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Access 200 - for dummies
Book was well organized, and delivered promptly. Book for my Family
My family wanted to try out the different software on thier new computer.They had a sparked interest in Access.I use Access at work on a dily bases, so after many nights of phone calls I bought my parents this book.My parents, who have never used Access, are able to create tables, queries,reports and forms with ease.All I have to worry about now is themapplying for my job. ... Read more

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Lots of Data But Little Information
I have to agree with the majority who post about this book that the book is an impressive bricolage of data about all aspects of the application. Certainly having some computer background helped me to understand some technically dense ideas about the various characteristics of Access 2000, but the problem is if you're not a database/computer science person, this book doesn't have enough meaningful examples or interpretation to help you learn. This book is NOT for someone who wants to learn how to develop an Access 2000 Database, and more like a good overview for someone who already is an established database hewer. (Which I suppose is fair since the book posits itself as advanced...)

No a good book
This book is not a good book. If you want to learn MS access, stay away from this one. With more than 1000 pages without organization. The author better is a fiction writer than a technical writer.
A disappointment
For such a big book, I expected more. I have a decent amount of computer experience, although I had none with Access. The book starts out doing a fairly good job of introducing the reader to the more mundane uses of the program. But I soon realized that if I wanted to put together some more creative applications, I would need to combine Access with structured query language (SQL) and some Visual Basic (VBA) programming. Read more

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Data Driven Web Sites with Microsoft Access 2000
From the moment I opened this factual, precise and yet self- explanatory work of intellect, my answers to problems in the world of information technology were all fulfilled. Surely, the world of technology changes at the speed of light and so does the world of business. The author has fully incorporated this approach in creating a holistic work which embodies the concepts of the Internet and the World Wide Web (yes, they are in fact completely different), tying into the literature screen shots and sequential series which polish the seasoned user of Microsoft Access and I suppose, enlighten the skills of the novice.Read more

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Perhaps the best thing about Structured Query Language (SQL) databasesis the fact that so many excellent reporting products can talk to them. One ofthe best SQL reporting and charting products is Crystal Reports. Read more

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Great Beginnings
After reading so many of these book reviews and wondering if they were accurate, it's time to contribute, help others and affirm that reviews regarding this book are indeed accurate. Great Tutorial - Goes way beyond the Manual's Tutorial
If you want a great Tutorial on how to use Crystal Reports 8.0 or 8.5 this is the book for you. Once you get a good feel for the product and you need to delve into more complex reporting needs and scenarios the product manual would be your next step... or other reference books such as CRYSTAL REPORTS 8.5 - The Complete Reference, published by McGraw Hill/Osborne.

Just what it sounds like...a good beginner book
Well this book is just what it professes to be, a book for the people who said "I've got this big program, now what?"It'll get you going on creating your first reports and getting productive on Crystal reports rather nicely and quickly.Especially if you already have reporting tool experience (just as simple as knowing how to use MS Access reporting tool or something else) you'll find it so easy to follow along!Read more

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Missing Files Make A Potentially Good Book Mediocre
I was looking for a book that had theory and enough exercises to improve my fluency in use of VBA.This book has the theory but, due to an obviously extremely flawed production process, fails to include the chapter by chapter sample files on its CD that the authors claim are included.This severely constrains its overall utility.Also, as another reviewer has indicated, the authors sometimes play fast and loose with some of their explanations.I could probably overlook this, if the sample files had been included on the CD or if the publishers respected their customers enough to provide them with a page to download the files.Instead, the publishers simply indicate that they will not help title purchasers. Have you guys bothered to go to their website?
All wrox books ship without CDs. You are supposed to download the code from their website. Content is great- CD is lacking
The book itself is GREAT!Lots of great concepts and tips, etc.The only problem is the book ships with a CD that does not have all of the chapter examples!On page 29 it states they provide a file for each chapter, specifically for the work they have done in that chapter.None of the chapter by chapter examples are on the disk.You have to email the company to get them to send you the disk. ... Read more

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A Great Instructional Book
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Microsoft Office 2003 All in One
This is a very good book for the just past novice user.It presents clear instructions for exploring some of the bells and whistles that can make you more productive, but you may not know exist. I was disappointed, however, that it did not cover more advanced items such as macros.

which way
the mentioned subject is a buddy to carry with you every work place you use it when doing work ... Read more

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My favorite thus far
I have worked with Access97 for several years now, but the person designing the databases worked strictly in macros.I had read enough of the developer's books to realize that isn't the proper way to go, but those books were over my head since I had never had any programming experience.This book fit the bill because it assumed I knew nothing else.I think if I master this book and the Access Macro & VBA handbook by Susann Novalis that I will then be ready for the developer's books. Novalis described it as: intro books - walking; intro VBA programming - running; developer books - flying.I really want my databases to fly, but I have to learn to run first.

All the information you need to customized your Access DB
Great tutorial with specific examples that walk you though customizing Access DBs with a business purpose in mind. Really great book, I highly reccommend it to anyone who is planning to learn how to build customizedaccess applications. Worth every cent you spent on it.

