Book description
Make the most of Access 2013—without becoming a technical expert! This book is the fastest way to master Access and use it to build powerful, useful databases of all kinds—even web application databases! Even if you’ve never used Access before, you’ll learn how to do what you want, one incredibly clear and easy step at a time. Access has never, ever been this simple!
Who knew how simple Access® 2013 could
be? This is the easiest, most practical beginner’s guide to
using Microsoft’s incredibly powerful new Access 2013
database program… simple, reliable instructions for doing
everything you really
want to do! Here’s a small sample of what you’ll
learn:
• Create tables to efficiently store and navigate your data
• Build queries that retrieve exactly the information you want
• Design intuitive forms that help your users work more efficiently
• Build reports that answer key questions intuitively and visually
• Learn easy techniques for designing more reliable databases
• Work faster with AutoForms, AutoReports, and other shortcuts
• Automate repetitive tasks and build more polished databases with macros
• Share Access data with Excel, SQL Server, and other applications
• Solve complex problems with advanced query, form, and reporting techniques
• Build modern web databases that serve users through browsers
• Run your database on the cloud through Microsoft Office 365
• Construct a complete database application from start to finish
• And much more…
Alison Balter, President of InfoTech Services Group, Inc., has spent 25 years training and consulting on Microsoft Access and related applications with top organizations such as Cisco, Shell, Accenture, Northrop, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Prudential, Transamerica, Fox Broadcasting, and the U.S. Navy. She travels throughout North America delivering seminars on Access and has authored 14 books and videos for Pearson, including Microsoft Access 2010 LiveLessons and Alison Balter’s Mastering Access 2007 Development. She is past president of the Independent Computer Consultants Association of Los Angeles.
Category: Databases
Covers: Microsoft® Access® 2013
User Level: Beginning
Table of contents
- About This eBook
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents at a Glance
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- 1. Why Use Microsoft Access?
- 2. Getting Started with Microsoft Access
- 3. Tables: The Repository for Your Data
- 4. Using Queries to Retrieve the Data You Need
- 5. Using Forms to Display and Modify Information
- 6. Creating Your Own Forms
- 7. Using Reports to Print Information
- 8. Building Your Own Reports
- 9. Creating Your Own Tables
- 10. Relating the Information in Your Database
- 11. Enhancing the Queries That You Build
- 12. Advanced Query Techniques
- 13. Building Powerful Forms
- 14. Advanced Form Techniques
- 15. Building Powerful Reports
- 16. Advanced Report Techniques
- 17. Automating Your Database with Macros
- 18. Advanced Macro Techniques
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19. Sharing Data with Other Applications
- What Is External Data?
- Importing, Linking, and Opening Files: When and Why
- Exporting to Another Access Database
- Exporting to an Excel Spreadsheet
- Exporting to ASCII
- Importing from Another Access Database
- Importing Spreadsheet Data
- Importing ASCII Data
- Linking to Tables in Another Access Database
- Linking to Another Type of Database
- The Linked Table Manager
- 20. Working With Web Databases
- 21. Putting It All Together
- Index
Product information
- Title: Access® 2013 Absolute Beginner’s Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2013
- Publisher(s): Que
- ISBN: 9780133260939
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