InstructionsThe goal of these tutorials is to provide you with sufficient skills to build a simple database application for processing business transactions. Microsoft Access Tutorials: On-line versionSupport files for the tutorials (you will need these files to complete the tutorials)
Microsoft Access Tutorials: Self-contained package
Microsoft Access Tutorials: Print-only version
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Two hints on using the Acrobat Reader:
For those people in the Internet community who have stumbled upon these tutorials (i.e., for those not taking my course), I have created a quick-and-dirty FAQ. Please note that you are free to use these tutorials for educational and non-commercial use. The standard disclaimers etc. apply. Comments about content or information concerning typos and other mistakes are always welcome at mailto:mjbrydon@sfu.ca?Subject=MS Access Tutorials. ColophonThese tutorials were created using Adobe FrameMaker 5 for Windows 95/NT. Each chapter was printed as a separate PostScript file and Adobe Acrobat Distiller was used to convert the PS files to PDF. Acrobat Catalog was used to create the index. The screen shots were done with SnagIt and Corel PhotoPaint. The advantage of FrameMaker for this type of project is that it automatically generates PDF bookmarks for the hypertext links and cross references within the FrameMaker document. It also automatically generates the table of contents and the list of bookmarks that shows in the left-hand column when you select View > Bookmarks and Page. The reason I used PDF instead of HTML is that HTML provides relatively little typographic control (at least for HTML non-wizards like myself). My goal was to make these tutorials readable on screen. As such, I wanted to use a large sans-serif font, narrow columns, and a page size that fit on most monitors without constant scrolling. In addition, I wanted to exploit Acrobat's full-text indexing and much greater control over printing (printing is a requirement when viewing the tutorials at a resolution lower than 1024 x 768). |
News12 September, 2000Given the demand for these tutorials from people in the Internet community and the positive feedback I have received over the years, I have decided to create a new site for people who are not enrolled in my courses but would like to learn about the use of information technology to solve business problems. The new site will feature:
Since I use much of this material in my undergraduate and MBA courses, it will continue to be freely available for educational and non-commercial uses. An enhanced version on CD-ROM will also be available for purchase on the site for about US$20. The enhanced version will feature:
If the enhanced version generates some revenue, I intend to create new tutorials covering different business problems. I expect that the new site will be up and running by the start of summer (May or June 2000). This date was a bit optimistic given my other commitments. But I should be ready with the new material this month (September 2000). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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