Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual

Missing Manuals

by Matthew MacDonald

This fast-paced book teaches you the basics of Access 2007 so you can start using this popular database program right away. You'll learn how to work with Access' most useful features to design databases, maintain them, search for valuable nuggets of information, and build attractive forms for quick-and-easy data entry.

The new Access is radically different from previous versions, but with this book, you'll breeze through the new interface and its timesaving features in no time







Ideal for small businesses and households, Access runs on PCs and manages large stores information, including numbers, pages of text, and pictures -- everything from a list of family phone numbers to an enormous product catalog. Unfortunately, each new version of the program crammed in yet another set of features -- so many that even the pros don't know where to find them all. Access 2007 breaks the Microsoft changed the user interface by designing a tabbed toolbar that makes features easy to locate.

One thing that hasn't improved is Microsoft's documentation. Even if you find the features you need, you still may not know what to do with them. Access 2007 for The Missing Manual is the perfect primer for small businesses with no techie to turn to, as well as those who want to organize household and office information.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Computers, Technology

394 pages, Paperback

First published December 29, 2006

About the author

Matthew MacDonald is a science and technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. He's particularly known for his books about building websites, which include a do-it-from-scratch tutorial (Creating a Website: The Missing Manual), a look at cutting-edge HTML5 (HTML5: The Missing Manual), and a WordPress primer (WordPress: The Missing Manual). He's also written a series of books about programming on and off the Web with .NET, teaches programming at Ryerson University, and is a three-time Microsoft MVP.

Reviews

[Tami · Rating 5 out of 5]

I got Access 2007: The Missing Manual mainly because I wanted to know how to create forms using Access. I had enough familiarity with the Access and Excel to create basic databases but I remember creating forms using the older version of Access to be quite difficult, probably made more difficult by the fact that I had inherited the forms and was trying to fix them.

Access 2007: The Missing Manual starts the reader off with the very basics of creating simple databases. Then, gradually teaches the reader how to connect, filter, query, create forms, and print reports. Throughout, there are step by step instructions, illustrations, and tips. At first, Access seems pretty daunting but I found that by the time I got through the book, I was pretty confident taking what I learned and adapting it to my own needs.

[Julz · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this after a class for which I registered was cancelled.

It seems fairly readable so far. If it can teach me what everyone says is the heinously complicated language of relational databases, then it will be a miracle!

Read this a couple of years ago, and it was very helpful. This series is my favorite for tech books, although I usually learn by Googling for tips and experimenting on my own.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

of all the tech series i've encountered i like the missing manual (o'reilly) and head first (o'reilly) ones best. missing manual for the smooth conversational yet thorough writing, and head first for making things approachable and fun.

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[Pamela]

Love the Missing Manual series!

[Heep · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a good review of the subject.

[Stanley · Rating 4 out of 5]

About as good as you can get with this subject matter.