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Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the following reviewers for their helpful feedback, valuable
insights, and dedication to this project: Cliff Brozo, Monroe College; Deborah Franklin,
Bryant & Stratton College; Debi Griggs, Bellevue College; Karen Miller, Hohokus of
Hackensack School; and Christine Yero, Madison Area Technical College. Many thanks to
everyone on the New Perspectives team, especially Donna Gridley for her leadership and
inspiration; Amanda Lyons and Melissa Stehler for their contributions and support; Julia
Leroux-Lindsey for her outstanding management of this project, keeping us all on task and
focused through many hoops and hurdles; and Jennifer Goguen McGrail for her tireless
efforts and expertise in guiding us through the production process. Thanks as well to the
following Manuscript Quality Assurance (MQA) staff members for their diligent efforts in
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Special thanks go to Sasha Vodnik, Developmental Editor, for his incredible attention to
detail, his willingness to go the extra mile, and, above all, his positive attitude and
friendship, which helped to turn a challenging project into a fun endeavor. To my co-author,
Sharon Scollard, more thanks than I can express for her expertise and guidance, but most
especially for her true spirit of collaboration and teamwork, which made it a pleasure to
complete this book. Many thanks to Cindi DelFavero for her special contributions to this
text. Finally, I am extremely grateful for the love and support of my wonderful parents,
Ed and Mary Curran, and for being lucky enough to have the two best sons in the world,
Connor and Devon, who make this all worthwhile.
–Kathleen T. Finnegan
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the people whose dedication was
invaluable in producing this book. Sasha Vodnik, Developmental Editor, made countless
positive contributions and always had words of encouragement right when I needed them.
Kathy Finnegan, co-author and Senior Product Manager, regardless of the hat she wore,
always had words of wisdom, and I don’t think we’ve had a single conversation without
sharing a good laugh. Many thanks also to Joe Adamski, whose love for teaching and
technology shines through this material, which forms such a strong foundation. Finally,
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Brief Contents
File Managing Your Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FM 1
Organizing Files and Folders with Windows 8
Management
Tutorial 11 Using and Writing Visual Basic for Applications Code. . . . AC 603
Creating VBA Code for the Health Database
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Table of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Databases and Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 4
Organizing Files and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FM 5 Changing the Data Type of the Default
Primary Key Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 13
Understanding How to Organize Files
and Folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FM 6 Adding New Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 14
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Tutorial 2 Building a Database and Defining Adding Fields to a Table Using the Data
Table Relationships Type Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 86
Creating the Billing and Patient Tables . . . . . . . . . . . AC 51
Modifying the Imported Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 87
Session 2.1 Visual Overview: Table Window in
Deleting Fields from a Table Structure . . . . . AC 87
Design View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 52
Renaming Fields in Design View . . . . . . . . . . AC 89
Guidelines for Designing Databases . . . . . . . . . AC 54
Changing the Data Type for a Field in
Guidelines for Setting Field Properties . . . . . . . AC 56
Design View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 90
Naming Fields and Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 56
Setting the Default Value Property for a Field . . AC 93
Assigning Field Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 56
Adding Data to a Table by Importing a
Setting Field Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 57 Text File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 95
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Sorting Data in a Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 131 Working with the Navigation Pane . . . . . . . . . . AC 167
Using an AutoFilter to Sort Data . . . . . . . . . AC 132 Session 3.2 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 170
Session 3.1 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 139 Tutorial 4 Creating Forms and Reports
Using Forms and Reports to Display Patient and
Session 3.2 Visual Overview: Selection Criteria Visit Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 179
in Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 140
Session 4.1 Visual Overview: Form Displayed in
Defining Record Selection Criteria for Form View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 180
Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 142
Creating a Form Using the Form Wizard . . . . . AC 182
Specifying an Exact Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 142
Modifying a Form’s Design in Layout View . . . AC 185
Modifying a Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 144
Applying a Theme to a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 185
Using a Comparison Operator to Match a
Range of Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 147 Adding a Picture to a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 189
