 | Microsoft� Office Assistant: Breakthrough
technology that unifies online user assistance, lets users ask questions in their own
words, and interactively provides helpful suggestions
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| Command Bars: Menus and toolbars are now
combined into one flexible and simplified interface. Tear-off menus and customizable
toolbars give users easy access to frequently used features
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| IntelliMouse™: A new mouse that
simplifies on-screen navigation of Office documents (available separately)
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| Integration with Internet Explorer: Users
of Internet Explorer 3.0 or later can seamlessly browse Office 97 documents
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| Hyperlinks: Allows users to connect
Office documents with hyperlinks to other Office documents or sites on the Internet
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| Web Toolbar: Provides standard browser
functionality in all Office 97 applications to easily navigate hyperlinked documents
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| Save as HTML: Word 97, Excel 97,
PowerPoint� 97 and Access 97 now provide built-in support for viewing, creating and
saving files into HTML format
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| Support for ActiveX™ Controls: ActiveX
controls can be embedded directly into Office files. ActiveX controlsallow developers to
create fully programmable documents and forms with enhanced capabilities for online
viewing
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| Free Online Extras : Free content and
information for Microsoft Office users available at the Office Web site at
http://www.microsoft.com/msoffice/
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| Added Office Art: Gives you drawing
tools to easily design sophisticated 3-D effects, shadows, multicolored fills, and
textures. Includes approximately 3,000 clip-art images and 150 fonts
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| Grammar Check and Spell It in Microsoft
Word: Proofread your documents for spelling and grammatical errors as you type, and
correct errors with one click of the right mouse button
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| Office Binder: Allows users to combine
different Office documents into one file. Now enhanced to share common headers/footers
across documents and print as a single job
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| Office Viewers: Microsoft Word,
Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint offer no-charge viewers, at http://microsoft.com/msoffice/,
that let anyone view or print documents regardless if they have the respective Microsoft
application
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| Visual Basic� for Applications: Visual
Basic for Applications is now supported in each Microsoft Office 97 application.
Currently, Microsoft Outlook supports Visual Basic Scripting Edition
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| Microsoft Office Family: Additional
products from Microsoft are designed to enhance the capabilities of Microsoft Office
software
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| Microsoft Office Compatible: Over 400
ISVs produce software designed to complement Microsoft Office
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| Third Party Support: Partnerships with
publishers, solution providers, and training services ensure that users of Microsoft
Office are well supported
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