Access Forms & Reports for Dummies

How This Book Is Organized

Access Forms & Reports For Dummies has six parts. Each part is self-contained, but all the content is somewhat interconnected. That way you’ll see the most useful information without a lot of boring repetition.

Part I: Accessing Both Ends: Getting Data in and Info Out

This part shows you the basics of queries, forms, and reports. You see how these pieces fit together and I make sure that you have the fundamentals down pat so that you have a good foundation for the rest of the topics.

Part II: Creating Effective Queries

Queries enable you to work with sets of data instead of simply dumping everything into the pot. This part shows you how to create effective queries that enable you to pick and choose what shows up in your forms and reports. You even see how you can step beyond simple queries by having a look underneath the fancy face that Access throws onto your queries.

Part III: Building Really Useful Forms

Forms make data entry and editing into a much easier task. This part shows you how to create forms that really are useful, and it tells you how to create forms that tackle data from more than one table at a time — for even greater efficiency.

Part IV: Designing Great Reports

With Access reports you can turn data into useful information. This part shows you how to create great reports that look good and that provide a wealth of understandable information.

Part V: Way Cool Advanced Queries, Forms, and Reports

Ordinary techniques are for ordinary people. This part takes you well beyond the ordinary and shows you how to get so much more from your queries, forms, and reports. This part also shows you some great tools you can use to make Access into an even more powerful partner for your database needs.

Part VI: The Part of Tens

This part tells you about some places on the Web where you can find even more information about Access. It concludes with some vital tips to remem¬ber as you work with Access.
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