A well-organized tutorial on developing Access applications
Mr. Callahan provides a well-organized, easy-to-follow tutorial onapplication development in Microsoft Access 95, emphasizing Visual Basicfor Applications (VBA). This book is an excellent introduction to Accessprogramming. Hands-on training is provided on the accompanying diskette. ... Read more

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Not sure what kind of Beginner they mean...
I'm a SQL database programmer, not an application programmer, so I thought I could pick up Access VBA fairly quickly. Not so much, as it turns out. I started off with Alison Balter's Mastering Microsoft Access 2003 Development, which didn't give me enough basic grounding to really "get it". I succeeded in using some of the examples to my purposes, but couldn't do any truly innovative adaptions because I really didn't understand what I was doing.
helpful but frustrating
i have to agree with all who say this book is hard to understand and to use - there are some good exercises, although one does have to puzzle one's way through them - there are recipes of how many of which type of controls to use but one has to go back and forth to name the objects to fit the code.i do like that the user can replicate the code and learn some convention in the process.the text is hard to follow and to fathom in that it seems the explanations of some of the concepts is superficial and thus hard to understand the concept.the absolute most frustrating thing for me is that there are no "answers" for the challenges.. if one gets stuck there is nothing on which to rely for help.. it is very difficult to know which part of the code one is supposed to parrot and adapt where.. and why things don't work.. i find it easier this time around to deal with the book, now that i have worked on three fairly complex database designs but i am still getting confused, lost and frustrated..

For VBA Absolute Beginners not for Access Absolute Beginners
Hi, I bought this book, and it actually took a little over a month for me to receive it, since I thought it had been lost.
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Editorial Review

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. Read more

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Beginners stay away from this
This book is slow and inadequate if you want to learn about Microsoft Access. It tries to explain a sample database that comes on a CD with the book. And it is pathetic at that. They hardly everexplain how to create things from scratch. Stay away from this one.

A total disappointment, a worthless book
After trying to teach Access to my students with this badly written book I had to give up. I must agree with other reviewers. The book does not come close to explaning the very basics of database management in the right order of ideas. Too bad that Microsoft does not care to review their books before they go to press.

good basic info but somewhat flawed...
i think this might be good starting point for learning access but there are probably better books out there. a lot of the examples are like "click on this" "type that" without really explaining to you what you are doing or what the other options that are available would do. so you are learning how to do one thing but the menu you chose itfrom has 9 other things you can do that arent explained, so if you were learning access and applying it to something at work if what you were doing didnt match exactly what you did in the book you would still do a lot of guessing or you would need another book. the end of chapter exercises also are either too vague or too step by step (making you feel like you are doing anything other than painting by numbers rather than learning)and there are no "answers" and not even a lot of pictures of what you should end up with, so for all you know you did it all wrong.this book and cd gets you comfortable access but just seems to basic for me for anyone other than someone who barely uses a computer ... Read more

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Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0
I am new to Visual Foxpro after many years of using Foxpro for DOS 2.0 and I thought that this book would help me learn Visual Foxpro.
NOT a good book to learn FoxPro!
Rip the first few chapters out of this book and it is a pretty good reference book.However, before figuring out that this is ONLY a reference book the reader must suffer through 150 pages of ridiculous "dummies" book snippets.I tend to read my new technical books front to back the first time.But I came very close to dropping this book in the trash before I realized there was worthwhile material behind the first three chapters of dribble.If you're trying to learn FoxPro, buy something else!

Awesome VFP 6.0 Reference
Every Visual FoxPro programmer should has this book at their desk. I read an earlier review which gave it a 1 star. Well give them a break. This book has excellent content!! The sayings and quotes are to keep you alert ( or if you read the whole book, awake). This is THE BEST Visual FoxPro book on THE PLANET!! ... Read more

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Boring...
Hmmm... I'm disappointed by this book ;( I really love the "Bible" series, especially books about Flash. These books has very broad-content, aiming on all from beginers to proffesionals. But the Filemaker Pro 8 is big disappointment... There is almost nothing about advanced techiques, for me it looks like it's intended for users who, for some reason, didn't want to read manuals which came with FM ;(... ... Read more

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Great Books.
Great reference for everyone that wants to get started to Access. The book is full of examples and exercises.
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VERY WORTHWHILE
If you are new to Access and want to learn how to do things, this book is very helpful.If you are an experienced user and want to become an expert, this book may not have everything you need.We use this manual in conjunction with the Video Professor and between the two, we are now very comfortable with Access.

Wow - exactly what it says!
I own a Network Consulting firm which handles IT for Small to Medium businesses.That said, I know zilch about Microsoft Access.Recently a client asked I provide them with a simple inventory managment database.While I actually set them up with an out of box solution, I figured I should learn Access to possibly do our own development.
Great Way To Learn Access
The Pogue Press line does it again!!When I looked down at the retail price for this book I couldn't believe my eyes.If you are new to Microsoft Access and want to ramp up quickly on how to use this exciting application, you would be hard-pressed to find a better bargain to get up to speed in no time.
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You would have never known Access could do these how-to
This is a very helpful book for solving problems and adding creative solutions.You would never imagine some the tips this book shows you.One way to impress your collegues is using some of these "how-to"solutions.The author explains the answers to the how-to's in easy tounderstand language.A must have if you are a serious solution provider.

When intuition fails, get this book!
This book is a must have for people who are movingbeyond building simple and stock applications in Access.While I have a considerable library of Access books, this is the one I reach for first when I just can't seem to get from point A to point B.Read more

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