Defining Multiple Selection Criteria for Changing the Color of the Form Title . . . . . AC 191
The And Logical Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 150 Finding Data Using a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 194
The Or Logical Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 151 Maintaining Table Data Using a Form . . . . . . . AC 196
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Creating a Form with a Main Form and a Assigning a Conditional Value to a Calculated
Subform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 200 Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 245
Session 4.2 Visual Overview: Report Displayed Creating a More Flexible Parameter
in Print Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 206 Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 251
Creating a Report Using the Report Wizard . . AC 208 Session 5.1 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 253
Modifying a Report’s Design in Layout View . . AC 212 Session 5.2 Visual Overview: Advanced Query
Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 254
Applying a Theme to a Report . . . . . . . . . . AC 212
Creating a Crosstab Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 256
Changing the Alignment of Field Values . . . AC 213
Moving and Resizing Fields on a Report . . . AC 214 Creating a Find Duplicates Query . . . . . . . . . . AC 262
Changing the Title Font Color and Inserting Creating a Find Unmatched Query . . . . . . . . . AC 264
a Picture in a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 216 Creating a Top Values Query . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 267
Using Conditional Formatting in a Report . . . . AC 217 Session 5.2 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 269
Session 4.2 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 221 Session 5.3 Visual Overview: Lookup Fields
Review Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 222 and Input Masks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 270
ProSkills Exercise: Teamwork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 230 Using the Input Mask Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 276
Reviewing the Clinic Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 236 Working with Long Text Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 287
Using a List-of-Values Match in a Query . . . . . AC 240 Session 5.3 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 293
Using the Not Logical Operator in a Query . . . AC 241 Review Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 294
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Tutorial 6 Using Form Tools and Creating Session 6.2 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 345
ustom Forms
C
Creating Forms for Chatham Community Health Session 6.3 Visual Overview: Custom Form in
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 301 Form View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 346
Session 6.1 Visual Overview: Anchoring Adding a Combo Box to Find Records . . . . . . AC 348
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 302
Adding a Subform to a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 352
Designing Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 304
Displaying a Subform’s Calculated Controls in
Changing a Lookup Field to a Short Text the Main Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 356
field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 304
Adding Calculated Controls to a Subform’s
Printing Database Relationships and Using Form Footer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 356
the Documenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 307
Adding Calculated Controls to a Main
Creating Forms Using Form Tools . . . . . . . . . . . AC 311 Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 358
Creating a Form Using the Datasheet Tool . . AC 311 Resizing, Moving, and Formatting Calculated
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 360
Creating a Form Using the Multiple Items
Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 313 Changing the Tab Order in a Form . . . . . . . . . AC 364
Creating a Form Using the Split Form Tool . . AC 314 Improving a Form’s Appearance . . . . . . . . . . . AC 367
Modifying a Split Form in Layout View . . . . AC 315 Adding a Line to a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 367
Session 6.1 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 321 Modifying the Visual Effects of the Controls
in a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 370
Session 6.2 Visual Overview: Form in Design
View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 322 Session 6.3 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 372
The Form Window in Design View . . . . . . . . AC 325 Tutorial 7 Creating Custom Reports
Creating Custom Reports for Chatham Community
Adding Fields to a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 327 Health Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 381
Selecting, Moving, and Aligning Controls . . . . AC 329 Session 7.1 Visual Overview: Report Sections . . AC 382
Resizing and Deleting Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 333 Customizing Existing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 384
Adding a Combo Box to a Form . . . . . . . . . . . AC 336 Viewing a Report in Report View . . . . . . . . . AC 384
Using Form Headers and Form Footers . . . . . . AC 342 Modifying a Report in Layout View . . . . . . . AC 388
Adding a Title to a Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 343 Modifying a Report in Design View . . . . . . . AC 395
