Author(s): Alan Neibauer 
ISBN: 0072119837
DOI: 10.1036/0072119837


Format: Softcover
Pub date: July 15, 1999
Copyright: 1999
$19.99 US
Product Line: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Computers -- Business Software
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Description   Back Cover   Contents   Author Biography


 

Description            Back to top
Access 2000 features enhanced scalability and live interaction between databases and the Web through Data Access pages. Explains how to create, customize, and maintain an Access database--easily! Full details on generating custom forms and reports. Clearly illustrates Web applications--hyperlinks, Web publishing, importing, exporting.

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The book to use when theres no time to lose! Get up and running with Access 2000 right away using this visually powerful learning tool. Packed with four-color art, annotated figures, and step-by-step directions, Access 2000 for Busy People shows you the best, most efficient way to accomplish your tasks while offering you insights into how the programs powerful features can make you more productive. Inviting and useful...does a good job of highlighting important shortcuts.--Business Week. About as far from the old dry textbook-style computer books as you can get with good navigational aids, lots of illustrations and shortcuts.--Computer Life. Well-organized and illustrated and aimed directly at working people who need to get specific jobd done quickly.--Library Journal. The introductions and overviews are super...a comprehensive and logical index and table of contents make it easy for you to find what you need.--Charlotte Sun Herald. Well-presented, easy to read, and gets to the vital substance fast. It is a lesson in simplification.--Berkeley Personal Computer Users Group Newsletter.

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    Almost Instant Databases.
    Using Forms and Data Access Pages.
    Using Datasheets--Almost Instant and Otherwise.
    Finding, Correcting, and Printing Information.
    Stuff to Do Once to Make Your Life Easier.
    Creating a Custom Database and Tables.
    Access on the Internet.
    Stuff to Make the Guru Happy.
    Creating Forms and Graphs with Form Wizard.
    Creating Reports.
    Finding and Changing Information with Queries.
    Refining Databases and Tables.
    Creating Custom Forms and OLE Fields.

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Alan Neibauer (Huntington Valley, PA) is the best-selling author of Corel WordPerfect Suite 8: The Official Guide, Access 97 for Busy People, Microsoft Word for Windows 95 Made Easy, and the soon-to-be published Office 2000 Made Eas and WordPerfect Office 2000: The Official Guide. Since 1985, he has published over 30 popular books on both hardware and software. Neibauer has spent over 14 years teaching computer science at the high school and college level and is also a popular corporate trainer in Microsoft Access and other Office Applications.