Access Database Design and Programming, Second Edition

By Steven Roman, Ph.D.

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Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The animal on the cover of Access Database Design & Programming is a tamandua, one of three species comprising the anteater family. The tamandua is also known as the collared anteater (although vested anteater might be a better name). Tamanduas live in the tropical rainforest. They spend much of their time in the forest canopy, feasting on ants and termites; they often move awkwardly when they descend to the ground. Tamanduas use their powerful forearms for self defense. When attacked they will back up against a rock or cling to a tree branch with their hind legs while fighting and clawing with their forearms. Amazonian Indians sometimes use tamanduas to clear their homes of ants and termites. Despite this useful trait, the tamandua is an endangerd species. They are often killed for their tails, the tendons of which are used to make ropes. Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary was the production editor and copyeditor for
Access Database Design & Programming; Maureen Dempsey and Nancy Kotary provided quality control; Colleen Gorman and Anna Snow provided production assistance; Robert Romano created the illustrations using Adobe Photoshop 5 and Macromedia FreeHand 8; Mike Sierra provided FrameMaker technical support; Brenda Miller wrote the index.

Edie Freeman designed the cover of this book using a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. The cover layout was produced by Kathleen Wilson, using QuarkXpress 3.3 and the ITC Garamond font. The inside layout was designed by Alicia Cech, based on a series design by Nancy Priest, and implemented in FrameMaker 5.5 by Mike Sierra. The text and heading fonts are ITC Garamond Light and Garamond Book. This colophon was written by Clairemarie Fisher O'Leary.

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