Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2007 [SPECIAL EDITION] (Paperback)

by Roger Jennings (Author)
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Product Description
This book offers you comprehensive, information on using the new version of Access. Not only updated for the latest version, new chapters have been added on application automation with Access macros and collaboration with Microsoft SharePoint Team Server, both of which are hot topics.  All chapters are updated for the transition from Jet to the new Access database engine. Detailed, step-by-step instructions with icons guide you through Access through table design, data addition, importing data from external sources, query design and execution, and designing data entry forms and printed reports.

About the Author
Roger Jennings is an author and consultant specializing in Windows database applications. He was a technical beta tester for all nine editions of Microsoft Access, SQL Server 6.5, 7.0, 2000, and 2005, every release of Visual Basic since version 2.0, as well as Windows 3.1 and all subsequent Microsoft Windows operating systems. He also was one of the founding members of Microsoft’s former Access Insiders group.   Roger’s books have more than 1.25 million English copies in print and have been translated into more than 20 languages. He is the author of Que’s Special Edition Using Microsoft Access titles for Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 95, 97 (first and second editions), 2000, 2002, and 2003, and Platinum Edition Using Access 97. He also wrote Que’s Special Edition Using Windows NT Server 4, Special Edition Using Windows 2000 Server, Unveiling Windows 95, Access Hot Tips, and Discover Windows 3.1 Multimedia. For Pearson Education’s Sams imprint, he has written two editions of Access Developer’s Guide and three editions of Database Developers Guide with Visual Basic. Additionally, he was the series editor for the Roger Jennings’ Database Workshop titles.   Roger is a contributing editor for the Redmond Media Group’s Visual Studio Magazine and a columnist for the group’s .NETInsight newsletter. Roger co-authored with Microsoft’s Greg Nelson “A Client/Server Application: From Concept to Reality,” a Tech*Ed presentation and white paper on Access 2.0 that was featured in the Microsoft Developer Network News. An Access 2007 version of the application described in the white paper is located in the \SEUA12\Chaptr15 folder of the accompanying CD-ROM.   Roger has more than 25 years of computer-related experience, beginning with his work on the Wang 700 desktop calculator/computer. He is a principal of OakLeaf Systems, a Northern California software consulting firm, and is the author of the OakLeaf Systems blog. His OakLeaf U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) XML Web services demonstration project won the 2001 Microsoft .NET Best Award for horizontal solutions. You can contact Roger at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 1488 pages
• Publisher: Que (May 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789735970
• ISBN-13: 978-0789735973
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Summary Review of Access 2007 Books, March 22, 2008

By	Read to live "LLT" (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This is the summary review of four Access 2007 books:
"Special Edition: Using Access 2007" (Special)
"Access 2007 Bible" (Bible)
"The missing Manual of Access 2007" (Manual)
"Access 2007 for dummies" (Dummies)

In sum, the special edition is the best. Buy the special edition. Even you are a fresh beginner on Access.

(My story? Well, I read the dummies first. Then looked at Manual, doesn't like it. So I got the bible. Still unsatisfied. Finally, I got the special edition.)I know some basics on Access 2003 and only use Access when Excel is not enough to handle my data. I started with "Access 2007 for dummies" and finished it in a couple of hours. Then I turned to "Access 2007 Bible" and "The missing Manual", the manual is the worst one and the bible just provides basics, well, maybe a bit more than, that the dummies book already covers.

The special edition provides more examples and detailed explanation on: Query, Forms, Reports, Pivot table.Not sure about the VBA part.

I also like very much the reader-friendly layout and enjoy its "what is in real world" sections at the end of several chapters.

This book also provides a good summary of basic database concepts like normalized, the importance of index, joints. The summary is very helpful especially you are a beginner.

The cover of the special edition claims that the special edition is the only Access book you need. Well, maybe not the only one, but if you have the special edition, you definitely don't need the Access 2007 Bible, The missing manual and the dummies book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A 1/4 mile wide an an inch deep., December 16, 2008

By	Juicemixer (College Park, MD) - See all my reviews

"Special Edition Using Microsoft Office Access 2007" by Roger Jennings is an adequate Refrence Manual for getting up to speed with the many new features of the product.

However, as someone who is an experienced Access developer, I was somewhat disappointed with the depth of knowledge. It had very little VBA reference and few code examples. I would have liked to see a little more insight into collection objects and how to use the attributes and methods.

The index was too sparse. Several things that I looked up in the index were not there only to find information later when reading more in depth.

I'd say this book caters more to your super user than a developer. It would be good for getting up to speed quickly but lacks the proper depth to make solid applications.

5.0 out of 5 stars Using Access, January 12, 2009

By	William L. Mcnulty (White Sands) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the book needed for (USING ACCESS) it states that on the cover...
It is a very good in depth, quality(user-frendly) information provider
Access 2007 has changed all the rules. Today a simiskilled Access user, can now in very little time, armed with this book, build, complete or modify complete Access data bases.
Building indepth data structures for custom applications is a snap by sprinboarding off already created templates and then modifying queries, adding operators and expressions for detailed multilevel structured reports. Get (Mircosoft Office Access 2007 templates (Zac Woodall) Zac climbs the ladder of Access Template creation and modifications))
The new well explained Infopath intergration capabilities are just awesome, we are getting closer to complete intergration of MS Office without a single line of code, and that should be the goal..
The Dashboard building capability for Access, brings to life the ability of Access to create custom applications; endless professional looking designs, without the need for coding..
Programing is less than 100 pages, again the title is USING ACCESS
The MS Access Team and Roger Jennings are bringing this already user frendly Data Base application to a new level with little or no VBA needed.. The book is packed with info, so get out your markers and tabs.