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Jump start new Access databases with a custom blank database template
Today's guest blogger is Access MVP Glenn Lloyd of Argee Services. Check out his Office help blog and Access Help and Tutorial Blog . There are certain features that virtually every Access database application includes. Certain tables like people’s names Read More...
How do you track customer relationships?
This is guest post from Allie Rutherford a summer college intern on the Access team. Do you own your own business or are you in a position where you have to keep track of your customer relationships and sales leads? Have you ever wished your CRM or sales Read More...
Write your own Help
Sure, that sounds like the frustrated outburst of an overworked technical writer, but when you build Access applications for others to use, you're pretty much on the hook to write the Help for them. Last month, we featured the “ How to synchronize combo Read More...
Template demonstrates how to synchronize combo boxes
You can download a template for Access 2007 that demonstrates how to synchronize two combo boxes. For example, say you choose a category from one combo box, and you want a second combo box to only display products within that category. The template shows Read More...
Assets, Students, Tasks templates now have videos
Today’s guest writer is Wouter Steenbergen, one of the newest members of the Access Program Management team. Several months ago we updated the contacts template . Because of the overwhelming positive feedback it generated we updated the Assets , Student Read More...
Free Bugs application available for download
A few months ago we solicited feedback about a new bug tracking template that was in development. We got lots of great feedback and I’m happy to announce the template is available in the Access Getting Started screen in the business category and on Office Read More...
Bug database template beta available for free download
Around two months ago clintc made a post asking if anyone would be interested in a light-weight bug tracking template, and the response was overwhelming. Well, I am happy to announce that we have taken the time to put together just such a template, and Read More...
The Contacts Template Redesign: Listen, Iterate, and Educate
Today’s guest writer is Josh Meisels, our intern this summer. He is heading back to school next week but wanted to share information about one of his summer projects. Access 2007 made a huge push to create useful, ready-to-use database templates that Read More...
Customer feedback to improve product design
Access 2007 in many ways is a different product for end users. In previous releases it was very difficult to be successful creating a new application without using help, taking a class, reading a book, or asking the community—information workers that Read More...
2007 templates have been updated
Some of our customers have reported problems printing mailing labels on contacts, customers, employees tables in the 2007 templates. The contacts type Address field was defined as a Memo data type. Unfortunately, the report mailing label wizard filters Read More...
New Vehicle Maintenance and Expense Reports database available
We just published two new Access 2007 templates that are now available on Office Online. Expense Reports Create an expense reporting database for your business to track and approve expenses in addition to printing reports. Vehicle Maintenance Create a Read More...
Charitable Contributions Templated
For three months this fall we were fortunate to have Anshul Tandon working on our PM team as an intern.  Anshul has now gone back to Louisiana State University where he's a member of the senior class. During his time with us one of his tasks was Read More...
Office Online Community Submitted Database Templates
Community submitted templates are now live on Office Online!!  "Er?"  You say, "what has this to do with me?"  I'm so glad you asked!! For the first time ever, there is now a Microsoft hosted service through which you Read More...
Millions of blog hits and template downloads
.style1 { font-size: 18px; } The last couple days I have stumbled across some numbers that give you an idea about the popularity of our favorite desktop engine. 3 million hits on this blog last month 2.8 million 2007 template downloads world wide since Read More...
New Access 2007 Articles on Office Online
Thanks to Jeff Conrad on the Access test team for this: Office Online now has published four articles with material pulled from the Microsoft Office Access 2007 Inside Out book. This enormous book, published by Microsoft Press, is co-authored by Access Read More...
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