Re: Access 2002 VBA Step by Step

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From: Des Fry (des_at_adfry.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: 03/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:40:15 +0000

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 11:44:28 -0700, John Vinson
<jvinson@STOP_SPAM.WysardOfInfo.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 06:07:05 -0500, "Michael Koerner"
><iamnot@home.com> wrote:
>
>>What would be the book of choice for a beginner learning Access?
>
>There are several; people's learning styles differ and the best book
>for me might leave you cold. If you have access to a good bookstore,
>go pull half a dozen off the shelf and browse through them.
>
>Some recommended ones:
>
>- Running Access <version> by John Viescas
>- Using Access <version> by Jennings
>- The Access Bible by Cory Sprague
>- the others mentioned in this thread
>
>I'd avoid the "idiots" and "dummies" books - they get you from A to B
>but not much further, and would be of little help in actually
>*designing* a database.
>
> John W. Vinson[MVP]
> Come for live chats every Tuesday and Thursday
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I have just started learning Access 2002 and I found a brilliant FREE
introduction from Durham University (UK) at
http://www.dur.ac.uk/its/training/select/?selectCourse=IT47&campus=durham
Here you can download a PDF of 78 pages which gives an introduction
and tutorial using a small sample database which can also be
downloaded. Intended for University Students seeing Access for the
first time, but very easy to follow.

I found it better than the books I have looked at so far. PDF is a
great advantage as you have a free Ebook on your PC to refer to
anytime. Other sources charge significant money for this sort of
guidance. Granted you will need additional material to go beyond the
basics.

They also do similar Ebooks on Excel, Word, Powerpoint etc.