9861600203Advanced Access Course Content
Access Introduction
Database concepts and terminology
- Database terminology and concepts
- Exploring the Access environment
- Planning and designing databases
- Getting help
- Closing a database and Access
Access Basics
- Exploring Tables
- Exploring Forms
- Examining Queries
- Exploring Reports
Creating a Database
- Create a new Database
- Creating a Table
- Entering Field Names and Data Types
- Add a Primary Key
- Enter Records into a Table
Working with Fields and Records
- Modify a table design
- Find values in a table
- Filter Records
- Sort Records
Querying Tables
- Create, run, sort and save queries
- Modify query results
- Use Comparison Operators AND, OR, NOT, BETWEEN
- Find record with empty fields
- Create queries from more than one table
- Creating a Summary query
Creating and using Forms
- Create a form automatically
- Create a form with the Form Wizard
- Modify a Form in Design View
- Find, sort and filter records when using a Form
Creating and using Reports
- Create reports with the Report Wizard from tables or queries
- Group records in a report and summarize data
- Modify and print reports
Importing, Exporting and Linking Objects
- Importing from Excel
- Importing Objects from Access
- Exporting Objects to Access
- Linking Access Tables
- Linked Table Manger
Access Intermediate
Creating a relational database
- Set relationships between tables
- Relationship types
- Referential integrity between tables
Working with Related Tables
- The Lookup Wizard
- Using Design view to modify Lookup field properties
Defining data entry rules
- Use the Input Mask wizard
- Setting field properties
Use advanced query features
- Join tables in queries
- Joining tables in design view
- Using the Query Wizard
- Create calculated fields
- Create action queries
Create advanced queries
- Find duplicate records
- Find unmatched records in different tables
- Create cross-tab queries
- Use parameter queries
- Using indexes to speed up sorting and filtering data in tables
Creating advanced form design
- Use contros to add graphics to a form
- Image controls & unbound object frame controls
- Adding calculations in a form
- Aligning controls in a form
- Adding a combo box to search records
- Tab order
Use advanced report features
- Creating customised headers and footers
- Set properties to group data
Access Advanced
Creating advanced forms
- Build a form based on joined tables
- Use functions to automate form data entry
- Add tab controls to a form
- Inserting and reordering pages
- Renaming a page
- Adding fields
- Insert a subform and change subform properties
- Create and use group controls in forms
Creating macros and automation
- Build a standard Switchboard
- Adding a new Switchboard page
- Setting the Switchboard to Auto Open
- Unrestricting views
- Create a macro to automate tasks
- Creating the macro
- Editing the macro
- Attach macros to events of database objects
Exploring Access SQL
- Identify different clauses in SQL statements
- Selecting specific fields
- Selecting All fields in a table
- Selecting fields with a criteria
- SQL Statement to display matching data
- SQL Statement to display matching data and all data from primary table
- Attaching an SQL statement to a database object
- Creating a Union Query
Use hyperlinks, attachments and embedded objects
- Create and work with hyperlink fields
- Create and work with attachment fields
- Create and use embedded object fields
Manage and split a database
- Use Analyze Performance
- Save a database to an earlier version
- Default blank database version
- Split a database
Protect and customize a database
- Open a database as exclusive
- Set a database password
- Remove a database password
- Use Access options to custom a database
- The Options dialog box
- Quick Reference: Acccess Shortcuts