Access Forms and Reports For Dummies

This work helps you create queries that make forms and reports useful, and develop forms to access the data you need and make reports that make sense! If you thought you had to use a spreadsheet program to produce reports and forms, guess what! Access can turn out great-looking forms and reports that actually show what's going on with your data - if you know how to ask it nicely. This hands-on guide helps you do just that, and it works with all versions of Access. It helps you discover how to: ask Access the right questions; work with sets of data; create simple forms with a wizard; use queries to create new tables; troubleshoot queries; and, add visual features to reports.

Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (September 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764599658
• ISBN-13: 978-0764599651
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches

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Create queries that make forms and reports useful

Develop forms to access the data you need and make reports thatmake sense!

If you thought you had to use a spreadsheet program to producereports and forms, guess what! Access can turn out great-lookingforms and reports that actually show what's going on with your data— if you know how to ask it nicely. This hands-on guide helpsyou do just that, and it works with all versions of Access.

Discover how to

• Ask Access the right questions
• Work with sets of data
• Create simple forms with a wizard
• Use queries to create new tables
• Troubleshoot queries
• Add visual features to reports

About the Author

Brian Underdahl is the well-known, best selling author ofover 70 computer books on a broad range of subjects. He hasappeared on a number of TV shows, including the ComputerChronicles, and several TechTV programs, and is thesubject of an hour-long interview on the syndicated ComputerOutlook radio program. One of his titles was recentlyrecommended to viewers by Scott Gurvey, Bureau Chief, on theNightly Business Report on PBS, and his books have wonawards including an Award of Merit from the Northern CaliforniaTechnical Communications Competition and the ReferencewareExcellence Award for best title in the Graphic Design andMultimedia category.
Brian has been involved in personal computers from their beginningand has a background in electrical engineering. His last“real” job was as a Senior Programmer/Analyst for alarge company, where he worked hard to bring the power and freedomof PCs to the desktops.
Brian figures that it’s the author who should do the work sothat readers can get their money’s worth. That’s whyhis books are different — he takes the time to explainwhat’s going on so that readers can understand the subjectseasily.

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