Microsoft Office Access 2007 LiveLessons (Video Training) [Misc. Supplies]

Alison Balter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0789738015 | ISBN-13: 978-0789738011 | Edition: 1

Microsoft® Office Access 2007 Live Lessons

 

Mastering the Smartest, Fastest Ways to Use Access 2007

 

Alison Balter

 

DVD includes:

. 6+ HOURS OF VIDEO INSTRUCTION

. OVER 80 TIPS & TECHNIQUES

. SKILLS YOU CAN LEARN IN FIVE MINUTES OR LESS

 

You’ve got Microsoft Office Access 2007...now get the most out of it, faster and more easily than ever before! In more than 80 quick video lessons, Alison Balter shows you all you need to maximize your productivity with Access 2007’s best new tools and shortcuts and its brand-new ribbon interface!

 

Microsoft Office Access 2007 teaches Access 2007’s most sophisticated features and techniques visually: just watch! You’ll master high-powered Office Access 2007 skills at your own pace–and get specific answers and solutions immediately, whenever you need them!

 

These practical videos show you how to make the most of Access 2007 tables, forms, reports, security, macros, even replication! You’ll discover power techniques for improving performance… supercharging your queries… creating smarter reports… publishing Access data to the Web… administering, repairing, and documenting databases…

and plenty more!

 

For anyone who wants to master Access 2007 fast–especially upgraders from previous versions and professionals who want to analyze their own data!

 

Looking for a better way to master today’s rapidly changing technologies? Want expert help, but don’t have the time or energy to read a book? Can’t find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world’s leading experts.

• LiveLessons are video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions–you’ll learn key skills in as little as five minutes!
• Each lesson begins with well-defined learning objectives and ends with comprehensive summaries, which help you track your progress.
• Follow along as your instructor shows exactly how to get great results in your real-world environment.

 

World-renowned Access expert Alison Balter presents easy, practical video introductions to Access 2007’s most powerful enhancements: everything from the Quick Access Toolbar to new Split Forms, Views, and Attachment Data Types! Click play to follow along as Alison walks you through using Access 2007’s most important new features…all you need to do is watch!

 

Alison Balter, founder and President of InfoTechnology Partners, Inc., has been programming, teaching, and writing about Access for more than 12 years. She has authored or coauthored 13 books on Access and speaks regularly on Access at conferences worldwide. Her clients have included Shell Oil, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison, Accenture, Prudential Insurance, and the International Cinematographer’s Guild.

 

Databases

 

$39.99 U.S. / $43.99 CANADA / £25.99 Net UK¿

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Alison Balter is the president of InfoTech Services Group, Inc., a computer consulting firm based

in Newbury Park, California. Alison is a highly experienced independent trainer and consultant

specializing in Windows applications training and development. During her 24 years in the computer

industry, she has trained and consulted with many corporations and government agencies.

Since Alison founded InfoTech Services Group, Inc. (formerly InfoTechnology Partners) in 1990,

its client base has expanded to include major corporations and government agencies such as Cisco,

Shell Oil, Accenture, AIG Insurance, Northrop, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Prudential

Insurance, Transamerica Insurance, Fox Broadcasting, the United States Navy, and others.

Alison is the author of more than 300 internationally marketed computer training videos, including

18 Access 2000 videos, 35 Access 2002 videos, and 15 Access 2003 videos. Alison travels throughout

North America giving training seminars in Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL Server.

Alison is also author of 14 books published by Sams Publishing: Alison Balter’s Mastering Access

95 Development, Alison Balter’s Mastering Access 97 Development, Alison Balter’s Master Access

2000 Development, Alison Balter’s Mastering Access 2002 Desktop Development, Alison Balter’s

Mastering Access 2002 Enterprise Development, Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft Access

Office 2003, Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Access 2003 in 24 Hours, Access Office 2003 in a

Snap, Alison Balters’s Mastering Access 2007 Development, a power user book on Microsoft

Access 2007, three e-books on Microsoft Access 2007, and Teach Yourself SQL Express 2005 in 24

Hours.

An active participant in many user groups and other organizations, Alison is a past president of the

Independent Computer Consultants Association of Los Angeles and of the Los Angeles Clipper

Users’ Group. She is also past president of the Ventura County Professional Women’s Network,

and is currently their Director of Networking.

Although Alison has not given up her computer consulting business, her latest passion has been to

become a life coach. Alison enjoys helping people overcome their obstacles and achieve their

dreams. After a one-year training program, Alison founded Achieve Your Dreamz Coaching

Center. Alison works with people to define what it is they want in life and then helps them to get

there. She does this by taking them through a step-by-step process that allows them to turn their

dreams into reality.

