     Microsoft Office 97 Intranet Product Enhancement Guide:
                          Introduction

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Creating and Contributing to an Intranet Using Microsoft Office
97

No doubt about it-- intranets today are hot! Maybe your job has
something to do with your company's network. Or maybe you're
familiar with the Internet, and you wonder whether there is an
intranet in your professional future. Chances are, you will work
with an intranet sooner than you think--especially if you decide
to build one yourself.

But just what is an intranet? Simply put, an intranet is a
corporate network designed around Internet metaphors, protocols,
and technology. Like a collection of shared folders on a server,
an intranet gives you and your coworkers the ability to save
files, content, and information in a central location where
others can find, view, and/or modify it. However, intranets
include many additional features and benefits beyond those of
traditional shared network folders. Just a few of these benefits
include:
  * The ability to search quickly through many documents to find
    the information you are looking for.
  * The ability to hyperlink from one resource to related
    resources.
  * The ability to navigate from one part of the "server" to
    another part more easily because of the navigation metaphors
    used on the Internet.
  * The ability to actively push information to others instead
    of relying on others to pull down information from a shared
    server location.

Intranets show a great deal of promise for teams and
departments. However, in most instances, the promise of an
intranet has yet to become a reality. Microsoft wants to help
you make an intranet a reality for your team or department.

The purpose of the Microsoft Office 97 Intranet Enhancements
Guide is to
  * Highlight new or improved features in Office 97
  * Demonstrate the benefits these features provide to you or
    the person who uses Office 97 while creating an intranet.
  * Demonstrate the benefits these features provide for everyone
    on a team or in a department who uses Office 97 to
    contribute to an intranet.

The following pages describe intranet features that are shared
across the Office 97 suite, and highlight intranet-related
features in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft
PowerPoint, and Microsoft Access.


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