Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Access 2002

The title of the book says it all -- this is an excellent book for absolute beginners but won't take you very far into the learning process.

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After providing a quick overview of databases and Microsoft access, this book walks you through a number of tutorials including coverage of the following topics: Planning a Database, Building Tables, Creating Relationships, Retrieving Data with Queries, Using Data Entry Forms, Printing Information With Reports, Publishing Data on the Web, Customizing Tables, Customizing Forms, Automating Databases, amd Sharing Data. The limitations of the book discussed above (namely its failure to delve into details) is a by-product of the book's intent. It's 320 pages comprise a relatively short (at least by technical book standards) volume that's designed to get you up and running with Access.