Get up to speed on the latest version of Microsoft Access. Designed with the beginner in mind, hands-on activities and step-by-step instructions guide users through creating and modifying database tables, queries, forms, and reports. A disk with ready-to-use sample tables, queries, forms, reports, and graphics is included.
Learn how to make the latest version of this powerful Windows-based spreadsheet program work for you. Designed for the novice, step-by-step instructions and hands-on activities take users through all the basic features. From the creation of simple spreadsheets to graphs, macros, tables, and databases, getting up to speed on Excel has never been easier. Disk contains exercise examples.
This book can be used in any course in which you want students to learn all the most important topics of Microsoft Access 7 for Windows 95, including planning, creating, and maintaining Access databases. Students learn how to retrieve information using queries and develop professional-looking reports, as well as create customized forms to access and enter data in a database.
Mastering Microsoft Access for Windows 95 is a comprehensive guide to successful database management. Accurate, insightful, and easy to read, this book is designed for beginners, upgraders, and aspiring developers alike. Get off to a fast start. Newcomers get a clear introduction to database concepts, then learn basic Access skills in one sitting. Upgraders can flip ahead to "What's New" sections at the end of each chapter. Learn the nuts and bolts of database management. Find out how to build and query tables; link, import, and export data; use Wizards to create forms and reports; and translate data into meaningful charts and PivotTables. Create full-fledged custom applications. Turn your Access database into a standalone Windows application, complete with your own custom switchboards, dialog boxes, toolbars, and menus. You'll also learn to fine-tune Access to achieve the best possible performance; use networking and security features; use Visual Basic for Applications to refine custom applications; and find out why existing applications work the way they do.
A complete and thorough tutorial on this full-featured relational database management system, Running Microsoft Access for Windows provides a comprehensive, easy-to-access, example-filled user's guide and reference to Access for Windows 95, for all levels of users who want to design and build Access databases and need a one-stop information source from an Access expert.
These picture tutorials teach students computer applications, using screen shots to guide them each step of the way. The text aims to highlight common trouble spots and review information presented in earlier PicTorials. It features: guided tutorials, procedure mastery drills and skill-building exercises; and QuickStep boxes, looking back and looking ahead boxes, pausing for practice boxes, and tip boxes. Each pictorial closes with a variety of true-false, multiple choice and fill-in questions, as well as independent projects.
