Re: Not making any progress in Access 2007
- From: "Baz" <bazz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 12:58:54 +0100
Well that's the sales spiel. Meanwhile, back in the real world, we
freelancers will continue to recommend our customers to avoid Access 2007
until it's had a service pack or two, and we will continue to repeat the "if
it ain't broke don't fix it" mantra to customers who are thinking of
upgrading for no good reason. Access 2003? Heck, I still recommend folks
to stay on Access 2 if their system still does what they need!!!
You need to remember that upgrading costs real people real money (and I
don't mean the cost of the licences!). You may be very proud of the new
features and doubtless some of them are very good but, as Larry says, unless
someone has a particular need for them they are just toys and not worth
spending money on.
"Zac Woodall" <zac.woodall@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Apr 14, 8:05 pm, "Larry Linson" <boun...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:_anything_
"Fly Boy 5" <FlyB...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> I have several databases in 2003 but I'm just not
> getting anywher in 07. What book or training would
> you suggest. I'm at the point of switching to
> File Maker if something don't give soon.
The Big Question Is: Why do you feel it's necessary to switch to
support"different?
IfAccess2003 is working OK for you, why change?
In fact, I'm not yet recommending to clients thatAccess2007is
sufficiently mature to be installed in their production machines.Access
2003, according to Microsoft's support policy, is going to be "in
toAccess2007, but unless you have a particular need for some of them (forfor some time to come. There are some nice features that were added
outstanding,example, having your users update your central database via e-mail), you
aren't likely to find them "compelling".
In addition to the Viescas - Conrad book, which I expect to be
anAccess2007version of that. And, at a more in-depth level, there's a bookI have been pleased over the years with Microsoft Press' Step-by-Step
Series, as a "gentle intro" toAccessfor novices, or an equally "gentle
intro" to a new version for more experienced users -- there is
coming
7,2007).out from Wrox,Access2007VBA Programmer's Reference by Teresa Hennig, Rob
Cooper, Geoffrey L. Griffith, and Armen Stein (Paperback - due May
familiarI expect it to be great, because I know two of the authors and am
http://www.amazon.com/Rational-Microsoft-Office-Access-Templates/dp/1932577386with their previous writing.
Larry Linson
MicrosoftAccessMVP
Larry! Not compelling? Surely you jest!!
There are a ton of new features in Access 2007. For the first time in
many versions, the Access team devoted almost all of our resources to
reinvesting in the core semantic of what makes Access Access...
tracking data. Access 2007 is dramatically easier to get started
tracking data with, and simple scenarios that should always have been
easy, such as creating rich grouped printed reports, finally are
easy. There are also some great new features to help users share
Access database solutions over the Internet by using a hosted
SharePoint service, such as Office Live. We've added easier control
layout on forms, and the ability to natively create PDF & XPS
documents. Larry, are you saying PDF is not compelling? We even
finally fixed the scroll wheel in the VBE :).
If you're int he market for a quick rundown of new features in 2007, I
just finished writing a book entitled The Rational Guide to Access
2007 Templates that touches on a good part of our new feature work.
You can purchase it from Amazon here:
Zac Woodall
Program Manager
Microsoft Access
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