I think I need a tutor

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Shirley

I'm up to here in projects that I know will work great if I knew more about
how to work with Access. I wasted a TON of time last year taking a three
credit Access class at my local tech college, and I'm still stumped on how to
build a simple data base.
The current project is to enter the data from a stack of questionnaires and
manage the results. Simple, right?
Please email me if you have babysitter time available to help me with this
project.
 
I'm up to here in projects that I know will work great if I knew more about
how to work with Access. I wasted a TON of time last year taking a three
credit Access class at my local tech college, and I'm still stumped on how to
build a simple data base.
The current project is to enter the data from a stack of questionnaires and
manage the results. Simple, right?
Please email me if you have babysitter time available to help me with this
project.
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Not available for tutoring (and you probably wouldn't like my rates anyway),
but here's a specific reference for how to handle questionnaires, and a bunch
of Access training resources:

Duane Hookum's "At Your Survey" questionnaire sample database:

http://www.rogersaccesslibrary.com/Otherdownload.asp?SampleName='At Your Survey 2000'


Access resources and tutorials:

Jeff Conrad's resources page:
http://www.accessmvp.com/JConrad/accessjunkie/resources.html

The Access Web resources page:
http://www.mvps.org/access/resources/index.html

A free tutorial written by Crystal (MS Access MVP):
http://allenbrowne.com/casu-22.html

MVP Allen Browne's tutorials:
http://allenbrowne.com/links.html#Tutorials

John W. Vinson [MVP]
 
The link is broken. :-(

A phone tutoring would be great.
And it was in Wisconsin, I don't know where SWIC is.
 
Shirley,
You are certainly welcome to ask specific question in these newsgroups at
any time. You will get excellent advice (in most cases). It would not be
proper for anyone in the groups to do telepone consulting with you. That is
because the answers here are for the benefit of everyone. It is best to do a
search on your question before you post. It may have already been answered.

If you feel you need serious hand holding, you should try to find a
competent professional in your local area and be ready to pay an hourly fee
for the assistance.

You may find you can resolve your issues by breaking the problem into small
chunks and asking for advice here. Select a group that you feel most
describes your question and ask away.

Even if you have a general question as to how to get started, ask that.
Then you can filter it down to specifics.
 
A phone tutoring would be great.
sorry... I'm really not available for such at present.
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Darn... and I had this great idea, too, John! Instead of seductive women
urging lonely men to call, we could have late night TV commercials showing
bunch of Access experts!! I can see it now - MVPs and other Access wizards,
flipping suggestively through their copies of the ADH, leering into the
camera and offering to satisfy your *every* Access question - only a quick
call away!!

Too bad that you aren't available..

--
Fred Boer - Amateur Access Enthusiast
Interests: Library software / Z39.50 / Web Services
Freeware Small Library Application available here:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/lornarourke/
 
Fred Boer said:
Darn... and I had this great idea, too, John! Instead of seductive women
urging lonely men to call, we could have late night TV commercials showing
bunch of Access experts!! I can see it now - MVPs and other Access
wizards, flipping suggestively through their copies of the ADH, leering
into the camera and offering to satisfy your *every* Access question -
only a quick call away!!
Click to expand...

< GUFFAW > -- oh drat, I just spewed my beverage's liquid in a forward
direction!
 
Fred Boer said:
Darn... and I had this great idea, too, John! Instead of seductive women
urging lonely men to call, we could have late night TV commercials showing
bunch of Access experts!! I can see it now - MVPs and other Access wizards,
flipping suggestively through their copies of the ADH, leering into the
camera and offering to satisfy your *every* Access question - only a quick
call away!!
Click to expand...

Let's just say I'm not photogenic and leave it at that. <smile>

Tony
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Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
read the entire thread of messages.
Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
 
Tony

That's why they have phone s... upport!

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Office/Access MVP
 
Let's just say I'm not photogenic and leave it at that. <smile>

Not sure I agree with you there, Tony, but no problem, we can move you more
to the back of the group and we can put all the young, fresh, good-looking
MVPs up in front. For example, we could ask.... hmm... Or maybe ... On
second thought...<g,d&r>

Cheers!
 
Yes I am, thanks. And back to work too, darn it!

I'm also in the process of rebuilding my website so this particular problem
won't be an issue.
 
Not sure I agree with you there, Tony, but no problem, we can move you more
to the back of the group and we can put all the young, fresh, good-looking
MVPs up in front. For example, we could ask.... hmm... Or maybe ... On
second thought...<g,d&r>

Cheers!
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well, not ME for sure...! <g>


John W. Vinson [MVP]
 
Fred Boer said:
Not sure I agree with you there, Tony, but no problem, we can move you more
to the back of the group and we can put all the young, fresh, good-looking
MVPs up in front. For example, we could ask.... hmm... Or maybe ... On
second thought...<g,d&r>
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<chuckle> Theresa Hennig.

Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
read the entire thread of messages.
Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/
 
The problem is that the class you took was probably dedicated to Access (of
course) but had little content in DATABASE DESIGN, which is what you really
need. The discipline of database design is a difficult one to master, taking
many years to gain serious proficiency. Although Access can be used to
develop highly complex applications, its original intent was to give desktop
users the ability to create small personal or business database applications.

Database consultants typically charge $50-$125 an hour. So as you can see, a
database tutor would generally be outside the price-range of most people.
Your company might want to hire a consultant to do some of your backed-up
applications however. "Back in the day," companies kept a staff of trained
computer/database developers for these projects. But these days, most
companies are simply too "cheap" to want to do that. So they push this work
onto people who aren't trained in the field, and then wonder why the
applications are primitive, or have serious operational flaws.

The real answer is for your company to send you to school, to a class
dedicated to database design theory. That's the only way you'll get a
"jumpstart" in the information you lack. Or they can make you slog through
many years of painful self-learning. That'll work too, but you won't have
much fun. Bottom line: database design is more art than science. And learning
that art is a seriously time-consuming and emotionally draining experience.

(I have 35+ years in the field, FWIW)
 
Has anyone tried opening Duane's database in Access 2007? I can't get it to
work because of macros being disabled. And I can't follow the instuctions
for enabling them because there is no 'Message Bar' to click on.

Linda
 
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