Message from Dean - May 8th 2007

I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
EAN: 9780470046128
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0470046120
Label: For Dummies
Manufacturer: For Dummies
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: December 26, 2006
Publisher: For Dummies
Studio: For Dummies

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Reduce stress with timesaving database shortcuts


Explore database basics and build tables and reports that corral your data

Access has undergone an extreme makeover! Whether you've used one of the older versions or this is your first exposure to Access, here's where you'll find the essentials you need to make this database system work for you. Cruise around the new interface, team up Access with other Office applications, use wizards to automate your work, and much more.

Discover how to
* Create a new Access database
* Import and export data
* Build forms for efficient data entry
* Search tables for specific data
* Construct custom reports
* Customize your database navigation




Rating: - Phew!
Much needed. I took a course (with no handouts). This book not only refreshed the memory and is a great reference, but also gave me some new tips.

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Rating: - Lots of issues ...
I bought this book for the same reason I buy any "For Dummies" book, to decrease my ramp up time on a particular subject. Generally I can blow through one of these books in a few days and move on to more advanced books on that topic. Disappointingly, I was unable to achieve this goal with 'Access 2007 for Dummies'.

First of all this book starts out assuming that you have a database to work with and makes no effort in teaching you how to build a database from the ground up. Continuing on the assumption that you have your own database (filled with data) that you are going to be working with, the author has to stay in a "high level mode" for the rest of the book. Most of the book has vague references and examples that read something like "If you have X type of data in a Y type of structure you may want to try something like Z". Well, I don't have a my own database filled with this type of data, so, I went looking on the publishers web site for example databases to work with. ... Read More

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Rating: - Very helpful book.
I like the book. My Microsoft Applications class at college rushed through Access and I didn't understand it at all. This book really just makes everything simple and is full of helpful analogies.

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Rating: - GREAT for computer dummies!!
I know little to nothing about computers but this book was laid out so that even I could understand what was supposed to be happening!! Thank you so much for helping me to expand my business and make life more simple!!

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Rating: - What you need to get back in the game after being gone for 8 years
Great as a refresher course when you haven't needed to use it since college four versions ago.

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