December 2007 - Posts

Access 2003 SP3 hotfix rollup now available
28 December 07 09:35 AM
You can find details here... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/945674 [Zac] For those of you who are wondering, this is the update I've told several folks would be coming. Everyone who is running Access 2003 SP3 will probably want to apply this patch. It Read More...
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Happy Holidays from the Access Team
21 December 07 08:16 PM
The Access team wishes you and yours the best of all holiday seasons.  May you spend it safe and warm with the ones you hold most dear.  Have a great couple weeks; we'll return in the new year.  We've got a ton of stuff going on in Redmond, Read More...
Postedby Zac Woodall | 4 Comments    
Access 2007 tips and tricks from the team
18 December 07 08:14 PM
Months ago I posted a three part tips and tricks series on Access 2007 on my personal blog . I recently got feedback that the series should be posted on the Access team blog--makes sense as this blog gets about 3 million more hits a month than my personal Read More...
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Developer Reference Stats for Office
13 December 07 11:03 PM
Mike Stowe over on the user assistance team put together an interesting analysis of how often various parts of the new Office 2007 help system are used with a drill down on Access in particular. As you might expect, topics for Access, VBA, and Excel are Read More...
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2007 SP1 is Ready!!
11 December 07 09:40 PM
At last, the long wait is over, get yours today ! I definitely recommend this upgrade to all 2007 users. The team has done a lot of work to improve performance, security, and stability over the original release, which you can get a hold of by installing Read More...
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Interesting presentations about Access 2007
10 December 07 09:44 PM
Our friends in the UK Access User Group always put on a great national Seminar. It looks like the sessions this year were packed with helpful content and insight from developers. I found the following decks interesting: Working with Access 2007 and SharePoint Read More...
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Access Ribbon Customizer
05 December 07 11:05 PM
One of our Access support leads, Claton Hendricks, has put together a tool he calls Access Ribbon Customizer for Access developers who need to build custom ribbons. This tool is slightly reminiscent of (though not exactly the same as) the built-in command Read More...
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Access is Hiring!
05 December 07 02:08 AM
The Access team is looking for great people to help us turn Access 14 into the best Access release of all time! If you're passionate about Access (and you probably are since you're reading this) and you know you've got what it takes to create world class Read More...
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Teaching users to fish--an online intro to queries
03 December 07 10:27 PM
Does this sound familiar? Smart Access user builds a cool database to help co-workers do their jobs more efficiently. Co-workers sing praises and advocate a raise for the smart Access hero. A few weeks later, end users ask hero to help create a couple Read More...
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