Conquer Access?from the inside out! Hey, you know your way around Access?so now dig into Version 2002 and really put your databases to work! This award-winning, supremely organized reference packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in concise, fast-answer format?it?s all muscle and no fluff. Discover the best and fastest ways to perform everyday tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Access mastery.
? Build on what you already know about Access and quickly dive into what?s new
? Ace database design fundamentals and avoid common pitfalls
? Create custom forms, controls, and queries
? Link to data from other databases and Microsoft® Office applications
? Get more data-crunching power with code and add-ins
? Learn the tricks that bring your forms and reports to life
? Use data access pages and XML to deliver dynamic data on line
? Bolt your Access front end to an enterprise-strength back end, such as Microsoft SQL Server?
? Write your own code modules using Microsoft Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA)
Learn from an award winner! Microsoft Access Version 2002 Inside Out won the 2004 Referenceware Excellence Award in the category of Desktop and Office Applications at the Waterside 2004 conference. The award, sponsored by Books 24x7 and Waterside Productions, Inc., recognizes the book?s the quality of content organization, depth and quality of subject matter coverage, and graphics.
CD-ROM FEATURES:
? Intuitive HTML interface
? Extensive collection of Microsoft add-ins and third-party utilities, demos, and trials
? Sample databases and VBA code
? Complete eBook?easy to browse and print!
? Sample chapters from other INSIDE OUT Office XP books
? Web links to Microsoft Tools on the Web, online troubleshooters, and product support
? Microsoft Visio® auto-demos
? Interactive tutorials
User review
Henderson's Review
I was expecting a better explanation of Visual Basic code, my fault I guess, not the author's. This book was actually my second choice (based on your summary of book). I couldn't find thw book I wanted, I found it but it wasn't offered online.
User review
Access, again
I hadn't worked in Access for more than a decade. Suddenly I was faced with supporting a database I knew nothing about. The Inside Out book and CD really helped get me familiar with the product again. All the screens shots and disussion of how the product worked helped me get up to speed in no time. I would not hesitate to buy another bool by Ms. Feddema.
User review
Into the bin
Don't think of spending money on this book.
It's no good as a quick reference and who has time today to walk your way through 1000+ pages?
The book is as unwieldy as the product it describes. Be happy, if you can get by without ever touching Microsoft Access (and this book).
User review
An acceptable companion volume
Rarely will you find one computer book that meets the majority of your needs. Access Inside&Out is no exception to this. I spent a day selectively weeding out all the various Access 2002 volumes available at Borders Bookstore. I looked for selective criteria such as complex expression usage, applied object properties, and general reader presentation/learning flow. The most organized, in-depth, and helpful I found were Access Inside & Out and Access 2002 Bible. Where one book skips over any area you're weak in the other typically goes into thorough detail and vice versus. The other honorable mention is QUE/Jennings Special Edition Using MS Access 2002. None are stand-alone volumes for either direct reference or learning the intricacies of Access yet together you should be well armed to accomplish some intermediate Access goals. Helen's website (www.helenfeddema.com) may help you determine whether to use her book as one of your Access companion books.
User review
InsideOut A Winner
I have spent the last several days with this book building a database for a list rental company. Being used to Access 97, I appreciated the chapter devoted to the differences in version. Compared to the Access Bible by Prague and Irwin, the language was easier for a novice to understand, less technical, more end user friendly. The step by step instructions are great because of the abundance of screen shots used. When I couldn't understand the words (like when you are trying to create a complex report), the pictures were priceless. The InsideOut text boxes kept me from a few pitfalls, like the advice on wrting SQL statements. I apprecited the explanations of how to perform tasks in more than one way, both suggestions in the same place, alleviating the search thru the index and table of contents. The only thing I haven't been able to find an explanation for is manually setting a primary key when you want it to AutoNumber, but with your own number. It's probably something really simple.
I've written a lot of tech bulletins, and I can appreciate the minute detail that went into the how-to's in this book.
I highly recommend this, intermediate to advanced DB Admin.
