# E-books and Office 2000

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 22, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-books-and-office-2000/58947 "2001-03-22T02:28:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-books-and-office-2000/58947/1 "2001-03-22T02:28:01Z")

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I’ve seen E-books with the Office 2000 logo. Can office create or save as LIT files?

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**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2001, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/e-books-and-office-2000/58947/2 "2001-03-23T02:36:01Z")

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It can, with a little help. You have to download an add-in from Microsoft:  
[http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=23533](http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=23533)

Also, the Word 2000 logo may be explained by a quote from [this page](http://www.microsoft.com/ebooks/tools/make_how.asp):

> [@](#):
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> Note that the Read in Microsoft Reader add-in cannot handle cover images; it provides a default Word cover for every book.