Best Access 2003 Book - For Beginners...

[r4pugh]

Helllo Everyone,

I am a new Access 2003 user. In new i mean i just finished all the MS online
tutorials 30 minutes ago. Can anyone recommend the best book to use to start
creating tables, reports, forms, queries... I looked at Access 2003 for
dummies but it repeats alot of what the tutorials offered. I looked at the
voluminous Access Bibles and the like and got scared! Is there something in
the middle? Or should I buy a beginners guide and big reference book together?

 

[John W. Vinson]

Helllo Everyone,

I am a new Access 2003 user. In new i mean i just finished all the MS online
tutorials 30 minutes ago. Can anyone recommend the best book to use to start
creating tables, reports, forms, queries... I looked at Access 2003 for
dummies but it repeats alot of what the tutorials offered. I looked at the
voluminous Access Bibles and the like and got scared! Is there something in
the middle? Or should I buy a beginners guide and big reference book together?

"Best" requires a rubber ruler... <g> Learning styles differ; a book that
would be ideal for one person might be baffling (or trivial) for someone else.
Check out the references below, but your best bet might be to go to a good
bookstore (if you have one in your area), get a latte or a cup of tea, and
pull a stack of Access books off the shelf. Browse through them; try the index
to look up some reasonably complex feature (The Not in List Event for example)
to see if the index is usable.

I personally like John Viescas' Access 2003 Inside Out, but the caveats above
apply!

Jeff Conrad's resources page:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/resources.html

The Access Web resources page:
http://www.mvps.org/access/resources/index.html

A free tutorial written by Crystal (MS Access MVP):
http://allenbrowne.com/casu-22.html

MVP Allen Browne's tutorials:
http://allenbrowne.com/links.html#Tutorials


And, of course, this newsgroup is a good place to get *specific* advice (i.e.
not "how do I create my database").

 

[r4pugh]

Thank You very much! I will goto B&N tonight and peruse the shelves...

 

[Larry Daugherty]

Also, the selfsame Jeff and John collaboraated on "Access 2007 Inside
Out"

HTH

 

[boblarson]

Larry:

That is Jeff Conrad and John VIESCAS (not Vinson) who wrote 2007 Inside/Out

--
Bob Larson
Free MS Access Tutorials and Samples at http://www.btabdevelopment.com

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Also, the selfsame Jeff and John collaboraated on "Access 2007 Inside
Out"

HTH

 

[LERIDAV]

HI THERE I THINK I CAN SUGGEST TO YOU SOME HEELPFUL BOOKS I PURCHSED THE
ONLINE BOOKS FOR THE COURSE WHICH IN MY SYLLABUS SAYS WE WILL NOT NEED THEM
BUT THEY OFFER ALL THE INFO THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TOO AND I WILL DEFINITLEY
BE USING THEM AS WELL DID U PURCHASE THE BOOKS FOR THIS COURSE?

 

[LERIDAV]

HI THERE I THINK I CAN SUGGEST TO YOU SOME HEELPFUL BOOKS I PURCHSED THE
ONLINE BOOKS FOR THE COURSE WHICH IN MY SYLLABUS SAYS WE WILL NOT NEED THEM
BUT THEY OFFER ALL THE INFO THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TOO AND I WILL DEFINITLEY
BE USING THEM AS WELL DID U PURCHASE THE BOOKS FOR THIS COURSE?

 

[Arvin Meyer MVP]

Helllo Everyone,
You might try John Viescas's Microsoft Access 2003 Inside Out:

http://tinyurl.com/r4tdeh

 

[Arvin Meyer MVP]

Helllo Everyone,
You might try John Viescas's Microsoft Access 2003 Inside Out:

http://tinyurl.com/r4tdeh