Microsoft Access '97

Microsoft Access 97 integrates data from spreadsheets and other databases and is the easy way to find answers, share information over intranets and the Internet, and build faster business solutions.

One of the important features of Access 97 is Sharing Timely Information. It includes natural extensions of database functionality, so users can share timely information across a workgroup or on the World Wide Web.

The new features are:
* HyperLinks - Users can store hyperlinks in all Microsoft Access databases to connect easily to information no matter where it resides.
* Save to HTML - Users can publish static views of their data for a workgroup or on the Web.
* Publish to the Web Wizard - This wizard automates the publishing of database information to the Web dynamically.
* HTML importing and linking - Users can now import or attach their databases to HTML pages and use this information inside their Microsoft Access applications.
* Internet replication - Users can extend the replication * capabilities introduced in Microsoft Access 95 over the Internet using file transfer protocol (FTP).

With the features of exporting dynamic forms to HTML and publishing them on the Web, Access 97 provides for sharing of dynamic or static database information across the Internet or an intranet. This means that data can be placed on a Web site and people can search it from across a workgroup or the world. Forms can be accessed, new data entered, modified etc. dynamically, over the World Wide Web.