This may be the "Provide Feedback with Sounds" option mentioned here:

OFF97: Problems with "Provide Feedback with Sound" Option [Q158747]
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;Q158747

OFF97: Microsoft Office 97 Sounds Don't Work for all Users [Q165983]
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;EN-US;Q165983

I don't have Office 97 installed either to check this but from the second
article, it appears that you can look in Control Panel, Sounds for Office
Events. Here you can change the sound to None.

PattyL


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