Addison Wesley - Hands-On Microsoft Access - A Practical Guide to Improving Your Access Skills

• Hands-On Microsoft Access: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Access Skills
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Praise for Hands-On Microsoft Access
• Preface
  • How Will This Book Help Me Use Access More Effectively?
  • Is This Book Meant for Me?
  • Why Is Understanding Database Principles So Essential for Using Access?
  • How Is This Book Different from All Other Access Books?
  • How Much Access Do I Need to Know to Use This Book?
  • What Topics Does (and Doesn't) This Book Cover?
  • How Should I Read This Book?
  • What Teaching Devices Does This Book Use?
  • Which Version(s) of Access Does This Book Cover?
  • What's So Great About an Access Database Anyway?
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Chapter 1. Getting Started
  • Key Terms
  • Data Types
  • Primary Keys
  • It's About Nothing: Null Values and Zero-Length Strings
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 2. Database Design
  • Learning About Database Design
  • Getting Started
  • Midchapter Review
  • Relational Database Principles
  • Organizing Fields into Tables
  • Refine the Fields
  • Keys
  • Multivalue Fields
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 3. Understanding Relationships
  • The Primacy of Primary Keys
  • One-to-Many Relationships
  • Many-to-Many Relationships
  • Final List of Fields and Relationships
  • Exclusive Identification
  • Refining Field Names
  • Table Types
  • What Is Normalization?
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 4. Establishing Relationships
  • Viewing and Creating Relationships
  • Referential Integrity
  • Overriding Referential Integrity
  • The Mechanics of the Relationship Window
  • Test Data and Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 5. Building Tables
  • Understanding Lookup Fields
  • Creating Access Tables
  • Creating Fields
  • Assigning Field Properties
  • Making Changes to Tables and Fields
  • Table Properties
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 6. Entering, Editing, and Displaying Data
  • Tables Are the Center of the Access Universe
  • Data Entry in Table, Form, and Query Datasheets
  • How Form Controls Inherit Field Characteristics
  • Data Entry Methods
  • Data Entry: Form Versus Substance
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 7. Find and Filter
  • Find and Replace
  • Filters
  • Filters in Reports
  • Expressions
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 8. Queries
  • The Nature of Queries
  • Building Queries
  • Adding Calculated Fields
  • Top Values Property
  • Multitable Queries
  • Relationships Versus Joins
  • Inner Versus Outer Joins
  • SQL
  • Updating Records in a Query
  • Find Duplicates Query Wizard
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Queries, Part II
  • Parameter Queries
  • Totals Queries
  • Crosstab Queries
  • Action Queries
  • Conclusion
  • CASE EXAMPLE
• Chapter 10. Reports
  • Learning How to Create Reports
  • The Asia Database
  • Begin the Report by Creating a Query
  • Beginning a Report in Design View
  • Detail Section
  • Page Header and Footer
  • Using Concatenation
  • Report Header and Footer
  • Creating a Report Using the Report Wizard
  • Comparing the From-Scratch and From-Wizard Reports
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 11. Forms/Subforms
  • Form Overview
  • Exploring Form Tools
  • Using the Form Wizard
  • Refining Your Form
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 12. Form/Report Design Elements
  • Adding Pictures and Other Objects
  • Visual Elements and Tools
  • Manipulating Controls
  • Macros
  • Multipage Forms
  • Switchboard Manager
  • Other Report Types
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 13. Importing and Exporting
  • Import/Export Overview
  • Move Access Data to a Word Processor or Text Editor
  • Move Access Data to Excel
  • E-mail an Access Object
  • Import Access Data into Outlook
  • Importing Data into Access
  • Importing Access Data
  • Linking Versus Importing
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• Chapter 14. Pivot Tables and Pivot Charts
  • Getting Started with Pivot Tables
  • Pivot Tables Using Queries
  • Pivot Table Properties
  • Creating Pivot Charts
  • Conclusion
  • Case Example
• GLOSSARY
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