Wiley Access 2007 Forms and Reports For Dummies 978-0-470-04659-3 データシート

In This Chapter

Introducing forms

Understanding reports

Using forms and reports together

Introducing queries to your forms and reports

Looking for extra add-ons

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ithout forms and reports, an Access database is just a jumble of hard-
to-use information. But with really good forms and reports, that same

database becomes both informative and a joy to use. Well-designed forms
and reports make your Access databases into something that’s far beyond
the ordinary in utility, ease of use, and flexibility.

If you’ve been playing around with Access for a while, you have probably at
least tried to create some forms and reports. Maybe some of your efforts
didn’t seem too bad, but you’ve probably had your share of frustration, too.
Creating forms and reports that really do what you want them to do can be
an awfully exasperating experience.

In this chapter, I show you a number of interesting things about forms, reports,
and their sidekick queries so that you can see what each of them can do and
why they’re all important. You see how queries can greatly enhance the capa-
bilities of forms and reports. I finish up the chapter by very briefly mentioning
some really cool tools (find out even more about them in Chapter 20).

Finding Forms Fascinating

In order to understand the importance of forms in an Access database, begin
by looking at the alternative. Figure 1-1 shows the Datasheet view of a typical

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