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Microsoft Access for Beginners - The Complete Beginner's Guide to Access

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About Microsoft Access for Beginners - The Complete Beginner's Guide to Access

Introduction to the Course

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Flat vs Relational Databases. Why Relational Databases are More Efficient.

Create and Save a New Access Database

Understand Access Objects

Naming Conventions

Create the Camrof Ltd Products Table

Create the Camrof Ltd Suppliers Table

Understand & Use the Caption Property

Understand & Use the Field Size Property

Understand & Use the Format Property

Understand & Use the Lookup Wizard to Create Drop-Downs

Understand & Use the Field Description

Enter a Record in the Products Table

Enter a Record in the Suppliers Table

Import Records into the Products Table

Import Records into the Suppliers Table

Sort Records in a Table

Filter Records in a Table

Apply Formatting to the Datasheet View

Freeze Columns in a Table

Build Relationships Between Tables Using the Relationships Window

Build Relationships Between Tables Using the Lookup Wizard

Create the Product Form Part 1

Create the Product Form Part 2 - Placing Controls

Create the Product Form Part 3 - Designing the Form

Create the Product Form Part 4 - Formatting Controls

Create the Product Form Part 5 - The Form Header and Footer

Create the Products Form Part 6: Adding Command Buttons

Create the Products Form Part 7: Form Properties

Create the Supplier Form Part 1: Using the Layout View to Create a Form

Create the Supplier Form Part 2: Formatting Controls in the Layout View

Create the Supplier Form Part 3: Finishing Touches

Create a Form Which Includes a Subform Using the Form Wizard

Create Your First Select Query

Create a Select Query That Includes Two Related Tables

Create a Select Query That Uses And/Or Criteria

Create a Select Query That Uses Comparison Operators

Create a Select Query That Uses Between And Criteria

Create a Query That Uses Wildcard Criteria

Create the Products Report Part 1

Create the Products Report Part 2

Create the Suppliers Report Using the Report Wizard

Create a Navigation Form Part 1

Create a Navigation Form Part 2

Create a Navigation Form Part 3

Student Project: Teala Training Database

What You Will Learn?

  • This introduction to Microsoft Access provides the perfect foundation for developing expertise. Even though it is a beginner’s course, delegates will build two fully functioning relational databases. Chester Tugwell, your course tutor, started his Microsoft Access training career back in the late 1990s and over the years he has fine-tuned his content and delivery to culminate in this excellent course..
  • Chester has designed this course to be as hands-on as possible. It is project-based and takes you through the steps involved in building an Access relational database from the ground up. .
  • Topics Covered in the Course.
  • Relational Database Theory – what is a relational database and how does it compare to the way data is stored in Excel, for example?.
  • Tables – designing tables to store data. Setting data types and field properties..
  • Importing Data – importing data into your Access database stored in Excel or as text files..
  • Creating Relationships Between Tables – understanding primary and foreign keys and creating relationships between tables..
  • Design Forms – that look great and function well..
  • Select Queries – understand how to set AND/OR criteria, use comparison operators and wildcards..
  • Design Reports – that look professional..
  • Create a Front-End for your Database – create a navigation form with command buttons that open your forms and reports. Set database options that control what appears/doesn’t appear to your users when they open the database..
  • The course was created using Access 365 (2019) but will work for earlier versions..