Each chapter is a Project. Project 1 took you through what you should already know about other Windows applications. I felt that I would not be trying to learn Access if I did not know how to use "Help" in other Windows applications.

Anyway, this was a great BASIC Access book. I did, however, have to send an email to Prentice Hall. After a week, I still have not heard from them. There are sections in the book called, "Discovery Zone Exercises". They let you figure out what to do by using "Help". Sometimes "Help" is no "Help". My advice to you is, if you can not figure out the "Zone" exercises just go on. I found one answer in the "Intermediate" book. Another at a book store.

With all that, the book is well written. They have you do the same thing more than once and sometimes in different ways. It earns 5 star's.

I am now starting on the "essentials Access 2000 intermediate" book. Look for that review.

I bought all three book, beginning, intermediate & advanced to use in a course that I teach in Theories of Database. My students used these books to learn Access on their own. The book is very clear with practical examples. It includes many hints and tips that help avoid many of the pitfalls that beginners will typically encounter. Gives plenty of assignments and examples. My only complaint in that the binding on the spiral addition is pretty flimsy. I highly recommend this book for beginners or for teachers looking for a good access "workbook".

As with the Basics book, interesting examples, lots of stuff to help you along, plus neat tips and pitfalls. Good CD for practice. Builds on what's covered in the first book. You get the feeling that you are really becoming good at a very difficult program! Can't wait to get the 3rd book, which wasn't out when I got the first two.

This is great book containing a lot of very useful detail information about Active Directory, which is otherwise rather hard to find. The examples are real-world type of examples - the authors don't simply repeat other tech-information, but put it into context allowing the reader to really use the features of AD for their environment. I found, that the book is also very up to date containing a lot of good information about the changes of AD and the respective tools in Windows Server 2003. This is not a beginners book - I'd suggest it for the experienced, who wants to dig down even deeper.

I thought the price of $... was a little steep, but it turns out to be the best insurance policy I ever purchased. Last week I was in hot water with my boss when we couldn't figure out what was going on with the visibility/searchability of some key objects in the directory. I turned to this book and found an answer in about 5 minutes (after spending almost 4 hours battling with microsoft premier support to no avail...)

I would reccomend this highly to anyone who works closely with AD - development, architecture, or operations. It is the only book of its kind, and believe me... when you really NEED to know, you will be glad you have it.

Excellent book with real old fashioned metal jacks! The only downside is that the jacks are stuck to the back page, and removing the box would damage the book . . . still worth it though.

This book contained many variations from around the world of the game of Jacks. It's everything you ever wanted to know about Jacks. It even contains instructions for making your own, though with the excellent set of heavy weight metal (deluxe) jacks and ball that they include you won't need to. They even include a cloth bag to store it all in. Relive your childhood and refresh your memories with this book or better yet pass it on to a new generation. The only negative is that there aren't many illustrations in this book so younger children may need help in reading and following the instructions, but older children won't have any problems following the well written instructions.

Great illustrations and helpful CD-ROM...really learned the most useful Word features. Good series of books!

This book was the perfect way to learn Word. Every basic concept is covered, and every step you do is accompanied by a screen picture so you can make sure you did the step right. On the tougher tasks, you can use the CD, which walks you through every step in the book. A fun way to learn a program!

I don't have children, but I found this in a children's asile in my local bookstore and I had to buy it! This is the book I have on my backyard picnic table right now and I read thru it daily and love it! It's NUMBER 1 on my list of books to read right now with summer here. The photos are wonderful; the small editorials are written so that anyone can understand them, and as an adult I don't see the "child -like" reading here, but rather a book that everyone can enjoy and learn from and all of Time Life Books are finely manufactured. For a book I'd rate them as "Excellent Quality" and suggest this along with the other's from this series would make a wonderful gift for children and adults alike. You'll learn alot about gardening, how to attract butterflies or hummingbirds to your backyard; wild flowering, A-Z, way too much to mention.

This book is beautifully designed and well organized. Full color photography enhances each page. It includes basic information on gardening with native plants, planning a garden, attracting birds, butterflies, and other wildlife to your yard. Photographs and desriptions of plants and trees, organized by geographic location, are accompanied by maps, field notes, tips, and drawings of animals prefered by each. Lots of references are included in the back. It may be geared more towards the layperson than the expert, but this book really opened my eyes to the possibilities of gardening. Gardening is not just picking pretty flowers anymore! Natural Gardening a joy to browse through and to read.

Office 2000 essentials takes an-in depth look at the fundamentals of MS-Office 2000 in the practical sense of a heterogeneous environment. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced user, you will be able to quickly apply its principles and examples to your everyday problems.

The book approaches Office essentials from the prespective of your work. With an introduction of elementary concepts to routine tasks. This book effectively optimizes the use of MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Access, MS-PowerPoint.It also gives you quick insight into MS-Outlook and MS-Publiser.

To summarize : It takes you through a step by step explanation of the essentials. Easy to understand graphics, with practical exercises and a CD-ROM. A highly recommended buy for any beginner to experienced user of MS-Office 2000.

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I have read several books on Office 2000 and I found that this book is the best book.The main reason I liked this book is that the Authors did a great job by placing the screen shots of the windows after the description of each topic so that the reader can understand easily. The book also covers almost every topic in Microsoft Office 2000 Package. It is a must read book for the people who want to become a master in Office 2000.

I had to learn Access for my job, and found this three-volume series. The books were designed for classes, but worked very well on their own. In this first book, all of the basic topics (creating tables, forms, queries, reports, etc.) were introduced using a step-by-step method. The examples were real-life, not some widget company, which really helped. I am not a computer whiz, but I picked up this difficult subject without too much trouble!

This story has it all! A dab of fun, romance, mystery, spirituality, and I'd say a little of me in there. This one, you can pick a character, and be that one throughout the book, be it angel or human. There is that hidden message, enlightening you as you read.
This would make a great movie, so producers, take a look. Bringing this to the silver screen with modern technology would put you to the test.
The characters portray a true to life experience. I couldn't put it down!
And the Biker's Prayer is a must read!......

I enjoyed every minute reading this book. It is not only inspirational, but it is also comical reading about these two angels trying to unite two people from birth through their life. I found a lot of subliminal messenges through out the book Enjoyable reading for everyone, especially those who believe in angles. I think this would make a really great movie.

I read this book and found it to relieve my stress because it was so uplifting and touching, I could not help but believe in angels, the messengers of God. I will now be more in touch with the angelic world. I could not help but feel that my guardian angel guided me to purchase this book.