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Summary: Great Access book!
Review: After I started reading the humongous "Special Edition: Using Access 2000" Book by Que, I had to look for another book. That book was hard to follow and understand. After reading the good reviews for this book, "Accessible Access 2000", I decided to check it out. I am on Chapter 8 now, and so far, the book is very easy to follow and understand. If you have to buy one Access book, I highly recommend this one! You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: this book stinks!
Review: After I started reading the humongous "Special Edition: Using Access 2000" Book by Que, I had to look for another book. That book was hard to follow and understand. After reading the good reviews for this book, "Accessible Access 2000", I decided to check it out. I am on Chapter 8 now, and so far, the book is very easy to follow and understand. If you have to buy one Access book, I highly recommend this one! You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Great Access book!
Review: After I started reading the humongous "Special Edition: Using Access 2000" Book by Que, I had to look for another book. That book was hard to follow and understand. After reading the good reviews for this book, "Accessible Access 2000", I decided to check it out. I am on Chapter 8 now, and so far, the book is very easy to follow and understand. If you have to buy one Access book, I highly recommend this one! You won't be disappointed!
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Summary: Get up to speed fast
Review: Are you busy? If you time is limited and you only want to buy one book to go through entry level with Access, this is the one. How about going from nothing to putting together multi-table databases with average queries within a week. It took two days to digest the book and three days of practice. (I'm not a programmer either. I had Fortran and Basic 20 years ago, and have seldom used them.) The style is easy to read. The author's present only those pieces of information you need at entry level; shielding you from the mind numbing detail in the Access "bibles". The only derogatory comment would be that their example problems seem lacking, but that seemed a minor point compared to the clarity of the explanations.
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Summary: Exceptionally well written
Review: Highly recommend: simple enough for novice database users to understand without insulting our intelligence. Examples have strong relevance to real-life situations. "Database-speak" is gently integrated by this author whose mastery of the English language is exceptional. I found myself chuckling at his dry humor, which I could almost hear articulated with a British accent.
Already ordered Inside Relational Databases by same authors.
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Summary: Exceptionally well written
Review: Highly recommend: simple enough for novice database users to understand without insulting our intelligence. Examples have strong relevance to real-life situations. "Database-speak" is gently integrated by this author whose mastery of the English language is exceptional. I found myself chuckling at his dry humor, which I could almost hear articulated with a British accent.
Already ordered Inside Relational Databases by same authors.
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Summary: Get up to speed fast
Review: I bought three books to try to learn Access and it was just like The Three Bears. Using Access 2000 (Que) was too big--a complete reference that will allow me to master Access in about 3 years. Quick Course in Access 2000 (Microsoft) was too little--really just an overview. But this book was just right. It has a CD with one or more files for each chapter to work on. Part I is the introduction and then Part II is the overview section with chapters on the database window, tables, queries, forms and reports, primarily using wizards. Part III goes into each of those topics in more depth. Part IV covers more complex databases. I found it easy to go from the overview chapters in Part II to the detail chapters in Part III and then skip to the more advanced topics in Part IV when I needed to. This is the book to teach yourself from. Then you can go to the Papa Bear books.
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Summary: This one is just right
Review: I bought three books to try to learn Access and it was just like The Three Bears. Using Access 2000 (Que) was too big--a complete reference that will allow me to master Access in about 3 years. Quick Course in Access 2000 (Microsoft) was too little--really just an overview. But this book was just right. It has a CD with one or more files for each chapter to work on. Part I is the introduction and then Part II is the overview section with chapters on the database window, tables, queries, forms and reports, primarily using wizards. Part III goes into each of those topics in more depth. Part IV covers more complex databases. I found it easy to go from the overview chapters in Part II to the detail chapters in Part III and then skip to the more advanced topics in Part IV when I needed to. This is the book to teach yourself from. Then you can go to the Papa Bear books.
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Summary: one of the best kept secrets in access 2000 books
Review: I just happened to see this book on the shelf and it was quite smaller than the other access 2000 "telephone books" beside it. This book is written by one of the original program archectects of Microsoft Access was it was first invented. A WONDERFUL read, IDG should have bought out the contract and had this book as their Access for Dummies. Eventhough IDGs version is good, this is shoulders above the rest. The authors share with you how to master and UNDERSTAND the basic features so you can get going with the program. They even state in the book that they only cover the 20% of all the features and want to make sure you understand the 20% first BEFORE grabbing the "phonebooks". Like they said, if you don't know the basics inside and out, the rest will be a waste of your time. Wonderful, personable read. bravo
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Summary: this book stinks!
Review: this book is useless...I bought it along with two other Access books and immediately sent it back and of course A-.com ripped me off by refunding only 50% of the price...pathetic!
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