Context Bar	Navigate between the various levels of map detail using easily accessible tabs on the Context Bar.
Map Style	Choose one of three predefined styles designed to optimize for street level or thematic views of your map.
Highlighter and Distance Tool	Illustrate the most efficient route to your destination simply by using the mouse to point and click your exact route.
Output to Pocket Streets 3.0	Easily create and download maps to your Palm-size or Handheld PC to take on the road with you.

Feature	Capability
Office user interface	Get a head start with MapPoint using familiar tools from Microsoft Office, such as dockable toolbars and ToolTips.
Answer Wizard	Using natural-language technology, the Answer Wizard lets you easily ask questions about the product in everyday language.

Feature	Capability
Drag & Plot	Quickly and easily view your own customer or sales data on the map. Use the mouse to drag your data into MapPoint and see clearly the geographic trends youÆve never seen before.
Save as HTML	Broadly share custom maps through the Internet or a company intranet.
Pushpin	The Pushpin Explorer gives you the ability to easily manage multiple sets of Pushpins that contain contact information from Microsoft Excel or the Outlook™ messaging and collaboration client.
Templates	Save time by creating boilerplate maps that include standard elements such as directions to your business location or frequently used sales district boundaries. Similar to templates in Microsoft Word, these can be used as starting points for your final map.
Output to Microsoft Word and the PowerPoint^® presentation graphics program	Easily copy and paste your maps into presentations and proposals.
Output to Publisher	Easily incorporate your maps into custom brochures and marketing collateral created in Microsoft Publisher.

Feature	Capability
Data Mapping Wizard	Step-by-step instructions help you create a variety of thematic maps using your own data. Choose from a variety of map types, including shaded area, Pushpin, shaded circles and graduated circles. Make your map look exactly the way you want by defining data range and legend label and choosing a ramp color palette.
Data Import Wizard	Step-by-step instructions help you directly import or link information from Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Outlook to a MapPoint-based map.
Demographic Data	With as many as 50 different demographic variables, you can easily compare your business information such as income, gender, age or ethnicity with government Census data on the same map.
Filter/Selection Tool	Quickly narrow the information represented on the map to a specific geographic radius.
Insert Map Object/ In-Place Editing	Easily insert your MapPoint-based maps into a Word document, Excel spreadsheet or Publisher brochure to share with others. Once the map is inserted into the document, you can easily make changes to the map in place with a simple double-click.
ActiveX^® Automation	Automate the use of map capabilities, such as find address or filtering, in custom Microsoft Office solutions. Microsoft MapPoint supports an object model based on Visual Basic^® for Applications.