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    tragik is offline Novice
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    Complete, noob help with where to start?

    Ok, here is what I got: I have 10 years worth of magazines (3 different publishers, so 30 years worth) that i am putting into an access database (access 2007). These magazines are of Model building (planes, ships, etc). This is my FIRST database I have built and I am 12 magazines into it. Now, here is what I am doing: I am entering each magazine in and important articles. I am also scanning the article to a jpg file and using a hyperlink to link it locally on my pc. This way I can keep my database in a reasonable size.
    Now onto my query question: I want to build a form that visaully is something a normal user could use. I can invision fields that this user can checkmark or fill in search words (like P-51) and it will search the entire database for every article that is related to the word of P-51. This will give a list of items in a way that a normal user can look through and see which article they want to read.. make sense? So, I have been poking around on the internet and undsure if i have to learn VB to do this or not. I am not looking for someone to build it for me but more of a direction where to look. Here are some screen shots to help understand my craziness.
    Here are some screen shots if that helps.
    http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/6807/access1.jpg
    (above, this is my magazine issue table)
    http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5118/access2.jpg


    (above you can see a review table, reviews of models. )
    http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/2599/access3.jpg
    (above: a table where titles of the article are used on 'how to' do something rather than a unique subject)
    http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/4695/access4.jpg
    Here is my relational database and its structure.

    I am sorry if these screen shots are to big or i am asking a dumb question. Thank you for your time.

    sean.

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    hawzmolly is offline Advanced Beginner
    Windows 10 Access 2010 32bit
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    Buy a Book

    May I suggest that you go to your local bookseller, Barnes & Noble, etc, and buy "MS Office Access 2003/7 Bible" by Prague, Irwin, and Reardon, $49.99.

    Get the one that matches your Access version. This book is well written and easy to follow with a great index. This book comes with a pretty good CD that you can use to learn Access.

    Another more basic is "MS Office Access 2003/7 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies", $29.99.

    Tip - Forget "Spread Sheet" Learn "DataBase". Speaking from experience one simply can not learn Access by trial and error and MS Help is near worthless for newbe's like you and I.

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    tragik is offline Novice
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    thank you very much, i am reading the idiots guide for vba and for just access (forms etc)

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