Barrows Alison - Access 2013 All-in-One For Dummies

Access 2013 All-in-One For Dummies

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About the Authors

Alison Barrows has authored or co-authored books on Windows, the Internet, Microsoft Access, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and other topics. In addition to writing books, Alison writes and edits technical documentation and training material. In real life she hangs out with her guys Parker, 6, and Mason, 4, and Evan, 2 and tries to carve out some time to practice yoga. Alison lives with her family in central Massachusetts.

Joe Stockman has been using Microsoft Access since its initial release and has authored or co-authored several books on Access. Hes also developed courseware in Access and VBA and has been on the speaker circuit for Microsoft Access seminars. Joe works as a consultant and software designer for Facilities Survey, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also enjoys music, cooking, and anything else that lets him express his creative side.

Allen G. Taylor is a 30-year veteran of the computer industry and the author of over 20 books, including SQL For Dummies , SQL All-in-One For Dummies , and Database Development For Dummies . He lectures nationally on databases, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He also teaches database development through a leading online education provider. Allen is president of Goldfinger Global, LLC and can be reached at .

Dedication

To Matt, Parker, Mason, and Evan. Alison Barrows

To Mom, as always. Joseph C. Stockman

To Marguerite Shelton, who gave me my lifes greatest gift. Allen G. Taylor

Authors Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the care of Kyle Looper, Blair Pottenger, Kathy Simpson, and all the others who shepherded this book through the editing and production process, as well as all the folks listed on the Publishers Acknowledgments page who worked on this book. (It takes ALL of these people, not just those of us on the cover.) Wed also like to thank the folks at Microsoft for making Access a wonderful tool to create robust database applications.

Alison thanks Dotty, Christy, and Matt for taking great care of my guys so I can get work done. Matt (also known as Honey) gets special thanks as my hardware guru.

Joe thanks his mom and dad, for always encouraging but never pushing. Also thanks to Robin for her support and understanding of the time it took to finish this project.

Allen thanks all the folks at Wiley who made this book possible, but especially Kathy Simpson and Blair Pottenger, project editors, and Kyle Looper, acquisitions editor.

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