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Add-ons make extending your Office a breeze

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I regularly use Microsoft Office in my day-to-day work. I write articles and books using the software, but beyond word counts and spell-checking, I am not an Office 97 power user by any means.

I had never given much thought to the ways this software suite can be customised to perform quite amazing tasks.

Wordware, a US$39.95 package from AMF Software (www.amfsoftware.com), offers remarkable capabilities in an add-on package for Word for Windows. Features include management of contacts, projects and files, fax automation, security, and a full-blown personal information manager.

Wordware allows you to manage URLs and bookmarks, offers a simple network connection tool and includes templates for producing documents such as business cards, disk labels and CD-Rom Jewel case inserts.

Wordware is evidence that developers can use the programmability built into Word and the rest of the Office suite to create sophisticated applications without needing to resort to complex programming tools.

WriteExpress Easy Letters (www.writeexpress .com) is a Word 97 add-in which helps the tongue-tied produce brilliant business and personal letters.

It includes hundreds of letter topics in dozens of categories and step-by-step advice for constructing sentences and effective letters, plus a library of more than 11,000 sentences and 39,000 phrases as well as more than 2,000 template letters. The package integrates directly into Word 7, WordPerfect 7 and WordPerfect 8.

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