New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007, Comprehensive (New Perspectives) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joseph J. Adamski, Kathy T. Finnegan
Publisher: Course Technology
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 191371
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 792
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 142390589X
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7565
EAN: 9781423905899
ASIN: 142390589X
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
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Condition: Text only. As described or pictured. Choose 'expedited' shipping and receive in 3 to 4 days!. Back cover torn off. Otherwise a fairly good, very usable copy of the book.
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Product Description
Following the critical thinking, problem-solving approach of the New Perspectives Series learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of Microsoft Access 2007, including the new features of the software. The case-based tutorials challenge learners to apply what they are learning to real-life tasks, preparing them to easily transfer skills to new situations. With the New Perspectives Series approach, learners understand why they re learning what they re learning, and are better situated to retain skills.
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HORRIBLE BOOK March 21, 2008
Gayle Ann Livecchia (NJ)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
One star is too generous. I'd give it none if I could. I am an experienced Access user, but like most people, I am confused by the new "ribbon" design. I took a course at a local community college which uses this book. It is terrible. It is more like a comic book, with little real direction. The tutorials are confusing, and do not include basic design info, such as copying the database periodically to avoid redos if a msitake is made. Many of the directions do not work (per using Microsoft for guidance). The formatting is pathetic. It is difficult to find anything. It really lacks focus and a clear methodology. The entire impression I have is that it was thrown together very quickly without a lot of thought, or review. Clear and concise are words evidently unknown to the authors. The format is almost comoc book in nature, and the color scheem becomes overwhelming after 2 pages. It's only use is in a landfill. I can't say enough negative things about it. My sympathies to poor students who have to pay the exhorbant price for garbage.
Requires abstracting the rule February 27, 2008
Busy Person (New Mexico)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This text takes you through step by step. However, formatting and technical aspects are given the same weight and are interspersed through each chapter. There is no list of generic steps to follow so you must abstract the rule when your database requirements differ from that in the text. The tutorials at the end (after chapter 4) require some skill that is not developed in the sample problems. It is unnecessarily wordy making it difficult to follow (there is no recognition that the user would have some basic Office skills like holding the shift key down to move a selected object). Often, a process is separated into several headings making it unclear how the process fits together as a whole. New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2007, Comprehensive (New Perspectives)
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