Re: My first database (long)

From: Jack *** (mind-the-gap_at_DEEPblueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 12/10/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 14:09:57 -0000

Thanks Pete. Is the book tutorial based or reference based (or a
combination of the 2)?
By which I mean:
A tutorial based work takes the form of "I want to achieve 'this'. How do I
do it?"
A reference based work takes the form of "I do 'this'. What is its effect?"

I probably want one of each!

"Pete McQuilken" <PeteMcQuilken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0B56D2E1-0F39-4A57-B825-2C01A8694C08@microsoft.com...
> Jack-
> I highly recommend the Access 2003 Bible by Cary N. Prague. This book
> covers all of the problems that you are having (and most of the problems
you
> will encounter). To answer one of your questions, in order to import the
data
> from excel, under the File menu, select "Get External Data", then select
> "Import". After you do this, a browse window will appear. Select the file
you
> want to import, and the Import Spread*** Wizard will appear. This wizard
> will guide you through the rest of the importing process. If you want to
> rearrange the data (ie. put some of the data from the imported table into
> another table), you can use the Make-Table Query. Once again, I recommend
you
> check out the Access 2003 Bible before getting to involved in your
project.

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