Access 2010: The Missing Manual

1. There is ABSOLUTELY no question that these "missing manual" books are a must read. They are truly "The book that should have been in the box." If you are going to spend the money for the software AND spend time learning it, this series is well worth it. "Access 2010 the missing manual" by Matthew MacDonald is the fifth such book in the missing manual series that I have purchased and it is irreplaceable. 2. Unfortunately, if you are NEW to a particular software--especially if you are TOTALLY brand new--these "missing manual" books may not be the ONLY books that you'll find necessary. It is possible that you could get away with just this one book but probably you'd be well advised to buy a "beginners" book, probably one that is in full color. I don't know why a full color book is better for beginners, but this seems to be the case. This is what I recommend if you are a neophyte. 3. With respect to Access 2010 software: this particular software does have a steep learning curve. I have had previous experience with a DOS based relational database in the mid to late 1980's and learning Access 2010 has still not been easy for me. I sometimes think that after I learn Access 2010 to a fuller extent I would be able to write a better "beginner's manual" than those available. But in my opinion nothing could exceed the brilliance and quality of Matthew MacDonald's "Access 2010 the missing manual". BUY THIS BOOK./s/ JGH Access 2010: The Missing Manual

I have over 30 years of experience in computing as a programmer and other technical positions but I never worked in enterprise IT so I never had the need to learn databases. Now I have a project that requires a database and Access was the obvious choice to a startup project. What was missing was a concise well written reasonably comprehensive introductory text for a computer literate audience. This is not unusual, there is often a huge gap between XYZ for dummies and the 1000 page monster reference. I have the monster 1000 page Access 2016 Bible but found it almost useless. Access 20xx The Missing Manual is a near perfect blend of introductory material and in-depth treatment where it is needed.I appreciated Matthew MacDonald's consistent writing style, it contrasts with the obviously committee written mish mash of The Access Bible. The style is breezy and light without being trivial or meandering. Examples are clear and to the point without confusion.When learning Access and VBA one thing that becomes instantly and painfully obvious is that there are many many ways to skin a cat. MacDonald avoids this by avoiding most of the confusion in Access. For example the ADO vs. DAO confusion rates two paragraphs whereas The Access Bible gives it most of a chapter without delivering any clarity.In conclusion, if you already know Excel and want to move up in your data handling skill this is a great place to start. If I had one request it would be for more depth in using VBA.

I haven't actually used this book yet but I have the 2007 version and it was awesome. The book is presented in a very readable format: kind of entertaining but serious. It tells you step-by-step how to do things but also explains what is going on behind the scenes so to speak.There are tutorials that start out small and slowly expand so this makes a great book for someone who knows little about creating a relational database. It doesn't start out confusing the living bejeesus out of the novice but it still offers a lot more information than the average user would probably learn just by using the program. There are a lot of very useful tips and tricks that will improve your database creation skills. Overall I find that these missing manuals do an awesome job of developing skills. You can really get the equivalent of a 16-week college course out of one of these books.

I rate this book as the best computer book I've seen in decades! I've been a programmer almost from day one and bought the initial MS Access software when it first appeared. I've used Access for some personal databases, some using VBA modules that I wrote, but there were many facets of Access that I never bothered to learn. (E.g., the use of forms in data entry or in updating). I'm reading this book cover to cover and it's filling in many details that I never learned. I find the order of presentation unusually well-planned and unusually thoroughly cross-referenced. So many programming books are padded with complex examples that take up so much space that the books fail to answer many questions that a reader might have. This book uses stripped-down examples that suffice in explaining without adding confusing extraneous details. I own copies of most of the books on Access 2010 (and earlier versions of Access) and I rate this book far and above any other book I've seen on the subject.

I was not so enthusiastic about Microsoft Access until I started reading the book. I needed to adapt to new times, since I was a user of Clipper long time ago. But Access always seemed to be hermetic and with a complicated and intrincated way to program. It was like a new and hard begin. However, after listening to some friends I decided to get into the matter and decided I would have a book to teach me something new. This Missing Manual fullfilled my expectations. The book is really well written and leads the reader to various forms of using Access. It certainly rises the wish to discover the capabilities of the software and explore them. I surely recommend it to beginners like me. Those who need to take a look deep inside programming techniques shoul not consider this book. For those who are mortals like me and just need to be a experienced user it is THE answer.

Great manual for beginners with good grasp of computers and MS Office. Really in-depth and comprehensive for giving you the basic fundamentals. Doesn't promise to be a master's hidden guide so don't judge it as such.

Very good book for beginners! The book is very well written and easy to read. The subject is rather dry and technical (borderline boring) but the book manages to keep the reader awake and going chapter after chapter. Some paragraphs are even entertaining and funny! The author also suggests a lot of real life tips which are very helpful. I liked that even though all Access features are described and explained, the author recommends which are the most handy ones and which ones to stay away from and why. Definitely recommended for the novice user, you can learn Access absolutely from scratch with this book.I would have liked only one thing to be explored more in depth and that is designing your tables / database. While the book explains very well where to click and what steps to follow, it falls in my opinion a bit short on explaining what actually makes a good table. Perhaps a few pages on normalisation etc would have been very useful. After all this is the foundation of your database and this subject definitely can not be overlooked. Of course there are plenty of resources online to read about this but for the novice user it would be very helpful to have this included in the book.Still, brilliant book overall and does the job fantasticly! 5/5

kindle版を購入しました。目次もあり内容も非常に幅広く網羅されている。説明も丁寧。こういったものを日本でも翻訳して出版出来ないものか。私は良い本と思います。

I had no idea how to use Access before buying this book. After a week or two of reading and practice I was able to construct and use a very advanced database. It was very very helpful.

This book is extremely well written and can take a novice and give them the information they need to run an access database to a professional level. It is as the book says the missing manual. I am an experienced DBA for a company and normally just use an MS SQL server and code in VB for front end work but recently had a rush job and decided to use access to deliver a solution quickly and then later up size. my access skills were a bit rusty so I purchased this book as a guide more than anything else but so found myself reading it through and learnt some stuff along the way.Very well presented, explained and illustrated. I downloaded the kindle version which is fine and works well but as many will tell you a hardback copy is best so you can easily scim through and find what your looking for, something that kindle does allow you to do but not the same as a real book, so after xmas I will purchase the hard copy for work.