An easy, hands-on tutorial that gives beginners the confidence they need to start doing useful work with the exciting new database for Windows. Simple lessons show how to create data tables, forms, and reports; query the database; and use macros to automate tasks.
Robert Cowart has written more than 45 books on computer programming and applications, with more than a dozen on Windows. His titles include Windows 7 In Depth. Using Windows Vista, Windows NT Unleashed, Mastering Windows 98, Windows NT Server Administrator's Bible, and Windows NT Server 4.0: No Experience Required. Several of his books have been best sellers in their category and have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has written on a wide range of computer-related topics for such magazines as PC Week, PC World, PC Magazine, PC Tech Journal, Mac World, and Microsoft Systems Journal. In addition to working as a freelance consultant specializing in small businesses, he has taught programming classes at the University of California Extension in San Francisco. He has appeared as a special guest on the PBS TV series Computer Chronicles, CNN's Headline News, ZD-TV's The Screen Savers, and ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings Robert lives in Berkeley, California. In his spare time he is involved in the music world, producing chamber-music concerts and playing various genres of music. He meditates regularly in hopes of rewiring his inner computer. In 2008, Robert graduated with a masters degree in psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He is now a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern in Emeryville, California.
