Access 2007 for dummies / by Laurie Ulrich Fuller, Ken Cook & John Kaufeld.

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Reduce stress with timesaving database shortcuts

Explore database basics and build tables and reports thatcorral your data

Access has undergone an extreme makeover! Whether you've usedone of the older versions or this is your first exposure to Access,here's where you'll find the essentials you need to make thisdatabase system work for you. Cruise around the new interface, teamup Access with other Office applications, use wizards to automateyour work, and much more.

Discover how to

Create a new Access database Import and export data Build forms for efficient data entry Search tables for specific data Construct custom reports Customize your database navigation

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• Part I Basic Training
• Chapter 1 Getting to Know Access 2007
• Chapter 2 Finding Your Way Around Access
• Chapter 3 Database Basics
• Part II Getting It All on the Table
• Chapter 4 Keys, Relationships, and Indexes
• Chapter 5 Remodeling Your Data
• Chapter 6 What's Happening Under the Table?
• Part III Data Mania and Management
• Chapter 7 Creating Data Forms
• Chapter 8 Importing and Exporting Data
• Chapter 9 Automatically Editing Data
• Chapter 10 Gather Locally, Share Globally
• Part IV Ask Your Data, and Ye Shall Receive Answers
• Chapter 11 Fast Finding, Filtering, and Sorting Data
• Chapter 12 I Was Just Asking . . . For Answers
• Chapter 13 I'll Take These AND Those OR Them
• Chapter 14 Queries That Think Faster Than You
• Chapter 15 Calculating with Your Data
• Part V Plain and Fancy Reporting
• Chapter 16 Quick and Not-So-Dirty Automatic Reporting
• Chapter 17 Dazzling Report Design
• Chapter 18 Headers and Footers and Groups, Oh My!
• Chapter 19 Magical Mass Mailings
• Part VI More Power to You
• Chapter 20 Making It All Better with the Analyzer Tools
• Chapter 21 Hello! Creating an Interface to Welcome Data Users
• Part VII The Part of Tens
• Chapter 22 Ten Common Problems
• Chapter 23 Ten Uncommon Tips
• Appendix: Getting Help
• Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Laurie Ulrich Fuller has been writing about and teachingpeople to use Microsoft Office since the 1980?s. Her teachingcareer goes back to the time before Microsoft Windows ? whichmeans she also remembers the first time she taught people to use aWindows-based application, and a student picked up the mouse andaimed it at the computer screen as though using a TV remote. Nobodylaughed (except Laurie, after class), because everyone was new tothe mouse back then. As new as the mouse was, so was the idea ofkeeping a database on a computer that could fit on your desk? and Laurie?s been there through every new version ofAccess ? as Office has evolved to meet the needs of usersfrom all walks of life ? from individuals to hugecorporations, from growing business to non-profitorganizations.
Since those early days of Office and Windows, Laurie has personallytrained more than 10,000 people to make better, more creativeuse of their computers, has written and co-written more than 25nationally-published books on computers and software ?including several titles on Microsoft Office. In the last fewyears, she?s also created two video training courses ?one on Word 2003, and the other on the entire Office 2003 suite.She runs her own company, Limehat & Company, offering training,educational materials, and web development services. She invitesyou to contact her at laurie@limehat.com, and to visit her personalwebsite, www.planetlaurie.com, for more information.
Laurie would also like you to know that despite being able toremember the world before Windows, she does not remember a timebefore cars, television, or fire.

Ken Cook has built and managed a successful computer consultingbusiness since 1990 serving clients in New Jersey, New York,Pennsylvania, and California. He began as a trainer - trainingnumerous users (too many to count!) on a variety of softwarepackages ? specializing in Microsoft Office.
Currently, he ?dabbles in training? but his main focusis creating expert Microsoft Office solutions and Microsoft Accessdatabase solutions for Fortune 500 and small businessclients.
He can be contacted through his Web site www.kcookpcbiz.com oremail: ken@kcookpcbiz.com.

John Kaufeld is a popular For Dummies author.