Access 2000 Answers!: Answers (Answers Series) [Paperback]

Edward Jones (Author), Jarel Jones (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072118504 | ISBN-13: 978-0072118506 | Publication Date: May 27, 1999 | Edition: 1

This text aims to provide the reader with actual user problems called into the technical support hotline along with sound fix-it advice. It includes: perforated command card with the most frequently used Access commands; chapter opening at a Glance pages; and sidebars that delve deeper into topics.

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A whole book of Access 2000 Answers for less than the price of one support call! Q: Why pay $50, $100, $150, or even more for one phone call to tech support when you can have the answers you need at your fingertips for under $25? A: Get this valuable, reader-friendly book and you'll get hundreds of answers to all of your basic through advanced Access 2000 questions, straight from the databases of Stream International--the world's largest third-party tech support organization. Inside, you'll find valuable tips and expert advice on Access database design, table setup, queries, forms, reports, Web publishing, and more. Access 2000 Answers! makes it easy to: locate the answer you need in seconds! Inside are hundreds of expert answers arranged by topic for fast access; Sharpen Your Access skills faster than you can sharpen a pencil--sidebars, tips, warnings, and time-saving techniques show you how; preview chapters easily using the quick, at-a-glance descriptions; find help--fast! A comprehensive and cross-referenced index points the way to the information you need.

Product Details

• Paperback: 414 pages
• Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (May 27, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072118504
• ISBN-13: 978-0072118506
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,996,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Access 2000 Book, March 30, 2000

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This review is from: Access 2000 Answers!: Answers (Answers Series) (Paperback)

I purchased the following Access Books: Microsoft's "Running Access 97" by John Viescas, Que's "Using Access 2000" by Roger Jennings, Sybex's "Access 2000 Developer's Handbook" by Ken Getz et. al., and this Access 2000 Answers Book. For the past couple of months, I continually use this Access 2000 Answers Book first. It has an outstanding Index in the back. It is written exceedingly well with simple explanations, excellent screen shots, but most of all: REAL WORLD EXAMPLES -- now that's a radical approach! In addition, I like the "At A Glance" sections in the front of each chapter that explain the topics like Queries, Forms, or Reports in just a couple of pages ... these are good overviews.

If you want some real world examples with some real world solutions, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book! If you're plaqued by those difficult Access questions, this book is for you! Of the many books that have been written on Access, this is one of the best kept secrets. I can't say enough good things about it.

31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Q&A, January 26, 2000

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Joel P. Tanzi (Woburn, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Access 2000 Answers!: Answers (Answers Series) (Paperback)

Access 2000 Answers! is a comprehensive tool for answering most basic and advanced questions that users generally have about developing and working with databases in Access 2000. It is important to recognize that this is not a manual or a tutorial guide to using Access, but a collection of commonly asked questions and their answers based on data collection from a technical support environment. Considering the cost and time involved in calling tech support these days, this book provides a good place to turn as an alternative. It is broken up into easily manageable sections, and the answers are well written and clearly understandable to most users, provided they have a working knowledge of Windows. It won't answer every possible question but it does a very good job of anticipating what questions you can expect to have and is well worth the investment as a supplementary reference for Access 2000.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A well-designed tool, not a tutorial or catch-all solution, February 2, 2001

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Mitchell Kirschner (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Access 2000 Answers!: Answers (Answers Series) (Paperback)

This is an excellent resource...as long as you understand its scope and purpose.

WHAT THE BOOK IS: It's accurately described on the front cover as "Tech Support at Your Fingertips". It very effectively uses a question and answer format, with many of the questions beginning with "How do I..." or "How can I..." The answers are to the point, but not sketchy. The book's sections and chapters are organized around the features of Access: forms, tables, queries, etc. So it's usually quite easy to locate your question and its corresponding answer. And the quality of the writing is consistently good.

It might be true that all the very practical information contained in this book can also be found in the Access online help system that's included with Access software. But the book seems to be much better organized. That, combined with the paper format, make for a significant time-savings (and much less frustration).

WHAT THE BOOK IS NOT: A step-by-step tutorial on learning to use Access - or (more importantly) a tutorial on database design. Knowledge of that latter topic is an absolutely essential pre-requisite to creating well-designed tables in Access (or any other relational database system). The authors are very good about *distinguishing* database design from using Access itself. Early in the book, they provide a one-page introduction to the topic, emphasize its importance, and recommend that the reader become familiar with the topic if he isn't already.

On that latter topic, I highly recommend "Access Database Design and Programming", by Steven Roman (which covers Access 2000). It's an O'Reilly book (one of the better computer book publishers), and Roman does a terrific job of explaining database design *concepts*, then explaining their *implementation* in Access. However, Roman is intentionally light (or silent) on the subject of Access details such as forms and tables - so the two books complement each other exceedingly well.

Once I started reading Roman's book, the Answers book no longer seemed confusingly devoid of context. Instead, it seemed focussed and to the point - because I began to approach it with the necessary background understanding. As a bonus, if you expect to do programming in Access using VBA (Visual Basic for Applications), the second half of Roman's book will also come in handy.

I fully expect that this "Answers" book and Roman's book, used in tandem, will be all I need to become a solid Access developer. At a later date, when I need to look into detailed fine points of Access usage and programming, I may acquire the highly acclaimed "Access 2000 Developer's Handbook, 2-Volume Set" by Litwin et al.

I give the "Answers" book five stars. When its intended purpose is understood, it's a powerful reference tool.