In this two-day instructor-led course, students will create complex Access databases by structuring existing data, writing advanced queries, working with macros, making effective use of forms and reports, and also by performing database maintenance through group and individual instruction, hands-on practical exercises, visual aids, and comprehensive training manuals and materials.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Restructure data into appropriate tables to ensure data dependency and minimize redundancy
• Write advanced queries to analyze and summarize data
• Create and revise Access macros
• Display data more effectively in a form
• Customize reports by using various Access features, thus making them more effective
• Maintain your database using tools provided by Access
Planning the Database
• What information do you need to keep?
• Summary of Customer Actions
• Report Types
• What else?
The Tables
• Refining the Table Fields
• Field Properties
• An Input Mask
• Lookup Fields
• Creating the Lookup Field
• Row Source
• Lookup Lists
• Editing a Value List
Database Design and Normalisation
• The Relationship Window
• Performance Analyzer
Forms Design
• Creating a Form
• The Form
• Formatting a Form
• Design View
• Field Properties
• Changing Captions
• Changing Captions Exercise
• Moving Fields
• Vertical Spacing
• Nudging Fields
• Shrinking Or Expanding a Field
• Changing a Form Caption
• Creating a Control
• The Query Builder
• Dragging a Linked Field onto a Form
• Using Format Painter
Forms, Buttons & VBA
• Accessing the Form Footer
• Adding a Close Button
• The Command Button Wizard
• Viewing the VBA code
• Code Explanation
• Creating a New Module
• Attaching the Function to a Button
Form Templates
• Setting Form Properties
• Creating a Form Template
• Testing the Template
• Creating Forms from a Template
Complex Calculations in Queries
• Creating the Query
• Selecting Multiple Fields
• Calculated Fields
• Typing the Formula
• Creating a Mathematical Function
• Code Explanation
• Creating a User Defi ned Function
• Applying Functions
Using SQL
• Viewing SQL
• Creating a Combo Box
• Creating a Search Field in SQL
Application Front Ends & Menus
• Creating the Buttons
• The Command Button Wizard
• Creating the Procedure
• Vertical Spacing
• Modifying the Button Procedures
• Switch Buttons
Form Graphics
• Inserting a Picture
• Image Properties
• Sizing the Image
Macros
• Creating a Macro
• AutoExec Macros
• Running the Macro
• Editing the Macro
This course is for the individual whose job responsibilities include working with related tables; creating advanced queries, forms, and reports; writing macros to automate common tasks; and performing general database maintenance. It is also designed as one in a series of courses for students pursuing the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification for Microsoft Office Access 2007.
Completion of Microsoft Access 2007 Level 1 course or equivalent knowledge.