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Session 7.1 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 399 Importing a CSV File as an Access Table . . . . . AC 449
Session 7.2 Visual Overview: Report Design Analyzing a Table with the Table Analyzer . . AC 452
view and Print Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 400
Importing a table from an Access Database . . AC 454
Designing a Custom Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 402
Using XML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 456
Creating a Query for a Custom Report . . . . . . AC 403
Importing Data from an XML File . . . . . . . . AC 456
Creating a Custom Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 405
Saving and Running Import Specifications . . AC 457
Sorting and Grouping Data in a Report . . . AC 407
Exporting an Access Table as an XML File . . AC 460
Working with Controls in Design View . . . . . . . AC 412
Saving and Running Export Specifications . . AC 463
Adding Lines to a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 416
Session 8.1 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 465
Hiding Duplicate Values in a Report . . . . . . . . AC 418
Session 8.2 Visual Overview: Tabbed Control
Session 7.2 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 419 with a Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 466
Session 7.3 Visual Overview: Custom report in Creating a Tabbed Form Using a Tab
Design view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 420 Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 468
Adding the Date to a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 422 Integrating Access with Other Programs . . . . . AC 472
Adding a Title to a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 428 Using Templates and Application Parts . . . . . . AC 480
Session 7.3 Quick Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 434 Linking Data from an Excel Worksheet . . . . . . AC 486
Session 8.1 Visual Overview: Exporting data Tutorial 9 Using Action Queries and Advanced Table
to XML and HTML . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 444 Relationships
Enhancing User Interaction with the Health
Exporting an Access Query to an HTML Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 497
Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 446
Session 9.1 Visual Overview: Action Queries . . AC 498
Viewing an HTML Document Using Internet
Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 448
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O b j e c t i ves Managing Your
• Explore the differences
between Windows 7 and
Windows 8
Files
• Plan the organization of files Organizing Files and Folders with
and folders
• Use File Explorer to view and Windows 8
manage libraries, folders,
and files
• Open and save files Case | Savvy Traveler
• Create folders
• Copy and move files and After spending a summer traveling in Italy, Matt Marino started Savvy
folders Traveler, a travel company that organizes small tours in Europe. To
• Compress and extract files market his company, Matt created flyers, brochures, webpages, and
other materials that describe the tours he offers. Matt uses the Savvy
Traveler office computer to locate and store photos, illustrations,
and text documents he can include in his marketing materials. He
recently hired you to help manage the office. To keep Matt con-
nected to the office while traveling, he just purchased a new laptop
computer running Windows 8. He is familiar with Windows 7, so he
needs an overview explaining how Windows 8 is different. Matt asks
you to train him on using Windows 8 to organize his files and folders.
Although he has only a few files, he knows it’s a good idea to set up
a logical organization now so he can find his work later as he stores
more files and folders on the computer.
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FM 2 Windows 8 | Managing Your Files
Visual Overview:
The Windows
Explorer toolbar
provides buttons for
completing tasks.
Windows Explorer
includes a navigation
pane, which displays
icons and links to
resources and
locations on your
computer.
Windows 7 space.
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Managing Your Files | Windows 8 FM 3
A thumbnail image
previews the file
contents for certain
types of files.
Windows 8
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FM 4 Windows 8 | Managing Your Files
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Managing Your Files | Windows 8 FM 5
Despite the substantial differences between how you interact with Windows 7 and
Windows 8, the steps you follow to perform work in either operating system are the
same. In a typical computer session, you start an application and open a file, often
referred to as a document, which is a collection of data that has a name and is stored
on a computer. You view, add, or change the file contents, and then save and close the
file. You can complete all of these steps using Windows 7 or Windows 8. Because most
of your work involves files, you need to understand how to save and organize files so
you can easily find and open them when necessary.
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FM 6 Windows 8 | Managing Your Files
each drawer is a
storage device, or disk
A computer can store folders and files on different types of disks, ranging from
removable media—such as USB drives (also called USB flash drives) and digital
video discs (DVDs)—to hard disks, or fixed disks, which are permanently housed in
a computer. Hard disks are the most popular type of computer storage because they
provide an economical way to store many gigabytes of data. (A gigabyte, or GB, is
about 1 billion bytes, with each byte roughly equivalent to a character of data.)
