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Access Essential Training (Office 365/Microsoft)

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Overview

Harness the power of databases using Microsoft Access. Learn how to build tables, define relationships, create queries, and more, using the Office 365 version of the program.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Build databases with Access
  • What you should know
1. Getting Started
  • Database concepts
  • Create the database file
  • Understand the Trust Center
  • Dig into ribbon tabs
  • Database navigation pane
  • Customize the Quick Access Toolbar
  • Create a database backup
2. Creating Tables
  • Table structures and relationships
  • Create a table and set data types
  • Enter data
  • Primary and foreign keys
  • Import tables
3. Setting Field Properties
  • Relationships and referential integrity
  • Edit table structure in Design view
  • Control input with masks
  • Set a default value
  • Data validation rules
  • Data lookup fields
  • Additional field properties
4. Organizing Records
  • Sort table data
  • Filter table data
  • Delete records
  • Search and replace values
5. Using Queries
  • What are queries?
  • Simple Query Wizard
  • Build queries in Design view
  • Establish constraints with criteria
  • Specify criteria with wildcards
  • Incorporate AND and OR statements
  • Filter with mathematical comparisons
  • Create flexible queries with parameters
  • Build expressions
  • Obtain summary statistics
6. Creating Forms
  • Understand the role of forms
  • Generate forms from tables
  • Adjust form elements in Layout view
  • Use the Form Wizard
  • Form Design view
  • Find records
7. Creating Reports
  • Introduce reports
  • Report Wizard
  • Edit a report in Design view
  • Edit a report in Layout view
  • Group and sort records
  • Create calculated totals
  • Apply conditional formatting rules
  • Create labels
  • Adjust print settings
8. Maintaining the Database
  • Customize groups in the navigation pane
  • Compact and repair the database
  • Examine database object relationships
  • Document your thought process
  • Print the blueprint of your database
  • Split a database into front and back ends
  • Protect the database with a password
  • Set startup options
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Adam Wilbert

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