Getting results with Microsoft® Office 97

the long version

If you are an experienced Office user, [this book] focuses on common business and organizational tasks. It's designed to help you be more productive and efficient by showing you the fastest and best way to accomplish these tasks using the features of Microsoft Office.... The people who will find this book most useful are those who have been using the Office applications for a while and who can usually do what they want to do with the applications. Each solution in [this book] explains the process necessary for accomplishing the task.... If you are a novice user or are switching from another application, [this book will] show you how to quickly begin creating documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and databases by using built-in templates and wizards. You will also learn how to use the various components of Outlook, such as e-mail and task scheduling.... If you're an advanced user, programmer, or developer, this book can point you toward new features that you might not discover on your own.--Introduction.