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Crystal Reports 10 For Dummies

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a good book to get your feet wet. my first 'for dummies' book. I felt a tad foolish buying this, having written loads of programs in the last 18 years, but this book was very helpful getting me started on crystal reports.

The computer was going to eliminate paperwork. That's why Crystal Reports has sold about 13 million copies. Simply put, Crystal Reports is a database report writer.

Most of the data a business wants to look at is maintained in a database. How to produce a report that is customized for what you (or your boss) want to see can be done by going directly to the database, executing a query and then printing it out in a format that you want to see -- bah humbug. Who wants to go program all that stuff?

Hence Crystal Reports. Here is a program that allows you to basically point and click and produce the report you want. It's rather simple to use for a simple straight forward report. That's why Crystal Reports is included in some 200 software packages.

Now, why buy a book on it, and why this book in particular. First, if you've looked at the documentation provided by Crystal Reports you've probably thrown up your hands in disgust. Second, because you've gotten to this page means you probably searched for something on Crystal Reports and found that you didn't have all that many choices that cover Version 10. Third, this is a 'For Dummies' book. It is written in a style that most of use can read and get some sense out of it.

If you're just getting started, this is a good place. If you're already an expert, this will tell you about what's possible in the newest version.

This book eventually has some good material, but the first 50 pages or so are about why it's important to have reports, and why they should be well designed. Okay, the book is "for Dummies", but give me some credit that I want to create good reports as a prerequisite for wanting a book at all. It gets better, though.

This book is pretty good for a quick tour of the software and it's capabilities.

Does not cover all the advanced features in full details but will get you working with Crystal in no time at all. Definatly worth the price!

fantastic book writen in plain english - very easy to understand and locate specific information if used as a reference book. would highly recommend this for new users of crystal.

This is not an intuitive program for me to use for reports and documents, but the book gave me some good pointers.

Crystal Reports has more features than can one book can explain, but this one gives a great mini overview of lots of items available. Well worth the expense.

This book was received in like new condition and within a very timely fashion. Thanks!