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Nottahobby
It's been three years since this discussion, and now we have Access 2007. I
am dismayed that there still is no macro recording capability, such has I've
enjoyed for a decade in Word. This is yet another reason why Microsoft should
not even allow this product to be sold to non-certified consumers (end-users)
without a warning. Even without the new ribbon concept (yet another
timesink), I've found Access to be almost unintelligible and highly
frustrating. (And, it seems, 2007 is even a little buggy.) I do understand
the concept of relational databases, and am handy with technical concepts.
But as my sig suggests, I do not need a hobby, and should not have to "build"
macros. I just need to get some relatively simple, relatively small flat-file
databasing and reporting done, without having to deal with spreadsheets,
multiple db programs, or third-party add-ins (yet more to evaluate, buy,
learn and worry about). No product in my 25 years of PC computing has so
consistently demonstrated the difference between "user" and "end-user." My
hats off to all you qualified users. A kick in the shins to Microsoft.
am dismayed that there still is no macro recording capability, such has I've
enjoyed for a decade in Word. This is yet another reason why Microsoft should
not even allow this product to be sold to non-certified consumers (end-users)
without a warning. Even without the new ribbon concept (yet another
timesink), I've found Access to be almost unintelligible and highly
frustrating. (And, it seems, 2007 is even a little buggy.) I do understand
the concept of relational databases, and am handy with technical concepts.
But as my sig suggests, I do not need a hobby, and should not have to "build"
macros. I just need to get some relatively simple, relatively small flat-file
databasing and reporting done, without having to deal with spreadsheets,
multiple db programs, or third-party add-ins (yet more to evaluate, buy,
learn and worry about). No product in my 25 years of PC computing has so
consistently demonstrated the difference between "user" and "end-user." My
hats off to all you qualified users. A kick in the shins to Microsoft.