Installed Microsoft Office...No book, no tutorial, HOW DO I LEARN.

[Guest]

I installed Microsoft Office...no book, no tutorial, HOW DO I LEARN to use
this software??? It is impossible to call anyone. Where is your support
staff?

 

[Larry Linson]

I installed Microsoft Office...no book, no tutorial, HOW DO I LEARN to use
this software??? It is impossible to call anyone. Where is your support
staff?

You have found one source of support, right here in the newsgroup.

But, a newsgroup is not suitable for tutorials or classes.

If you installed Office 2003, the current version, and open Help, in the
Help pane you'll see "Office Online"... click through that, look around a
bit, find the links to Training... there are quite a number of tutorials. If
you don't have Office 2003, start with
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx.

For a novice user getting started with Microsoft Access, I don't know
anything better than the self-study book _Microsoft Access <versionnumber>
Step by Step_ from Microsoft Press. It's not free, but it is not very
expensive, either.

Check out the Access FAQ site, http://www.mvps.org/access. It has a wealth
of information, and links to many other sites, too. The site
http://ntaccess.tripod.com, the site for the Access SIG of the North Texas
PC User Group has a good many of the same links, plus some others you won't
find at the FAQ site. Following the links from either or both of these will
lead you to many more.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[Jeff Conrad]

There are some tutorial links on the subject of learning Access in my big collection of Access stuff
listed below. A bunch more links just added.

Here's one or two links, grouped by category, to help in your Access qwest. Please watch out for any
possible line wrapping on these links.

Number One on your start list:

http://www.mvps.org/access/
(A definite must!)

Microsoft Knowledge Base for searching:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=fh;[ln];kbhowto


Getting Started:

http://www.mvps.org/access/tencommandments.htm

ACC: Database Normalization Basics
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=100139
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=209534
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283878

Glossary of database terms:
http://www.dhdursoassociates.com/database-glossary-3.html

Where to find information about designing a database in Microsoft Access:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289533

"Understanding Relational Database Design" Document Available in Download Center:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=283698
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=164172

ACC2000: "Understanding Relational Database Design"
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=234208

Naming Conventions:
http://www.xoc.net/standards/rvbanc.asp

http://www.eade.com/AccessSIG/downloads.htm
(See the last download titled "Understanding Normalization")

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accessdata3/chapter/ch04.html

http://www.datatexcg.com/Downloads/DatabaseDesignTips1997.pdf

5 Rules of Database Normalization:
http://www.datamodel.org/NormalizationRules.html


Access Data "Clean-up" Tips:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=182


Interface Design topics:
http://www.isii.com/ui_design.html


Tutorial Style:

http://www.microsoft.com/Accessdev/articles/bapp97/toc.htm

Microsoft Access 2000: Building Applications with Forms and Reports
http://tinyurl.com/2szmm

http://www.dur.ac.uk/its/training/select/?selectCourse=IT47&campus=durham
(Sample practice file for download as well)

http://www.geekgirls.com/databasics_01.htm

http://mis.bus.sfu.ca/tutorials/MSAccess/tutorials.html

http://www.microsoft.com/office/previous/xp/columns/column06.asp

http://www.functionx.com/access/

http://www.bcschools.net/staff/AccessHelp.htm#Top

http://www.fontstuff.com/access/index.htm

http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/access/

http://www.oit.duke.edu/ats/training/docs/access1/

http://cisnet.baruch.cuny.edu/holowczak/classes/2200/access/accessall.html#sec_intro

http://ddmara.tripod.com/access/index.html

https://secure.vtc.com/cd/access2003.htm

http://www.simply-access.com/Start_ms_access_tutorials.html


Sample Database Models/Table Designs:

http://www.databaseanswers.com/data_models/index.htm


Download Samples:

http://rogersaccesslibrary.com/TableOfContents3.asp

http://www.invisibleinc.com/divFiles.cfm?divDivID=4

http://www.candace-tripp.com/access_downloads.htm

http://www.datastrat.com/DataStrat2.html

http://members.shaw.ca/glenk/index.html

Fred Boer's fully functioning library application.
Lots of different topics for study included:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/lornarourke/fred.zip


