Microsoft Office® Access 2007 Inside Out

Sample Applications

Throughout this book, you’ll see examples from three sample Office Access 2007 applications included on the companion CD:

• Wedding List (WeddingMC.accdb and WeddingList.accdb). This application is an example of a simple database that you might build for your personal use. It has a single main table where you can track the names and addresses of invitees, whether they’ve said that they will attend, the description of any gift they sent, and whether a thank you note has been sent. Although you might be tempted to store such a simple list in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet or a Microsoft Word document, this application demonstrates how storing the information in Access makes it easy to search and sort the data and produce reports. ...