Free Access 2007 tutorial by Crystal Long

Crystal Long – Access MVP – has published a 100-page tutorial on Access that she makes freely available to everyone! This 8-part series covers everything from database design basics and normalization to form and report design. Here are some tips from Crystal herself on getting the most out of this wonderful resource.

“To get the most out of ‘Access Basics’, try to clear your mind of your immediate needs and focus, instead, on generalities… otherwise you may skim over essentials that you see no immediate application for…

Print it out and read it once a week. As you read, use a highlighter for things you want to emphasize. Put ‘?’ in the margins of paragraphs that you skip or don’t make sense with a pencil. Each time you read it, erase the pencil marks as you understand.

Also, copy the chapter files to your hard drive and follow each one of the links — to familiarize yourself with other available resources.“

It is this sort of activity that makes Crystal such a valuable resource in the Access technical community and one of many reasons that we’re proud to count her as an MVP.