Intended for any course teaching application software using Microsoft Office 97 applications. This book is aimed at students in a variety of disciplines including liberal arts, business, and the sciences. It helps students master important concepts, as well as the features of the Office 97 applications.

Microsoft Office 97 Professional includes Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, Bookshelf Basics, and several other programs, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. Each of the applications and utilities included in the package can be used separately or they can be used together to produce professional looking documents.

This book looks at the new version of Microsoft Windows Office.

"This first book in the highly visual new design offers new users a hands-on introduction to Microsoft Office 97 and also serves as an excellent reference for future use ... Each skill is presented on two facing pages, with the step-by-step instructions on the left page, and large screen illustrations on the right"--Preface.

This is the official technical reference on Jet, the powerful database engine used in Microsoft Access and Visual Basic for Windows 95. The book starts by describing what Jet is, how to use it, and how it compares to other databases. Each chapter includes a simple Basic program that it builds upon within the chapter to illustrate points. CD includes the Jet Database Engine.