Teach yourself just what you need to know about developing add-ins for Microsoft Office XP. This title, aimed at beginner developers, is a teach-yourself guide to creating custom software solutions, automating tasks, and taking creative control of Access Version 2002 by exploiting its built-in programming language, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). You'll learn to automate databases, write your own functions and procedures, customize menus and toolbars, connect applications to the Web, and more. The popular S-by-Step method lets you choose your best starting point, and the easy-to-follow lessons include clear objectives and real-world business examples so you can learn exactly what you need to know, at your own speed. Prepared by an author with extensive knowledge of VBA and Access, this book includes numerous screen shots that illustrate specific step-by-step programming procedures, plus a companion CD-ROM full of practice files that are tightly integrated with the lessons.