In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, the reader picks up all the skills needed to increase the effectiveness and reliability of Access applications. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson builds upon the previous one, allowing the reader to quickly learn the essentials of Access programming from the ground up. The book helps the reader to understand the fundamentals of the Access architecture, gain fast knowledge of the new features that Access offers, learn how to effectively use the latest tools and features of Access by following practical, real-world examples, and get expert tips from the best-selling author, Alison Balter. This book is designed for the way readers learn. They can go through each step-by-step chapter or just choose the lessons that interest them the most.

Join the ranks of readers who have trusted Exam Cram 2 to their certification preparation needs! The Solaris 9 Network Administrator Exam Cram 2 is focused on what you need to know to pass the Solaris 9 Network Administrator exam. The Exam Cram 2 Method of Study provides you with a concise method to learn the exam topics. The book includes tips, exam notes, acronyms and memory joggers in order to help you pass the exam.

bsolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office 2003 covers Office 2003 for new users. The topics are organized in sections by application and cover the common Office tasks that the majority of readers want to accomplish. By focusing on key tasks in a concise way, the book packs enough information to bring readers up to speed quickly with all applications in the Office suite. This book starts with an introduction of what's new in this version of Office and what the major changes and advantages are when upgrading from older versions.

This book is ideal for the system or database administrator, IT manager, and IT professional working with SQL Server. It covers four main topic areas: technologies and architecture, planning and installing, administering and optimizing, and using SQL Server 2000. Some of the critical topics featured in the book include backing up and restoring databases, optimizing SQL Server, using replication, configuring XML and Internet support, and automating administrative tasks. The book features extensive diagrams, decision trees, and visual tools. The included CDROM features printable planning checklists and worksheets, plus third-party tools and utilities.

Access 2002 is the core database application within the Office XP suite. This book focuses on the programming language that underlies Access 2002 (and all the other office products) – VBA (Visual Basic for Applications).
While you can achieve a great deal in Access without ever knowing anything about programming, sooner or later you will want to develop applications with greater scope and flexibility, and a professional feel and functionality - this is where VBA comes into its own.
Using VBA with Access is an incredibly powerful technique as, amongst other things, it allows you to create custom user interfaces, to automate complex tasks, to integrate Access with other parts of the Office suite, and to provide enhanced security for your database.
VBA has a very simple syntax which makes it an ideal starting place for novice programmers and a perfect lead in to Microsoft's popular programming language, Visual Basic. This book covers everything you need to gain the confidence and knowledge to go away and begin to write your own programs. All the concepts are illustrated with plenty of interesting and practical examples and exercises.

From using the basic features of Mac OS X and its applications, working with multimedia, the Internet, and peripherals to administering mixed networks, this book provides readers with the information they need to become savvy on Mac OS X, version 10.2. Topic selection focuses on the practical rather than the theoretical. The information in the book is designed to be applicable in regular, daily use of the Mac to accomplish specific tasks with the theme of "learn by doing." This updated edition of Special Edition Using Mac OS X reflects the major update version 10.2 represents. Updated coverage includes new and revised interfaces, additional email security features, better Mac-to-Windows networking, Bluetooth-enabled mobile computing, new and revised applications (iPhoto, iDVD, iChat, iCal/iSync, QuickTime 6 in support of the new MPEG-4 format, Inkwell for handwriting recognition), plus so much more.

72 pages, 173 photos, and 16 color artist plates. Another potential good seller from Concord Publication's "Armor at War" series. This book brings you German armor in combat on the Eastern Front. It starts from Operation "barbarossa" in 1941, when the Germans invaded Russia, and ends at the Battle of Kursk in 1943. This period marked the Germans in the high tide. After the Battle of Kursk, the Germans started to retreat and this will be covered in the second volume. Michulec, Robert again has dug up many unpublished photos from the Polish and Czech archives, as well as personal collection, to put together this photo book. The photo coverage and inforamtion provided are very valuable to historians and modelers alike. The color plates are also unique with good illustrations of camouflage schemes and markings.

Univ. College London, UK. Basic introduction to the underlying concepts of medical statistics and guide to commonly used procedures. Key features include: worked examples to accompany each topic, and emphasis on computer analysis of data rather than hand calculations. To be used as a reference and revision summary. Softcover.

Completely revised with your students' success in mind, WESTERN CIVILIZATION: A HISTORY OF EUROPEAN SOCIETY offers a concise overview of the social and political forces that have shaped the West. In fewer pages than other texts, Hause and Maltby's narrative presents a social history of Western civilization within the essential contexts of major military and political events. The text's strong reliance on primary sources--excerpts of original documents that flesh out the concepts covered in the narrative, tables and graphs that collect the raw social and economic data of history--brings the reader right into the pages of history, giving them a fascinating look at the events that have shaped the world in which they live. To help students truly grasp history and succeed in the course, extensive pedagogical support complements Hause and Maltby's WESTERN CIVILIZATION. Within the text, a colorful new design and prominent subheads create a "virtual outline" that lets students quickly locate, read, and review key information. Captivating pedagogy--an in-text pronunciation guide, critical thinking questions built right into the captions of the tables and graphs, and extensive end-of-chapter review materials--involves students in the story of the West by getting them to engage with it.
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The idea for this book came out of the EURESCO Conference on High Performance Fibers: Euroconference on Fiber Fracture in 2000. Many of the books that are currently available look at different aspects of fiber processing, properties, or applications, but none are focussed on the fracture behaviour of fibers. This book presents the mechancisms and models of fiber fracture currently available for both natural and synthetic fibers, and it is expected that increasingly there will be cross fertilization between the fields, opening new frontiers in academic research and more competitive products for industry. It covers the following areas of fiber fracture: ceramic fibers; glass fibers; carbon filters; metallic fibers and thin wires; polymeric fibers; and carbon nanotubes.