Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Microsoft® Access 2002

Acknowledgments

One of the best things about writing a book is finishing it and getting to thank all the other people who contributed. Authors can come up with a pile of manuscripts (or, these days, computer files), but many other people are essential for producing the printed book you’re reading. So, our thanks to acquisitions editor Stephanie McComb, development editor Mark Cierzniak, project editor Tricia Liebig, production editor Megan Wade, and technical editor Mark Hall.

As we were writing this book, Microsoft Access observed its 10th anniversary. Although the program has come a long way in that time, an Access 1.0 developer would still recognize the version we work with today. The original Access team and their successors did phenomenal ...