Mous Essentials: Access 2000

This book was created specifically to meet the guidelines established by Microsoft for the Microsoft Office User Specialist (“MOUS” ) Program. The authors provide an emphasis on step-by-step tutorials with large screen shots, outstanding learning aids, and plenty of exercises. Also included are a number of new elements designed to help users prepare for the MOUS exams. Key chapters cover working with Access, creating and managing a database, creating forms and reports, making data entry easier and more accurate, adding useful features to your forms, using access macros, using access on the web, linking to other documents, analyzing and reporting data, and sharing a database with others. For anyone learning Microsoft Office 97 and 2000 applications: Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, and/or preparing for the Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Exam.

ROBERT L. FERRETT is the Director of the Center for Instructional Computing at Eastern Michigan University. His center provides computer training and support to faculty at the university. He has authored or co-authored nearly 40 books on Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, Word Perfect, and Word, and was the editor of the 1994 ACM SIGUCCS Conference Proceedings. He is a series editor for the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 books. He has been designing, developing, and delivering computer workshops for nearly two decades. He has a BA in Psychology, an MS in Geography, and an MS in Interdisciplinary Technology from Eastern Michigan University. He is ABD in the PhD program in Instructional Technology at Wayne State University.

JOHN PRESTON is an Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University in the College of Technology where he teaches microcomputer application courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has been teaching, writing, and designing computer training courses since the advent of PCs, and has authored and co-authored more than three dozen books on Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, and PowerPoint. He is a series editor for the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 books. He has received grants from the Detroit Edison Institute and the Department of Energy to develop Web sites for energy education and alternative fuels. He has also developed one of the first Internet-based microcomputer applications courses at an accredited university. He has a BS from the University of Michigan in Physics, Mathematics, and Education, and an MS from Eastern Michigan University in Physics Education. He is ABD in the PhD degree program in Instructional Technology at Wayne State University.

SALLY PRESTON is President of Preston & Associates, a computer software training firm, where she utilizes her extensive business experience as a bank vice president in charge of branch operations along with her skills in training people on new computer systems. She provides corporate training through Preston & Associates and through the Institute for Workforce Development at Washtenaw Community College, where she also teaches computer courses part-time. She has co-authored more than 20 books on Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Word Perfect, and Word, including the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 series, as well as the Office 2000 Essentials and Access 2000 Essentials books. She is a series editor for the Learn 97 and Learn 2000 books. She has an MBA from Eastern Michigan University.