Access 2007 Workbook For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer Tech))

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 327 pages
• Published by: For Dummies December 10, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0470179538
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0470179536
• Book Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Description
Do you wish Access was more accessible? Do you wonder what to do with databases in the first place? If you’ve just been letting Access sit there as an anonymous icon on the Ribbon, Access 2007 Workbook For Dummies can open up new worlds for you.

The coolest thing about this friendly, easy-to-follow workbook is that you’ll actually create a database that you can use to organize your own home media collection, if you like. In the process, you discover how to build a database from the ground up and some of the ways a database can be helpful, even if you’re not a business mogul or an accountant. Using a problem-solution approach, Access 2007 Workbook For Dummies gives you plenty of chances to practice each step, so you gain confidence along with information.

You’ll discover how to:

• Set up Access and use database basics
• Create a home media database from start to finish
• Build tables, relationships, forms, and reports
• Use select and action queries
• View and manipulate data
• Edit and build simple macros and use them to automate navigation
• Arrange controls on a form
• Build a user interface to add, edit, and update data
• Track every aspect of the media collection, including

The bonus CD-ROM includes separate database files for each exercise and a video that walks you through each step of the more complex procedures. In no time you’ll find Access is no longer unapproachable.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Back Cover Copy
Find out how to use Access as you actually build a database!

The best way to catch on to something new is by actually doing it, right? As you work your way through this book building tables and relationships, using select and action queries, building forms and reports, and automating with macros, you'll also be creating a database you can use for your own media collection. How cool is that?

See how to

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  Set up Access and use database basics
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  Create and view tables
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  View and manipulate data
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  Arrange controls on a form
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  Edit and build simple macros