I wish to learn MS Access at home on self study base, How can I do so? Please help.?

Question

I use a laoptop and Ms office is loaded in to it,I buy a CD learn Access, but could not answer my questions, I do have stores and spare parts experience, also i wish to make a records software.

Answer 1

Well, playing around with Microsoft Access would help, get a feel for the program and what it can do.

I found this link which has information on the basics of starting out:
http://www.bcschools.net/staff/AccessHelp.htm

It seems to use a kinda old version of Microsoft Access though, but hopefully that won't matter too much as it still gives you the basics.

Searching in Google or Yahoo for "microsoft access tutorial" comes up with quite a few results which might be useful.

What is it exactly that you don't understand in Access? I might be able to find a more specific tutorial.

Answer 2

Find a good college class textbook. Start at the beginning and do all of the homework exercises. I learned about 8 years ago with "Comprehensive Microsoft Access 2.0 for Windows" by Joseph J. Adamski, a Course Technology series book. I don't know what the up-to-date Access equivalent is. Last summer I learned Excel by using "Excel 2002 Core & Expert Certification" by Nita Rutkosky and Meredith Flynn, a Benchmark Series book published by EMCParadigm Publishing.
When you are far enough in Access to make a simple DB, do a project that interests you. Track players in your Little League, track your Christmas present spending, anything important in your life. You will think of reports that you want to see, and you will hunt until you find out how to do them. You will think of improvements and you will spend hours figuring out how to get them to work. Access has a steep learning curve, so be patient with yourself and work hard. Good luck.

Answer 3

When you like to work with databases, you have to start thinking from the end to the start.
At first think what output you like to have and then think back what input will be needed to archive this.
I must say I admire the guy who says he has learned by playing around everything. I guess in this world he one of the few people who knows everything about Access.
I had actually a question for him: What shortcut you have to press to see the people who created it?

Helmut

Answer 4

There are at least 2 ways to do these:

- Buy a good manual from the bookstore
- Surf the internet and find an on-line multimedia guidance (verbal and visual instructions) on how to use Access

:-)

Answer 5

buy an old copy of access of dummies. Even the 97 edition still holds true for the basics. You can get them at amazon for $.01 plus shipping.

While the program is open press F1 for help if you get lost.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

try to get ms office installed, and study its help menu.
otherwise do tell me if you get some way to learn online

Answer 8

just play around with it that is how i learn everything.

Answer 9

book?