If you are strolling down a sandy beach on a remote island and come across someone being buried up to their neck in sand by two beautiful little girls, it is likely me. Take a minute to introduce yourself but don’t bring up Microsoft Office Access because...

Lately I have been thinking a bit about report design and how to make reports look great without writing lots of line drawing code. Being a sports fan I have always thought sports sites do a good job making great looking reports. Personally, I couldn...

I recently came across a blog post about common design elements for web 2.0 sites. http://f6design.com/journal/2006/10/21/the-visual-design-of-web-20/ There are some things we in the Access world could learn to make our apps look and feel a bit...

Advisor Magazine has recently released (made free for download) an good article that walks you through and provides code samples for three methods to search for a file. “Find Your Data” by Access MVP, Doug Steele, can be downloaded from http://zones.advisor...

I know I have posted a few Office Live links this week and some of you Access developers are getting tired of it. But, here is a video link on a review on what the team has done. http://soapbox.msn.com/video.aspx?vid=e8d35046-a295-4724-9def-d00ba746fc9f...

The InfoPath team has recently posted a blog on the new Access 2007 data collection feature. http://blogs.msdn.com/infopath/archive/2006/11/15/integrated-innovation-access-data-collection.aspx For the best overview of how to get started see this...

I just came across a nice article about SharePoint on CRN. http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=193700573 They did a good job summarizing the Excel Services that are part of the MOSS server "Users can now...

Office Live is live! I know, I know--just couldn't resist. But it is true. Office Live released the RTM bits today. They will be upgrading sites over the next couple weeks. http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=PR&Date=20061115&ID...

PC Mag just released a review of Office 2007. They gave Office a 4.5 out of 5 stars. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2052256,00.asp I love this quote: " Once you get past the few minutes needed to navigate the new Ribbon interface, you'll wonder...

Three years ago my wife Taunya retired from Microsoft (she worked in Corp Analysis Relations) to pursue a new career -- mom. She has certainly found the experience rewarding and a great opportunity to develop the mind of a precocious young lady. Six months...

3 years ago we started work on the most ambitious release of Access in a decade. The team worked hard to make it easier for information workers to quickly track and report on information. There are many that will make it easier for you to satisfy customer...

The past few days I have been working on an update to our Access 2000 Expense Report database. I'm interested if anyone has any feedback on how I can improve the design of the template. Let me give you a quick run through of the tables, forms, and...

Office Online just launched a site redesign that reworked the Access 2007 content. You might find it interesting. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/FX100487571033.aspx?ofcresset=1 There is also a developer map that is designed to help people...