Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Access 2003 [Paperback]

Susan Sales Harkins (Author), Mike Sales Gunderloy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 22, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0789729407 | ISBN-13: 978-0789729408 | Edition: 1

Microsoft Access 11 is a powerful, relational database software package that makes it easier for you to create and manage complex databases. With Access, you can create a database quickly from scratch or by using and Access database Wizard. Once you¿ve created your database, Access provides all the tools you need to enter and manipulate data. Using Access, you can do the following:

• Quickly start a new database by using the Database Wizard.
• Create tables from scratch or by using a Wizard.
• Add and edit database information by using both tables and forms.
• Manipulate data in a number of tables by using queries and reports.

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From the Back Cover

Microsoft Access 11 is a powerful, relational database software package that makes it easier for you to create and manage complex databases. With Access, you can create a database quickly from scratch or by using and Access database Wizard. Once you've created your database, Access provides all the tools you need to enter and manipulate data. Using Access, you can do the following:

* Quickly start a new database by using the Database Wizard.
* Create tables from scratch or by using a Wizard.
* Add and edit database information by using both tables and forms.
* Manipulate data in a number of tables by using queries and reports.

About the Author

Susan Sales Harkins is an independent consultant with an expertise in Access. SQL: Access to SQL Server, her latest book by APress, was released in January 2002. Currently, Susan writes for a number of technology-based publishers and magazines including Element K Journals, PC Magazine, builder.com, devx.com. Susan has also contributed to Woody¿s Access Watch newsletter. Susan has written:

• Using Microsoft Access 2000, 0-7897-1604-6, $29.99, Que Publishing, May 1999.
• Using Microsoft Access 97, 2/E, 0-7897-1634-8, $29.99, Que Publishing, November 1998.

Mike Gunderloy is an independent developer and author who has been working with computers for 25 years. He¿s been using databases since the release of PC-File for DOS, and has been writing and speaking about Microsoft Access every since version 1.1 was released in 1993. Over the last decade he¿s spoken about Access at conferences, written Access courseware, and contributed numerous articles about Access and other database topics to magazines including Smart Access, Access-VB-SQL Advisor, and Microsoft Office Solutions. He¿s worked closely with the Access product team in that time, and has contributed code to several versions as a member of the development team.

Mike has written or contributed to more than twenty books on Access and other database topics. He¿s currently the editor of the monthly Access Developers News as well as Pinnacle Publishing¿s Hardcore Web Services newsletter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (September 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789729407
• ISBN-13: 978-0789729408
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #750,978 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the one you want, February 25, 2004

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rrhallqu (Durham, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Access 2003 (Paperback)

Recently I had to pick up Access very quickly since the temp assignment I got was nothing but. After spending nearly half an hour comparing Access books in a local bookstore I decided to get this one and the Microsoft official guide. While the Microsoft guide I plan on returning, this book has been a gem and truly got me up to speed from knowing nothing at all. I skimmed through the first 100 pages in about an hour, referencing the computer in front of me to see what went where, and then the next day I was able with the book's help to design a few reports and a rudimentary database for my boss. The next day forms, more reports, queries, and relationships were added into the mix and I've now, about a week later, made it through most of the book and have a real database up and running.

What I like about this book is that it's very well laid out, especially when I compare it to the Microsoft guide. I had little or no problem jumping between chapters to locate the information I was looking for, and the techniques they work through, for the most part, furnished me with everything I've needed to do. While it's called an Absolute Beginner's Guide, it doesn't pull punches in terms of watering down the material or in unnecessary explanations.

If you don't know anything about Access and need to get up to speed quickly, this is the book you want. The only thing I wished that it included was stuff about setting up security and permissions, but other than that, I think this is a great buy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thank Goodness..., August 29, 2006

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This review is from: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Access 2003 (Paperback)

Sooo much better than the text I tried first (Idiot's Guide to Access). The entire book is much more simplified. TRULY a beginner's guide.