MapPoint is a unique product designed to help business get a leg up on the competition by creating geographic analysis based on real demographic and statistical information. MapPoint For Dummies covers the essentials a new MapPoint user needs to know -- from how to handle simple mapping and plotting tasks to tying it into other Office tools and databases in order to analyze business trends and make informed decisions.
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“…MapPoint For Dummies is very good and only costs around £25!…”(Database Marketing, July 2003)
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Everything you need to get started with MapPoint on 2 CD-ROMs
Map driving routes, customer data, sales territories, and more!
Get up to speed on MapPoint — no cartographic experience required! With MapPoint, you can convert eye-glazing columns of numbers into vivid color maps — and make better business decisions. This friendly guide shows you how. MapPoint evangelist BJ Holtgrewe and Jill T. Freeze explain step by step how to build maps, import data from spreadsheets and databases, and even create custom MapPoint applications. all this on 2 bonus CD-ROMs Microsoft® MapPoint® Version 2002, 60-day Trial for North American Maps Examples, demographics data samples, and templates from the book Microsoft® Visual Basic® Sample Code for Microsoft® MapPoint®, Fall 2001 System requirements: PC running Windows 98/2000/Me/XP. See the About the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements
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41 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
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MP 2002 for Dummies is junk,
By David Kachuck (Conway, AR United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: MapPoint 2002 for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
Buy this book only if you don't need it. The VB part is junk! It will look cute on your computer bookshelf. You like getting hung in dead ends, this book is for you. Reference to help on the web is just an advertisement. The CD file names aren't named for reference in the book and the chapter/file directories are confused. The book file transcriptions don't work - the CD ones do. The price is dropping as people realize this one is a dud. Save your money.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Decent introductory guide to MapPoint,
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This review is from: MapPoint 2002 for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
Although it perhaps doesn't go into the depth that the previous review desired, this book provides a good overall view of what MapPoint can do. Even if you have used MapPoint quite a few times before, you will probably discover new functionality in areas that you have rarely used. Also includes a number of useful tips that you probably won't find yourself.
The programming interface to MapPoint is very useful because it allows MapPoint to be extended. Yes, the VB content in this book is limited, and only goes far enough to show you what is possible. Luckily the documentation that Microsoft provides with MapPoint includes a fully documented object model. The book wisely avoids duplicating this reference. For further help with using the VB API or using it in a different language (via COM), I recommend the microsoft.public.mappoint newsgroup or the articles and forums on http://www.mp2kmag.com/ - both of which are listed in the book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
2002 Book still works for 2010 version,
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This review is from: MapPoint 2002 for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)
This book was very helpful with MapPoint. After purchasing the 2010 version, I searched through the web in vain for much on MapPoint. A call to MS tech support was revealing. The woman told me there was very little support at MS for MapPoint, a small market product. So I finally bought this book, even though it was published for the 2002 version. But as it turns out there is very little difference between the 2002 and 2010 versions of MapPoint. There are differences but not major. And one of the two authors of the book, probably the non-writing one, was MapPoint Senior Product Manager and Technical Evangelist with MS so he knows the product. I was in a situation where I was stuck on a couple of small, but important to me, points and the book cleared them up. So it was well worth the purchase for me.
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At first glance, you may confuse MapPoint with the slew of trip-planning software lining store shelves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
data mapping wizard, code samples folder, map save dialog box, tracking your position, pushpin symbol, click code window, map pane, data link file, pushpin maps, optimized route, shaded area maps, business mapping, freeform tool, map style, adding stops, driving directions, add the following code, territory map, imported data, overview map, map view, importing data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
End Sub, Pocket Streets, Private Sub, United States, Route Planner, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, North America, Map Dim, Query Analyzer, Get Directions, Territory Manager, Create Territories Wizard, Smart Tag, Label Label, Import Data Wizard, Microsoft Outlook, Location Dim, Opening Dataset, South Dakota, Test Driving, Column Chart Maps, Cursor Functions, Line Style, Link Data Wizard New!
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At first glance, you may confuse MapPoint with the slew of trip-planning software lining store shelves. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
data mapping wizard, code samples folder, map save dialog box, tracking your position, pushpin symbol, click code window, map pane, data link file, pushpin maps, optimized route, shaded area maps, business mapping, freeform tool, map style, adding stops, driving directions, add the following code, territory map, imported data, overview map, map view, importing data Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
End Sub, Pocket Streets, Private Sub, United States, Route Planner, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, North America, Map Dim, Query Analyzer, Get Directions, Territory Manager, Create Territories Wizard, Smart Tag, Label Label, Import Data Wizard, Microsoft Outlook, Location Dim, Opening Dataset, South Dakota, Test Driving, Column Chart Maps, Cursor Functions, Line Style, Link Data Wizard New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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