MapPoint 2002 for Dummies (With CD-ROM) (Paperback)

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“…MapPoint For Dummies is very good and only costs around £25!…” (Database Marketing, July 2003)

Product Description

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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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies (January 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076451623X
• ISBN-13: 978-0764516238
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #290,789 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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42 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars MP 2002 for Dummies is junk, July 4, 2002

By	David Kachuck (Conway, AR United States) - See all my reviews

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, January 23, 2005

By	R. M. Marsden (Irving, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

5.0 out of 5 stars 2002 Book still works for 2010 version, October 30, 2009

By	C. Denight "Bookie" (Pendleton, Oregon) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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.