In my lessons, I often mention that some topics will be covered "in a future lesson." My goal is to reassure you that even though you might be interested in more of a specific topic right now, your questions will be answered soon.

Some people have commented that I "tease" them and don't cover material intentionally, or that I'm trying to "sell" future lessons. That's not my intention at all. You can't learn everything about every topic at the same time. Space and time don't work that way. I can't download information to your brain instantaneously. I'd be rich if I could!

I have to pick the right order to give you information based on my nearly 30 years of experience doing this. I can't teach you everything about every form field property at once... or everything about Macros in one lesson. Some things have to "be covered in a future lesson." I try to give you a broad understanding of topics first and then drill down later into the important ones, followed even later by the less important ones.  And let's be honest, some topics are more important than others. Some features you'll never use. There are things in Access that I've never had a need to use in a real-world database.

Now, most reference books are organized with a depth-first approach. They will teach you everything there is to know about tables in this chapter. Then everything there is to know about queries. Then forms. Then reports. I don't like that. It's good for a reference book if you want to look up something. But it's not good for people who are learning Access for the first time.

I prefer a breadth-first approach. I teach you a little bit about tables, then a little bit about queries, then a form or two, then a report. Then we go back and do more with tables, queries, etc. I think this works much better for learning something new. You'd get bored if I drilled down into multi-field composite keys when I cover tables in the first class when you can't appreciate them yet. See? 

You can't learn everything there is about math in one session. If you take Math 101 you can't get mad at the instructor of your arithmetic class for not teaching you differential calculus.

When I say "it will be covered in a future class," trust me. I'm not doing this to "dangle the apple" in front of you. I'm just letting you know that yes, it's coming...

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