Microsoft Office Access TM 2007 Step by Step Step By Step Microsoft

Editorial Review
The smart way to learn Office Access 2007--one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting help to master the fundamentals of working with the latest version of Access, including how to navigate the new user interface. You will discover how to create a database, produce forms, reports, and queries, and how to filter data. You'll also learn how to restrict data access, how to customize your database and how to use VBA to create Web pages based on your data--plus more. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction--building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes a companion CD with hands-on practice files.
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Customer Reviews

Access Step by step

2008-10-09
This is a good book for someone who is starting and wants to create simple databases, which of course will never be used.

As someone wrote earlier, this book is for parrots or monkeys. It shows you to click buttons.

However, Databases are complex and this book is no help.

We need a better book, which explains the details and at the same time is lucid.

I found that book to be the Missing manual by Mathew Macdonald.

Don't waste your money on Step by step. You can get a much superior product for almost the same price of SBS.

MK

2007 Step by Step

2008-09-22
The step by step books are very helpful to me. When I am learning about new software, I need step by step instructions. They are detailed to help me, but not so detailed that I get lost.

Missing information

2007-09-16
I don't think this book measures up to the previous books in the series.

For example, in Chapter 3 they talk about importing data from a sharepoint service. This takes almost two pages. The trouble is that they don't tell you where to start. The reader is left with a sense that this important stuff but s/he can't get to it. I've found examples of the same thing in Chapters 1-2. Seems like the book got ahead of the product it seeks to describe.

Basically, I've just put it aside and will wait for something better to come along.

A great getting started guide

2007-04-10
This was a great getting started guide. It will help an end users Access from just starting out to intermediate. If you're looking to become proficient at macros and VBA, this is just the tip of the iceburg, but will still make a good starting point depending on your experience with previous versions of Access. It's clear examples and companion CD make learning the material easy and straight forward. Unless you're already pretty familiar with access I recommend you follow along with hands-on. There's a lot to know about Access 2007, and you won't remember much without a little practice.

Databases for keyboard monkeys

2007-03-27
Does a great job in forming the new generation of office monkeys, capable of "clicking their way" to some very basics database operations while retaining perfect blissful ignorance about what's going on. I like a "learn by doing" approach, but this is more like a "learn by clicking" approach that will leave you with no understanding of what you are doing. And even in this brainless approach, no mention is made on how to create a decent database and all that is said about relations fits in a skimpy page. Kind of sad how basic computer education is geared towards creating brainless keyboard monkeys instead of competent, creative professionals who can understand and enjoy their work and their tools. One cannot help but wonder why..

the fog is clearing

2007-02-09
The smart way to learn Office Access 2007--one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting help to master the fundamentals of working with the latest version of Access, including how to navigate the new user interface. You will discover how to create a database, produce forms, reports, and queries, and how to filter data. You'll also learn how to restrict data access, how to customize your database and how to use VBA to create Web pages based on your data--plus more. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction--building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes a companion CD with hands-on practice files.