John Clark
John.Clark at niagaracounty.com
Thu Apr 7 08:39:56 CDT 2005
Just to add my two cents...I'd been to classes and I tried reading books (I just can't get through a text book though), but what actually got me going was this list...seriously! 1) Join this list 2) Bookmark: http://www.mvps.org/access/ http://www.lebans.com/monthcalendar.htm http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html * There are many others, but these three along with many of this list's member sites, which you can get from their sig lines have about anything you could want. Use the material you find here. Examine their code and see what it does. My personal rule is, if I borrow someone else's code, I must know what it does. I've broken this rule a few times because of time constraints, but I have always tried to return and figure it out. 3) Buy a copy of Access Developer's Handbook. There are different version available...I still use my A97 version, but you would want to buy the version your starting in at least. 4) Like someone already mentioned, pick a project. It doesn't even have to be anything major. And don't worry about it being out there already...it probably is. Just pick something...perhaps a db for your book, video, or music collection, or a workout chart...and just dive in. A couple of my first "learning" projects were a DB for my daughter's per frogs...it tracked the frogs, their feedings, purchases...totally un-needed, but I learned from it and she loved it. I also did a wedding planner for my Sister-in-Law. This was a nasty program, but she used it and seemed to love it...I heard her mother "raving" about it to someone, and they didn't know that I had done it. >>> roz.clarke at donnslaw.co.uk 4/6/2005 10:40 AM >>> Step number 1, join this list. Start a random project, and bug people until you make sense of it. I learned everything by trial and error, and listening to the several gurus we have here. IMO, there's just no better way to push yourself. ;D -----Original Message----- From: Mark A Matte [mailto:markamatte at hotmail.com] Sent: 06 April 2005 15:32 To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] How to learn Access Hello All, A co-worker called and asked my opinion on the best way for someone to learn Access. He asked about the following links: ( i thnk they are tutorials or something) http://techrepublic.com.com/5111-6242-26-22194.html?subj=22194&part=tr http://techrepublic.com.com/5111-6242-26-22205.html?subj=22205&part=tr I've personally never taken any class/course related to access...I just said Yes, I can do that, and then went figure out how...so I'm kinda limited in what I can suggest as a more orthodox method of learning. If someone you never met asked "How do I 'learn' access?"...what direction would you send them? Thanks Again, Mark A. Matte -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com