The mighty Sensei Leban's site for all things magical:
(Please bow in reverence on your way in.)

http://www.lebans.com/


Advanced Topics:

http://www.trigeminal.com/utility.asp

http://www.mentalis.org/index2.shtml


Misc: Downloads/Samples/Helpful Articles

http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm

http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html

http://www.viescas.com

http://www.daiglenet.com/msaccess.htm

http://www.users.bigpond.com/papwalker/

http://www.applecore99.com/index.asp

http://www.helenfeddema.com/access.htm

http://www.dbases.net/knowledge_base/

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/attac-cg/

http://www.aadconsulting.com/index.html

http://accdevel.tripod.com/

http://ffdba.com/downloads.htm

http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn/msaccess/msaccess.html

http://www.mvps.org/btmtz/

http://www.jstreettech.com/Downloads.asp


Helpful Articles/Code Samples:

http://www.pacificdb.com.au/MVP/MVPCode.htm

http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessIndex.html

http://www.winsoft.sk/daofaq.htm

http://www.calvinsmithsoftware.com/HardToFindTips.htm

http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/

http://www.master-office.com/developers.htm

http://www.trevor.easynet.co.uk/AccFAQ/

http://www.theofficeexperts.com/access.htm

http://www.access.qbuilt.com/

http://www.microsoft-accesssolutions.co.uk/

http://www.blueclaw-db.com/ms_access_examples/index.htm

http://www.jamiessoftware.tk/

http://www.pdtech.co.uk/prod01.htm

http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~trevor/AccFAQ/
(A little dated, but still some helpful things)


Run Command Constants:

http://www.tkwickenden.clara.net/


A massive list of other Access links:

http://www.geocities.com/waddly/accory.html

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Databases/MS_Access/

http://www.directory-base.com/access/


Add-Ins/Utilities:

My personal favorite on MVP Doug Steele's site:
"Doug Steele Object Documentor"
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/Documentor.html
;-)

http://mphillipson.users.btopenworld.com/

http://www.fmsinc.com/

http://www.moshannon.com/

http://www.rickworld.com

http://www3.bc.sympatico.ca/starthere/findandreplace

http://www.peterssoftware.com/index.htm

http://www.dbi-tech.com/default.asp

http://www.zada.com.au/accessaddins.htm

http://www.mztools.com

http://www.logico-solutions.com/

http://accesstools.narod.ru/

http://www.directory-base.com/access/index.php?inc=20&title=Add Ins


Live Access chats every Tuesday and Thursday with St. Vinson:

http://go.compuserve.com/msdevapps?loc=us&access=public


Access User-Level Security:

Security FAQ (the Security Bible):
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=207793

Jack Macdonald's Security Document:
http://www.geocities.com/jacksonmacd/AccessSecurity.html

Lynn Trapp's Ten Security Steps:
http://www.ltcomputerdesigns.com/Security.htm

Joan Wild's Tips:
http://www.jmwild.com/security02.htm


Creating menu bars and tool bars:

http://www.microsoft.com/Accessdev/articles/bapp97/chapters/ba01_6.htm


Additional Access Forums:

http://www.accessvba.com/

http://www.utteraccess.com

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/


Book Recommendations:

http://www.developershandbook.com/
(A VERY good book to have)

http://www.viescas.com/Info/books.htm

http://www.fmsinc.com/toplevel/books.htm


Some of the MVP web sites:

http://www.mvps.org/links.html


Database Recovery:

http://www.pksolutions.com/

http://www.atroplan.com/


Search Google archives on Access newsgroup posts:

http://tinyurl.com/ctj2


That should keep you busy for a while! ;-)