Microsoft® Office Access(TM) 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) [Paperback]

Steve Lambert (Author), M Dow Lambert (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735623031 | ISBN-13: 978-0735623033 | Publication Date: January 31, 2007

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to build database solutions with Access 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Build databases from scratch or from templates
• Exchange data with other databases and Office documents
• Create forms to simplify data entry
• Use filters and queries to find and analyze information
• Design rich reports that help make your data meaningful
• Help prevent data corruption and unauthorized access

Your all-in-one learning experience includes:

• Files for building skills and practicing the book’s lessons
• Fully searchable eBook
• Bonus quick reference to the Ribbon, the new Microsoft Office interface
• Windows Vista® Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

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Key Book Benefits:

-Learn how to use Office Access 2007 by taking just the lessons you need or by working from cover to cover--you set the pace
-Includes coverage of all the fundamentals, including creating databases, forms, reports, and queries
-Features easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on skill-building exercises
-Includes a companion CD with practice files and other resources

About the Author

Joan Lambert is the author of more than a dozen books on Windows® and Office, including several popular STEP BY STEP titles from Microsoft Press®.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (January 31, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735623031
• ISBN-13: 978-0735623033
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #22 in Books > Computers & Technology > Databases > Database Management Systems

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47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not like previous Step by Step series, April 19, 2009

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Allan Bach (Hellertown, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® Office Access(TM) 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

I teach Access at a local community college. In the past, I used the Access 2003 Step by Step and found it a good starting point. I should have looked at this book before I used it for my Access 2007 class. Not one page is devoted to relationships between tables. The only information is in the Glossary where it is defined as "An association between common fields in two or more tables." The reader is never told about Primary Keys, other than a mention to "notice the Primary Key icon ... to the left of the ShipperID field. The value in the Primary key field is used to uniquely identify each record." With this kind of detail, the publisher should have saved some trees.

The examples for importing from various other programs are so weak that they leave the reader with no real idea of what is involved in a real life situation.

Three people authored this book, yet not one of them ever thought to include the why of tasks, only the how.

Save your time and pass on this edition. Maybe the editors will look at the shoddy work, read some of the reviews, and find authors who understand Access and can communicate how the program is to be used.

46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the fog is clearing, February 9, 2007

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Eric P. Lacey (Sioux Falls, SD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® Office Access(TM) 2007 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

This is a good book for a beginner. The examples are very good at walking you through the basics. The terminology/screen shots actually match what Access 2007 looks like. Some of the other books out there don't. Trust me, that creates alot of confusion. This book helps lay the foundation for creating very simple databases. If you have something more complicated in mind, you will need another book. What that book is....I'm not sure. After 2 books, I'm still looking.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great getting started guide, April 10, 2007

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Daniel C. Kline "DanKline" (West Bend, WI) - See all my reviews
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This was a great getting started guide. It will help an end users Access from just starting out to intermediate. If you're looking to become proficient at macros and VBA, this is just the tip of the iceburg, but will still make a good starting point depending on your experience with previous versions of Access. It's clear examples and companion CD make learning the material easy and straight forward. Unless you're already pretty familiar with access I recommend you follow along with hands-on. There's a lot to know about Access 2007, and you won't remember much without a little practice.