The Missing Credits
About the Author
Matthew MacDonald is a four-time Microsoft MVP and a technology writer with well over a dozen books to his name. Office geeks can follow him into the world of spreadsheets with Excel 2013: The Missing Manual. Web fans can build an online home with him in Creating a Website: The Missing Manual. And human beings of all descriptions can discover just how strange they really are in the quirky handbooks Your Brain: The Missing Manual and Your Body: The Missing Manual.
About the Creative Team
Nan Barber (editor) has worked with the Missing Manual series since the previous millennium. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and iMac. Email: nanbarber@oreilly.com.
Kara Ebrahim (production editor) lives, works, and plays in Cambridge, MA. She loves graphic design and all things outdoors. Email: kebrahim@oreilly.com.
Nan Reinhardt (proofreader) lives in the Midwest, where she enjoys summer weekends at the lake, boating, swimming, and reading voraciously. Nan is not only a freelance copyeditor and proofreader, but she’s also a published romance novelist. Check out her work at www.nanreinhardt.com. Email: nanleigh1@gmail.com.
Ron Strauss (indexer) specializes in the indexing of information technology publications of all kinds. Ron is also an accomplished classical violist and lives in northern California with his wife and fellow indexer, Annie, and his miniature pinscher, Kanga. Email: rstrauss@mchsi.com.
Andrew Vickers (technical reviewer) has been building bespoke Access databases for his clients since Access 97 in 1999. He has also developed a number of database products for the property industry through his company Hartlebury Software in Worcestershire, UK (www.hartleburysoftware.co.uk).
Paloma Fautley (technical reviewer) is a student currently pursuing a degree in Robotics Engineering. She has used various versions of Access from 2003 on and has both developed and manipulated databases professionally for years. Email: GFautley@gmail.com.
Acknowledgements
Writing a book about a program as sprawling and complex as Access is a labor of love (love of pain, that is). I’m deeply indebted to a whole host of people who helped out with this edition and the two previous ones. They include Nan Barber, Brian Sawyer, and Nellie McKesson, and technical reviewers Andrew Vickers, Paloma Fautley, John Pierce, James Turner, Juel Bortolussi, and Michael Schmalz. I also owe thanks to many people who worked to get this book formatted, indexed, and printed—you can meet many of them on the Missing Credits page.
Completing this book required a few sleepless nights (and many sleep-deprived days). I extend my love and thanks to my daughters, Maya and Brenna, who put up with it without crying most of the time, my dear wife, Faria, who mostly did the same, and our moms and dads (Nora, Razia, Paul, and Hamid), who contributed hours of babysitting, tasty meals, and general help around the house that kept this book on track. So thanks everyone—without you, half of the book would still be trapped inside my brain!
—Matthew MacDonald
The Missing Manual Series
Missing Manuals are witty, superbly written guides to computer products that don’t come with printed manuals (which is just about all of them). Each book features a handcrafted index and cross-references to specific pages (not just chapters). Recent and upcoming titles include:
Access 2010: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald
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Creating a Website: The Missing Manual, Third Edition by Matthew MacDonald
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Flash CS6: The Missing Manual by Chris Grover
Galaxy S II: The Missing Manual by Preston Gralla
Galaxy Tab: The Missing Manual by Preston Gralla
Google+: The Missing Manual by Kevin Purdy
HTML5: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald
iMovie ’11 & iDVD: The Missing Manual by David Pogue and Aaron Miller
iPad: The Missing Manual, Fifth Edition by J.D. Biersdorfer
iPhone: The Missing Manual, Fifth Edition by David Pogue
iPhone App Development: The Missing Manual by Craig Hockenberry
iPhoto ’11: The Missing Manual by David Pogue and Lesa Snider
iPod: The Missing Manual, Tenth Edition by J.D. Biersdorfer and David Pogue
JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual, Second Edition by David Sawyer McFarland
Kindle Fire HD: The Missing Manual by Peter Meyers
Living Green: The Missing Manual by Nancy Conner
Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Microsoft Project 2010: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore
Microsoft Project 2013: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore
Motorola Xoom: The Missing Manual by Preston Gralla
Netbooks: The Missing Manual by J.D. Biersdorfer
NOOK HD: The Missing Manual by Preston Gralla
Office 2010: The Missing Manual by Nancy Conner and Matthew MacDonald
Office 2011 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual by Chris Grover
Office 2013: The Missing Manual by Nancy Conner and Matthew MacDonald
OS X Mountain Lion: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Personal Investing: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore
Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual by Lesa Snider
Photoshop Elements 11: The Missing Manual by Barbara Brundage
PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual, Second Edition by Brett McLaughlin
QuickBooks 2012: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore
QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual by Bonnie Biafore
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Lion Edition by David Pogue
Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition by David Pogue
Windows 7: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
Windows 8: The Missing Manual by David Pogue
WordPress: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald
Your Body: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald
Your Brain: The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald
Your Money: The Missing Manual by J.D. Roth
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