Microsoft Office Access 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (eBook)

Alan Simpson is the author of over 115 computer books on all sorts of topics: Windows, databases, Web-site design and development, programming, and network administration. His books are published throughout the world, in over a dozen languages, and have sold millions of copies. Though definitely in the techno-geek category, we let him contribute anyway because sometimes people like that come in handy. Margaret Levine Young has co-authored several dozen computer books about the Internet, UNIX, WordPerfect, Access, and (stab from the past) PC-File and Javelin, including The Internet For Dummies (Wiley) and Windows XP Home Edition: The Complete Reference (Osborne/McGraw-Hill). She met her future husband Jordan in the R.E.S.I.S.T.O.R.S., a high-school computer club before there were high-school computer clubs. Her other passions are her children, music, Unitarian Universalism (www.uua.org), reading, and anything to do with cooking or eating. Alison Barrows has authored or co-authored books on Windows, the Internet, Microsoft Access, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and other topics. In addition to writing books, Alison writes and edits technical documentation and training material. In real life she hangs out with her "guys" -- Parker, 6, and Mason, 4, and Evan 2 -- and tries to carve out some time to practice yoga. Alison lives with her family in central Massachusetts. April Wells is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh and holds an MBA from West Texas A&M. She is a database administrator with expertise in a wide variety of enterprise database software programs, including Oracle, DB2, MySQL, and Access. She is the author of several books and white papers on database software and is a frequent public speaker, trainer, and consultant.

Introduction.

Book I: Essential Concepts.

Chapter 1: Introducing Access 2007.

Chapter 2: Getting Started, Getting Around.

Chapter 3: Creating a Database from Templates.

Chapter 4: Designing Your Database the Relational Way.

Book II: Tables.

Chapter 1: Creating and Modifying Tables.

Chapter 2: Entering and Editing Data in Datasheets.

Chapter 3: Sorting, Finding, and Filtering Data.

Chapter 4: Importing and Exporting Data.

Chapter 5: Avoiding "Garbage In, Garbage Out".

Chapter 6: Relating Your Tables and Protecting Your Data.

Book III: Queries.

Chapter 1: Creating Select Queries.

Chapter 2: Letting Queries Do the Math.

Chapter 3: Doing Neat Things with Action Queries and Query
Wizards.

Chapter 4: Viewing Your Data from All Angles Using Crosstabs and
PivotTables.

Book IV: Forms.

Chapter 1: Designing and Using Forms (and Reports).

Chapter 2: Jazzing Up Your Forms (and Reports).

Chapter 3: Creating Smarter Forms.

Chapter 4: Doing Calculations in Forms (and Reports).

Book V: Reports.

Chapter 1: Creating and Spiffing Up Reports.

Chapter 2: Printing Beautiful Reports.

Chapter 3: Creating Charts and Graphs from Your Data.

Book VI: Macros: Automating Stuff in Access.

Chapter 1: Making Macros Do the Work.

Chapter 2: Making Macros Smarter.

Book VII: Database Administration.

Chapter 1: Database Housekeeping.

Chapter 2: Sharing the Fun -- and the Database: Managing
Multiuser Access.

Chapter 3: Securing Your Access Database.

Book VIII: Programming in VBA.

Chapter 1: What the Heck Is VBA?

Chapter 2: Writing Code.

Chapter 3: Writing Smarter Code.

Chapter 4: Controlling Forms with VBA.

Chapter 5: Using SQL and Recordsets.

Chapter 6: Debugging Your Code.

Appendix: Installing Microsoft Access.

Index.