First, the good news: Microsoft Word is magnificently malleable. Now the bad news: there's a lot of built-in stuff, and a lot of it is annoying. You may be annoyed that something (it's called Find Fast) takes over your machine every so often to scan and index your files. Or you may find it difficult to select a block of text that begins in the middle of a word. Or that, when you want to select a new style for some text, a visually attractive drop-down list takes forever to appear. But whatever the immediate cause of the annoyance, what's most annoying is that it's taking you longer than you think it should to perform simple tasks. Word 97 Annoyances takes a look at these and other annoyances and shows you how to get rid of them so that you can get your work done more easily and efficiently. For instance, the book will show you how to customize the toolbar so it works the way you want it to. You can create toolbars the reflect the way you work, instead of catering to the needs of Microsoft's marketing staff. Reduce your stress level by taking an in-depth look at what makes Word tick. By understanding how Word defines sections or formats paragraphs, you can begin to understand and accept some apparent annoyances that are built into Word. Write simple VBA programs to eliminate your own personal annoyances. For example, short VBA programs show how to disable the "Float over text" box that is always checked whenever you try to insert an image into your document.