The Smart Guide to Access 2000: Basic Skills : A Progressive Course for New Users

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Edition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2001-10-18
Publisher(s): CENGAGE Lrng Business Press
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Summary

Starting a computing course?

Looking for a new job or promotion?

Want to know more about using your home computer?

If you need to update or build on your computing skills, these software guides provide a complete course in the key skills needed to use major software packages. No jargon, no 'computer-speak' -- the Smart Guides come straight to the point, teaching the fundamentals of a program in sessions lasting one hour or less. The Smart guides originated from very successful textbooks for business and computing courses used by lecturers as basic lesson plans.

Whether you are a student, a professional, or learning on your own, these guides are simply the quickest, easiest and smartest way to develop the skills you need to get ahead.

Why be a dummy? -- Choose a Smart Guide

Tables, records and fields

Creating a table

Defining fields

Data entry and data management

Filters

Queries

Sorting

Customizing forms

Reports

Mailing labels

Drawing tools

Relational databases

Samples

Table of Contents

About this book vii
An overview of Access
1(6)
Defining a new database
7(6)
Defining a new table
13(5)
Defining field properties
18(8)
Reviewing table design
26(2)
Entering and editing data
28(5)
Managing data
33(8)
Reviewing data entry and data management
41(2)
Using filters to select records
43(3)
Designing a basic query
46(10)
Using query criteria
56(7)
Reviewing sorting and queries
63(2)
Designing and using screen forms
65(7)
Customising forms
72(10)
Reviewing forms
82(2)
Reports
84(9)
Grouped reports
93(5)
Mailing label reports
98(4)
Customising a report
102(9)
Adding lines and rectangles
111(3)
Style enhancements
114(4)
Special effects, colours and borders
118(2)
Reviewing reports
120(3)
Relational databases
123(4)
Quick reference 1: Data for tables
127(7)
Quick reference 2: Basic Windows operations
134(4)
Quick reference 3: Access toolbars
138(7)
Glossary 145(4)
Index 149

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