Microsoft Office Access 2007

Book excerpt: This practical guide to Microsoft Office Access 2007 was designed so that you can easily find all the functions needed for working with this relational database management program. It includes a description of the Access environment, and teaches you how to create a database and manage its objects, create and link tables, create forms and reports and manage their controls, manage records by using datasheets and forms (entering, editing, sorting and filtering data), select and delete records using queries, create pivot tables, create charts using data or pivot charts, and create macros, among others.