This lesson shows how Microsoft Word 2000 allows you to publish Web pages to a server as easily as you would save a file to your hard drive.

1.  Right-click the products.doc link, and click Save Target As.

2.   Save the file to your hard drive.

3.   Start Microsoft Word 2000.

4.   On the File menu, click Open.

5.    Locate products.doc on your hard drive and double-click on it.

This monthly product update keeps sales representatives up to date on the latest products and promotions. Typically, this document would be distributed by printing it out each month and sending it through the mail. A much more time and cost-effective method would be to be to save it as a Web page and post it to a company intranet.

6.   On the File menu click, Save as Web Page.

7.   On the Places Bar on the left-hand side, click Web Folders.

A Web Folder is a shortcut to a Web server, allowing you to save directly to an intranet or on the Internet. You will need to create a Web folder to your workgroup Web before you can publish to it. There are several way to do this:

Once you have created a Web Folder, you are ready to publish to your workgroup Web. When you save a file to the Documents area of this Web site, a link will be automatically created, creating a path from the Document Library to your page.

8.    Double-click the Web Folder that points to this workgroup Web site.

9.    Open the Documents directory.

10. Locate the project or department where you want to save your file. Open that directory and click Save.

11. Browse to the Documents section of this Workgroup Web in Internet Explorer and locate the project or department where you normally save your files.

12. You should see a list of all the files in that directory, including the file you just added. Click on the file name to open that file in Internet Explorer.