Part III: More-Advanced Access Techniques
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Summary
This chapter examines a number of advanced report design concepts and techniques. Most of the
“tricks” described in this chapter simply exploit the built-in properties and features of Access
reports to yield more information or to make the reports easier to read. Anything you can do to
help your users understand the data contained in their Access databases will be greatly appreci-
ated, I’m sure!The next several chapters explore some of the more interesting and challenging aspects of working
with Microsoft Access. Chapter 21 takes on the issue of creating applications that will be simulta-
neously used by more than one person. Although multiuser applications may seem easy to pro-
duce, there’s much more to them than meets the eye.Chapter 22 explores Automation, the process of controlling one application (such as Microsoft
Word) from another application (Microsoft Access, of course!). There you’ll see how easy (or diffi-
cult!) it can be to share data between Windows applications and control printing and other opera-
tions with automation.