To have your computer access a removable disk, you must insert the disk into a
drive, which is a device that can retrieve and sometimes record data on a disk. A
computer’s hard disk is already contained in a drive inside the computer, so you don’t
need to insert it each time you use the computer.
A computer distinguishes one drive from another by assigning each a drive letter.
The hard disk is assigned to drive C. The remaining drives can have any other letters,
but are usually assigned in the order that the drives were installed on the computer—
so your USB drive might be drive D or drive F.
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Language: Finnish
Kirj.
Helmi Setälä
Äitivainajani muistolle.
Mutta tyyni oli vain käynyt myrskyn edellä. Se oli heittänyt hänet
tuuliajolle ja vieroittanut hänet kaikesta siitä, mikä ennen oli ollut
hänelle pyhää ja kallista. Vuosikausiin hän ei ollut kirkossakaan
käynyt. Sattumako se nyt äitivainajan kuolinpäivän oli hänen
mieleensä tuonut — siitä oli täsmälleen juuri kaksikymmentä vuotta
kulunut — vai olisiko joku muu voima hänet kirkkoon vienyt?
Kaitselmusko? Hertta hymähti itseksensä. Nuo ajatukset hän aikoja
sitten oli tyhjinä ja sisällyksettöminä karkoittanut luotaan. Ne olivat
saaneet väistyä järkeä tyydyttävämpien tieltä. — —
Hän muisti sitten päivän eräänä keväänä. Kepein askelin hän oli
astunut kotiin koulusta päästötodistus kädessänsä. Hän oli niin
iloinen ja vapaa mielestänsä, hän näki elämän ensi kertaa
hymyilevän edessänsä ja kaikki raskaat ajatukset olivat kadonneet.
Isä oli palannut kotiin pitkältä matkaltansa ja aikoi nyt asettua
kaupunkiin asumaan. Tuota aikaa oli Hertta kauan ikävöinyt, sillä
oma koti oli väikkynyt hänen mielessänsä kuin ihana unelma. Yhä
uudelleen hän oli mielessään luonut kuvan tuosta kodista, jossa
hänelläkin isän huoneen vieressä olisi oma pieni soppensa. Hän
asettelisi hienoja uutimia ikkunoihin ja kukkivia kasveja joka
pöydälle, äidin kuvan ympärille hän kietoisi köynnöskasvin, joka ei
koskaan saisi kuihtua ja kellastua. Ja kun kaikki olisi valmiina, hiipisi
hän hiljaa isän huoneesen, käsipuolesta taluttaisi hänet äidin kuvan
eteen ja kuuntelisi, mitä hän hänestä kertoisi.
Siitä saakka hän oli hapuillut kuin eksynyt, löytämättä oikeata tietä.
Jossain kaukana hänelle häämöitti epäselvä päämäärä, jonka
edestä elää ja työtä tehdä, mutta aina kun hän luuli askeleen sitä
lähestyneensä, katosikin se uudelleen. Ja tuossa alituisessa
hapuilemisessa hänen mielensä muuttui yhä raskaammaksi ja
alakuloisemmaksi.
— No, no, veli hopea, paina puuta, kuka noista naisista viisastuu.
Parasta on heittää rauhaan. Kapteeni nauroi kovaäänisesti.
— Älä saakelissa — —
— No, no, eihän sitä vielä niin pitkällä olla. Voit täydellisesti luottaa
minuun.
Hertta säpsähti. Hän kuuli ääniä isän huoneesta. Miten usein tuo
nauru oli herättänyt hänet kesken uniensa ja tunkeutunut hänen
luoksensa yön hiljaisuudessa. Hän inhosi noita pitkiä yöistuntoja
konjakkilasien ääressä, joiden jälkeen isä koko aamupäiviksi
sulkeutui huoneesensa. Hän inhosi silloin koko kotiansa, johon hän
oli kytketty kiinni, ja olisi halunnut katkaista kaikki vastenmieliset
siteet.