Microsoft Access 2000 Step by Step (Step By Step (Microsoft))

MICROSOFT ACCESS 2000 STEP BY STEP is the easiest and fastest way to teach yourself to use the latest version of Microsoft s powerful relational database program. Work through every lesson to complete the full course, or do individual lessons to learn just the skills you need. Either way, you learn at your optimum pace from the teacher who knows you best you. With this book and Microsoft Access 2000, you ll learn to: Enter and view data view, add, and edit data using forms and tables; sort and filter records; preview and print reports; create mailing labels Create and expand databases create new tables; relate tables and databases; work with external data Turn data into meaningful information design queries and analyze data; merge data from two tables into one form Refine your database customize forms and reports; present reports more effectively; present grouped data in a report Take your database to the world create a set of interactive data access pages with the data access page designer; use the Office Web components with your other Office programs

These days, information is the key to success in any endeavor, and powerful database systems make managing and storing data easier. Microsoft Office comes with Access, a powerful database application that makes your information manageable and comprehensible. Microsoft Access 2000 Step by Step will get you started on the road to database mastery.

Clear instructions, plentiful screenshots, and a CD-ROM full of practice files and multimedia demos of complex maneuvers make this book useful to novices while getting the expert up to speed on the new tools available in the 2000 edition. Though it's not comprehensive--programming for Access and all but the most rudimentary database creation instructions are excluded--it discusses the essential tasks users will need to accomplish.

The 12 lessons cover topics ranging from the basics of forms to advanced data presentation. Each lesson gives a time commitment estimate, learning points, and a reference/review at the end for more efficient instruction. After you've worked through the book, it's simple to return and find exactly the help you need when you're elbow-deep in data and suddenly forget your next step. While it's no reference guide, Microsoft Access 2000 Step by Step will have you running Access like a pro in no time. --Rob Lightner