A teach-yourself guide to using the Access macro language to take control of Access. The easy-to-follow lessons include clear objectives and real-world business examples so you can learn exactly what you need to know, at your own speed. Users learn to create macros and applications for themselves and their business units. The CD offers real-world samples to support each lesson.

This STUDENT GUIDE is a key part of the Microsoft STEP BY STEP COURSEWARE series, which provides everything you need to get up and running with Microsoft software products. This guide will help you gain basic proficiency with Access 2000.

""Microsoft Access 2000 At a Glance"" gives readers a fast, easy, visual way to solve problems and get work done with the latest version of Microsoft's powerful relational database management system. This reference title delivers concise answers and is an ideal desk-side companion for users who need quick problem-solving information.

What Alison's book offers over most or all of the other books on the market is that Alison is able to take a highly technical topic and present it in a manner that is easy to comprehend. It is a book that the reader will often want to read from cover to cover, but it can also act as an excellent reference. The CD includes all source code from the book, sample databases, and complete applications.

Experience learning made easy--and quickly teach yourself how to use the complete suite of Microsoft Office XP applications. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction--building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! WORD: Create and publish great-looking documents quickly and easily EXCEL: Develop easy-to-use spreadsheets and perform calculations ACCESS: Build your own databases for better decision making POWERPOINT: Produce and deliver compelling presentations FRONTPAGE: Get yourself--or your company--on the Web fast by constructing your own site PUBLISHER: Create professional-quality marketing materials--without being a designer OUTLOOK: Manage your e-mail communications and calendar

How Far Can You Go with Access 2002? The answer depends on your knowledge of VBA programming. If you really want to get the most out of Access, the Access 2002 VBA Handbook is essential reading. If you are an experienced user of Access, you get the step-by-step instruction you need to be dramatically more productive. And if you are a more experienced developer, you get the advanced VBA programming skills you need to build the Access applications your users require. Coverage includes * Running queries to find specific records * Automating complex and time-consuming procedures * Importing data from existing data sources * Synchronizing forms and tables * Understanding the ADO and DAO models * Understanding the essentials of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) * Customizing the Access user interface * Creating procedures to change Access's default error-handling processes * Accessing data using OLE DB and ODBC * Creating VBA procedures for navigating a database or project * Writing VBA procedures using object properties and methods * Creating relationships between forms * Executing commands using SQL statements in VBA code * Using ActiveX controls in your VBA procedures