When you get tired of typing all that input into Access 97, try this for fun:

Ever wonder why Microsoft applications seem become slower with each new
release? Read on ...

Apparently the constant rain in Redmond has driven Bill's engineers to
obsessive flights of fancy. Below you'll find instructions on how to
access a little flight simulator that was inexplicably hidden by
precipitation-maddened programmers deep inside inside Excel 97.

Instructions:
In Excel 97, open a new blank work sheet. Press F5 (go to function) and
type X97 : L97 in the "Reference" box, then click OK.

Now hit your tab key once (you should end up in cell M97). Here's the
tricky part: press "Ctrl" and "Shift" while clicking once on the "chart
wizard" icon (the one at the top with the blue-yellow-red bar chart).
After a few moments you should be flying. Steer with the mouse, accel
and decel with the left and right mouse buttons respectively, and look
for the monolith with the programmer credits.

You can exit the screen by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc. Steer with the
mouse. Moving it sideways moves you sideways. Acceleration depends on
mouse acceleration. You can hit escape to quit, but then you must
restart excel and do it all over again to get back.

Jerry Converse
Grand Coulee, WA