@GaryJSmith: "Has anyone designed an Access database to manage a charity silent auction?  I 
need to be able to keep track of bidders, the items that are bought, the 
sales price, and also to be able to print invoices at the end of the auction 
for each bidder listing the items they bought, their sales price, and the 
total amount owed.  I am a complete novice with Access and I am afraid it 
will take me forever to get this designed!"
    @yvts: "This would be a good place to start using Access.  My first project was for 
a charity membership database, very similar to what you need.  I'm guessing 
it will take you at least 30 hours of work to do this, if you are new.  You 
need a members table, a products table, an invoice table, and a lineitem 
table for each item in the invoice. If you want to use this application for 
multiple auctions, and want to keep each auction separate so you can compare 
profits, total sales, etc, then you should also have an auction table.
After these talbes are setup and linked correctly, then begin building the 
forms for data entry.  Finally, build the reports you need such as invoices.
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