MS Access and Excel

[callmesteve]

Hey guys, I'm REAL new to this database stuff... and I don't know where to start. Is there a place where I can learn how to use this stuff??

Any books that you may even recommend? Anything

 

[NeoV]

sounds cliche, but Excel for Dummies and Access for Dummies are very good resources for people just starting out in these programs - your local bookstore will have them

 

[Drakkon]

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/CD011124301033.aspx - Access Tutorials
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdate/CD010798531033.aspx - Excel Tutorials

 

[ActuaryTm]

Originally posted by: callmesteve
Any books that you may even recommend? Anything

Anything by Wrox Press.

Also fond of Sybex publications.

Good luck. After you graduate this stage, look to Access?VB?SQL Advisor. Great publication.

 

[callmesteve]

Thanks guys... I LOVE YOU ALL :beer:

 

[AdamSnow]

How do you get into the "code" part of access ?

like where you write the VB code and such on a form...

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: AdamSnow
How do you get into the "code" part of access ?

like where you write the VB code and such on a form...

ALT-F11, or goto the properties of a form object in design view, click the event tab, choose an event, and click the ... button on the right hand side

 

[callmesteve]

I got a book from work.... and I read about 200 pages. All I got out of this was, diagrams. I drew about a gazillion diagrams.... life is teh sux