Access 2013: The Missing Manual
- Length: 866 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media
- Publication Date: 2013-04-25
- ISBN-10: 1449357415
- ISBN-13: 9781449357412
- Sales Rank: #194484 (See Top 100 Books)
Unlock the secrets of Access 2013 and discover how to use your data in creative ways. With this book’s easy step-by-step instructions, you’ll learn how to build and maintain a full-featured database and even turn it into a web app. You also get tips and practices from the pros for good database design—ideal whether you’re using Access for business, school, or at home.
The important stuff you need to know
- Build a database with ease. Organize and update lists, documents, catalogs, and other types of information.
- Create your own web app. Let your whole team work on a database in the cloud.
- Share your database on a network. Link your Access database to SQL Server or SharePoint.
- Customize the interface. Make data entry a breeze by building your own templates
- Find what you need fast. Search, sort, and summarize huge amounts of data in minutes.
- Put your info to use. Turn raw info into well-formatted printed reports.
- Dive into Access programming. Automate complex tasks and solve common challenges.
Q&A with Matthew , author of “Access 2013: The Missing Manual”
Q. Why is your book timely– what makes it important right now?
A. Office 2013 was recently released.
Q. What information do you hope that readers of your book will walk away with?
A. First, readers will learn how to create a properly structured database– one that can hold all the information they need without running into the common pitfalls of bad table design. Then, readers will learn how to enter information with customized forms, print it out with attractive reports, and guide the whole process with two basic programming building blocks: macros and Visual Basic code. Finally, readers will learn how a whole team of people can share a database– for example, how one person can design a database that other people in a company can use, even if they know absolutely nothing about Access.
Q. What’s the most exciting and/or important thing happening in your space?
A. Access 2013 is making a renewed attempt to bring its databases to the Web with a new feature called Web Apps. The basic idea is that you, the Access developer, create a database using the familiar Access tools and place it on a SharePoint server. As with a desktop database, you create the views that determine how other people see the information in your database. However, there’s a key difference: to view or edit your database, other people need only visit the website in their browsers. They don’t need to have a copy of Access, a special plug-in, or even a Microsoft computer. (In fact, even a tablet like the iPad works perfectly well.)
