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Summary: Accessible Access 2000
Review: You want to use MS Access 2000 to build a database, that much you know, but where to start and what to learn, you don't know ! The two authors will answer that question by their selection of features to learn to give the reader a solid working knowledge of Access, and by acting as a filter they enable the reader to focus 100 % on learning. They don't base their selection on what is easy to learn, but which of Access' intimidating abundance of features and possibilities you need to know. The book is divided into 3 parts, the first part covers how to make use of Wizards and automation in developing the 4 basic objects of every database: Tables, Queries, Forms and Reports. Part 2 expands on these topics and will teach you how to design the objects without the wizards, and part 3 covers the more complex parts in a database design and how to make all the objects work together. To accompany this book I strongly recommend "Inside Relational Databases" (ISBN 354076092X) to learn about database design and theory, and "Running Microsoft Access 2000" (ISBN 1572319348) to learn more about the software, its features and how and when to make use of them. With this book, compared to other computer books, you do not end up with a book that tries to be everything for everyone but is nothing for no one, but a book that's perfect for the Beginning/Intermediate user that wants to build a solid framework before moving on to the more advanced parts of Access databases and the 1000+ page reference books.
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