Microsoft® Office Access(TM) 2007 Inside Out (Microsoft Office Access Inside Out) (Paperback)

by John Viescas (Author), Jeff Conrad (Author)
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Product Description
Learn everything you need to know for working with Microsoft® Office Access 2007--from the inside out! This book packs hundreds of time-saving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds for using Office Access 2007--all in concise, fast-answer format. Whether you are upgrading from Office 97 or Office 2003, you'll be able to dig in to the work-ready resources that help you take your Access 2007 experience to the next level. This information-packed complete reference shows you how to get the most out of Access 2007 and find out what's new. You will learn how to design more-efficient databases, streamline data entry, find the information you need, and work with tools to produce effective forms, reports, and queries. In addition, you'll begin to explore strategies for database design and advanced table design. Plus, you'll get an easy-to-use companion CD packed with custom resources and a fully searchable eBook. With INSIDE OUT, you get all muscle and no fluff!

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Key Book Benefits:

-Discover what's new in Microsoft Access 2007
-Award-winning INSIDE OUT format makes hundreds of tips, tricks, and workarounds easy to find and easy to use
-Drills into the most-used features and functions in Access, delivering comprehensive details--but no fluff--in a single volume
-Learn how to develop a database design strategy, create relationships on multiple fields, add indexes, and explore advanced table design
-Includes a companion CD with customer resources, eBooks, and more

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1488 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (April 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735623252
• ISBN-13: 978-0735623255
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12,473 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Presentation on 2007 ACCESS, May 14, 2007

By	K. Snell (Rochester Hills, MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is valuable to the beginnner and the expert developer. If you're a beginner, it presents ACCESS 2007 in a step-by-step manner so that you can quickly be using the software. If you've used previous versions of ACCESS, this book identifies the differences (some are improvements, some are still waiting to be "characterized" in my mind < grin >) between the previous versions and this new version; as a developer, this was very useful for me to quickly learn of what's new and how it's new.

Lots of sample databases...and code...and tips/tricks... and a PDF version of the book with extra chapters on the accompanying CD.

The style is similar to those in John's previous books, so you'll like this one if you've read the earlier ones. Definitely worth the money...the first time you need to learn "how do I do this?", it'll pay for itself in the time it would take you to learn "by trial and error".

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, July 21, 2007

By	Mark Boyle (NY, US) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If your looking for a comprehensive training guide, this is your book! I have had no experience with access before this book, but I was asked to do a project in access, and this book brought me from being utterly confused to having a very solid knowledge of the program. I update this review as I progress through the book. I am now roughly 1000 pages into the book, and I have not been disappointed yet, very easy to read, and very hands on, the quality is consistent as you go on through the chapters, it's very rare to find a spelling error or reference error(although there are a few.)

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good introductory guide to Access 2007, October 22, 2007

By	James Beswick "Open technology is going to so... (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Access 2007 introduces a significantly steeper learning curve that the previous two versions, with a raft of complex GUI changes and a radically ramped navigation system. This is an excellent book to get familiar with these new features, and the additional CD ROM provides a superb resource with a substantial amount of extra material not in the book itself.

I would like to have seen fewer chapters on subjects such as introducing VBA (reiterating conditional loops - excuse the pun - really isn't necessary anymore), and a little more on good database design conventions and ways to tackle medium to large-sized projects. Having said that, it's well pitched to cover the questions from the majority of its audience.

I've grown to be quite fond of the Microsoft Publishing line of titles, in that the quality of the content is very consistent and I've yet to find a single technical error. The "Please Buy Microsoft" subliminal messages are not as chokingly omnipresent in recent editions either. Overall, this is a great way to spend $30 and feel somewhat grounded after a couple of days work.