In Figure 5-10, you see the Simple Query Wizard that allows you to select the table to query and the fields you want to use. The Wizards in Access are very well-bred and polished. For the experienced database user, the process of working through the screens in a Wizard can take longer than doing things manually. All the Office applications sport new Internet features. Some of them are actually useful, some are just annoying.
Hyperlinks are a great example of both.
Hyperlinks in Access 97 manifest themselves as a new data type called, simply enough, Hyperlink. You can store URLs, UNC paths, or paths to local files, as shown in Table 5-2. A hyperlink by any other name Click on a hyperlink and wonderful things can happen. If you click on a URL, your favorite browser is triggered and off Web surfing you go. Click a path to a local document and that document is fired up.