Microsoft Access 97 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) [Paperback]

Microsoft Press (Author), Catapult Inc (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1572313161 | ISBN-13: 978-1572313163 | Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | Edition: Pap/Dskt

With this book and Microsoft Access 97, you'll learn to view, enter, and customize data; find and display just the information you want to see by sorting and filtering; track new information by creating new tables; get and work with data stored outside Microsoft Access; keep your information reliable by protecting and validating data, defining relationships, using Lookup fields, and more; answer questions about and analyze your data using queries; merge data from multiple tables to one form using the Form Wizard; streamline data entry; create and enhance a custom report; and summarize and group information in reports. This book provides complete preparation for the Certified Microsoft Office User Expert exam.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

With this book and Microsoft Access 97, you'll learn to view, enter, and customize data; find and display just the information you want to see by sorting and filtering; track new information by creating new tables; get and work with data stored outside Microsoft Access; keep your information reliable by protecting and validating data, defining relationships, using Lookup fields, and more; answer questions about and analyze your data using queries; merge data from multiple tables to one form using the Form Wizard; streamline data entry; create and enhance a custom report; and summarize and group information in reports. This book provides complete preparation for the Certified Microsoft Office User Expert exam.

Product Details

• Paperback: 276 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; Pap/Dskt edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572313161
• ISBN-13: 978-1572313163
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,065,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great introductory book, October 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Access 97 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

I'm a bid surprised by some of the negative reviews on thisbook. They were either written by already expert coders of VisualBasic expecting advanced materials in an introductory book or by folks that roll out of their bed on the wrong side each day. I suspect the latter.

This is not a book for learning how to create databases. This is not a book on learning how to write Access macros. This is not a book that you simply read to become a master.

This book gives you a foundation for event programming. If you are a programmer from another environment that has not experienced property sheets and methods and event programming or if you are new to programming and have the desire to learn how to program in an event driven environment with Access then this is a great introductory book for both Access and programming.

In order to learn from this book you should work through each lesson at the keyboard. The gains you will achieve as you make data entry mistakes and correct them, and by pressing the F1 help key to read some more on the topics being covered in this book, will be enormous. If you aren't willing to actually perform the exercises at the keyboard but want to be "book-learned" then you'd be better off selecting another book.

We all start out as beginners with a new topic and with practice become experts. May you soon on the "expert" side.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great self-study for beginners and for in-class exercises, March 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Microsoft Access 97 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

I use this book to teach Microsoft Access 97 to beginners and it works very well. Its step-by-step nature helps students work exercises right in class. The book is divided up into four parts, with a review at the end of each part that works great for an open-book quiz to test students' proficiency. There are CamCorder files available for download from the web to help demonstrate some features of Access. Although there are some typographical errors in the text, corrections can be found at the Microsoft Press web site. This book is not for the advanced Access user, but provides a good learning tool to cover most of the basics. A minor problem is that some seldom-used features, such as the toggle button are discussed, instead of spending more time on the more-often-used features. Students like the fact that it can be used as a beginner's reference to brush up on skills after completing the book. I do recommend to students a more detailed reference book, such as Running Microsoft Access 97, to supplement their future reference needs.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For beginners, only, June 26, 2000

By 

Dave O'Hearn (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Access 97 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft)) (Paperback)

I bought this book and went from knowing nothing about Access to being able to fake having used it for years at a temp job. If you don't have your own copy of Access and can only use it on the job, this book is great, because it's slow-paced and has a lot of pictures.

However, it is only slightly better than Access' built in help files. If you want to save your money (if you don't have to cram to fake proficiency like I did), first learn the basics by experimentation and reading the built-in help, then buy a more thorough text.

While the book certainly helped me, I can't imagine doing anything with it now except chucking it in the trash. It was worth the investment, but it's not a keeper.