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Access 2000 Answers!: Answers (Answers Series)

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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.

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.

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.

I have been working with Microsoft Office 2000 for over 6 months and sometimes things just don't go the way they are supposed to. In fact there have been times when I can't get anything to work. I've tried to wait on hold for support but time is money. Now I have a first rate book to help out when a phone call would take to long.

Access 2000 support has been never been easier to get and the cost is far less than the time spent on the phone. Hundreds of questions are answered on every level from beginner to expert and one just about every topic.

You get to start off with the 10 most frequently asked questions. From there you are working in Access Basics, tables, queries, forms reports sharing data, macros, charts, the internet and visual basic applications. Over 400 pages of helpful information right at your fingertips.

Included in the book are examples of coding, pictures of the application fixes, diagrams and tips. This book is certainly one for the help desk support or on sight technician. Stop waiting for someone to answer your call get the information you need with this book.

This book is the easiest computer book I've ever seen to digest and get things done. I'm an advanced Excel user getting my feet wet in Access. The answer book did just that, answered questions. If your looking for a tutorial; this is not the book for you. It gives straight forward answers with examples. I'll purchase more answer books for other software.

I like to consider myself an intermediate-level programmer. I develop in Access and VB... have been for years. I have purchased MANY books in that time. My own personal philosophy about books is that if you can solve one problem in your application, with the information from any given book, it was worth the effort of reading it and the expense to buy it. Well, this book is worth it's weight in gold. It helped me solve many problems, answered many questions, and generally enlightened me about several things. It's a little difficult to find specific answers and it is geared more towards the "beginner-level" programmer, but all-in-all a great book. Well worth the [money]!

I have been working with Microsoft Office 2000 for over 6 months andsometimes things just don't go the way they are supposed to. Infact there have been times when I can't get anything to work. I've tried to wait on hold for support but time is money. Now I have a first rate book to help out when a phone call would take to long.

Access 2000 support has been never been easier to get and the cost is far less than the time spent on the phone. Hundreds of questions are answered on every level from beginner to expert and one just about every topic.

You get to start off with the 10 most frequently asked questions. From there you are working in Access Basics, tables, queries, forms reports sharing data, macros, charts, the internet and visual basic applications. Over 400 pages of helpful information right at your fingertips.

Included in the book are examples of coding, pictures of the application fixes, diagrams and tips....this book is certainly one for the help desk support or on sight technician. Stop waiting for someone to answer your call get the information you need with this book.

If you are looking for a book to provide you the answers you need in Access, this is the book. It provides answers in a simple to understand form.

I purchased this book after owning the Excel version because of it's easy, concise format. These books provide answers to questions that a lot of other books skip over.

It is one reference book anyone using Access should own.

Having some knowledge of Access and learning more every day, I find this book very informative.

This is a GOOD easy to use book .. as far as it goes. It by no means is for the advanced user. I wish I could find a book written in this style that really answered all the questions about Access 2000.

I ordered this book and two others, all from different sellers. I received the first 2 in record time but this one did not arrive as promised. I contacted the seller a couple of times and finally received a response that my order had been part of a mail bag that was lost. The seller immediately re-shipped my item and I received it as promised. This book is in "new" condition. Glad I didn't jump the gun and write negative feedback on this seller. Thank you for your prompt follow up to my inquiry!