On a personal note, Alison keeps herself busy skiing, ice skating, running, lifting weights, hiking,

traveling, and dancing. She most enjoys spending time with her husband, Dan, their daughter

Alexis, their son Brendan, and their Golden Retriever, Brandy.

Alison’s firm, InfoTech Services Group, Inc., is available for consulting work and onsite training

in Microsoft Access, Visual Studio .NET, Visual Basic, and SQL Server, as well as for Windows

Server 2003, Vista, PC networking, and Microsoft Exchange Server. Contact Alison by electronic

mail at [e-mail], or visit InfoTech Services Group’s website at

www.InfoTechServicesGroup.com. For life coaching contact Alison at Alison@achieveyourdreamz.

com, or visit her Web site www.AchieveYourDreamz.com.

Product Details

• Misc. Supplies: 96 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (July 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789738015
• ISBN-13: 978-0789738011
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #991,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Alison Balter is the founder of InfoTechnology Partners, Inc., a computer consulting firm in California. She is a highly experienced trainer and consultant, specializing in Windows applications. During her 17 years in the computer industry, she has helped many Fortune 500 corporations as well as government agencies. The author of over 300 internationally-marketed computer training videos for KeyStone Learning Systems Corporation, Alison has also written several bestselling books for Sams Publishing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Very Good Overview, February 5, 2009

By 

J. Simcox (White Bear Lake, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Access 2007 LiveLessons (Video Training) (Misc. Supplies)

I use Access only occasionally, and so I haven't felt entirely comfortable delving into a new Access database project. My last project was before I upgraded to Office 2007, so I have been in the market for a good refresher. Alison Balter has great credentials as an Access trainer, and she doesn't disappoint. In 82 brief sessions, she covers all of the new features of Access 2007 and walks through the feature-set of this remarkable application, including importing and exporting to and from other databases, Excel spreadsheets, text files, websites and XML.

If you have no experience with Access, you may get lost along the way. On the other hand, if you want to dig deeper into the possibilities, you may wish for more substance. The examples are relevant, but often not very elegant - the consequence of this fast-paced training.

My only disappointment was that the video player provided had no provision to PAUSE the program (at least I couldn't find it). Inevitably, the phone would ring and I'd have to abandon the lesson mid-stream and come back to replay the segment. Since the segments are short, it wasn't that big of a deal. Also, I could not see the top Access menus in the video - they were cropped off by the window - a small distraction.

Having just finished the course, I'm looking forward to a new project that I have been thinking about for about a year now. I've also purchased Alison's sequel on Access 2007 VBA (I don't see it offered on Amazon.com)

and am looking forward to some more great training.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a let down, September 29, 2010

By 

Rick Paulos (Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Office Access 2007 LiveLessons (Video Training) (Misc. Supplies)

My first LiveLessons was on Excel macros. That was very good. Prompted me to buy more.

This LiveLesson for Access 2007 is pretty awful. Mostly random topics with skimpy information.

Lesson 14: Whats New With Replication is the worst yet. No ryhme or reason to this lesson. No explanation as to what the purpose is, no reasons for doing what she is doing. Too much reverse negative language. Far too little detail. Yeah, okay Microsoft is dropping replication. Why? No explantion or speculation for that? No. Got any alternatives? No. Did you mention Access 2007 has a new default file format for data bases? .MDB is replaced with .ACCDB. Access 2007 hides the replication command if you open a .accdb file. Could have told us that. Lesson 14 uses a file that does not exist but hey, open it right now anyhow. Really, this vid needed a script editor in a major way.

Lesson 13: What's new with ADP Files. Never does she mention what an ADP file is.

Lesson 12: What's new with Security. FYI, Windows Trusted Sites and the Access Trust Center are two completely different things.

Sorry to say the funny parts are where she is wandering thru 'menus' looking for commands as though she isn't all that familiar with the product being covered.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought it was great., August 30, 2010

By 

Gogi "BiloxiGal" (Fort Worth, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft Office Access 2007 (Paperback)

Like the first reviewer, I was upgrading to 2007 and had used 2003 only sporatically. I found the pace and the lessons very informative and through. I had a problem with seeing the whole screen at first and had to adjust the monitor settings. After that, I had no problems. There is a pause button, which I used frequently as I was creating a new data base as I went through the lessons. One of my coworkers also viewed the lessons, and she agrees with my assessment.