Access 2010 Introduction

 

Course Length

Full day

 

Course Description

This class introduces participants to Access, a database management program used to store different types of information in an organized way so it can be easily and selectively retrieved. Users will create a new database and work with an existing database. Participants will learn how to manage and present the information using tables, queries, forms, and reports.

 

Course Topics

Getting Started

  • Understand database types, relational databases, key fields, and relationships
  • Plan a database
  • Display Backstage View
  • Identify window elements
  • Trust a database
  • Use the Ribbon, Quick Access Toolbar, and Access Help
  • View, open, & close database objects

Tables

  • Move and select in a table
  • Change row height and column width

  • Save the datasheet layout

  • Move, freeze and unfreeze fields

  • Hide and unhide fields

  • Use Find, Replace and undo

  • Add a Total row

  • View or modify data in a subdatasheet

  • Sort and restore records in a table

  • Filter records in a table

  • Add, edit, and delete records

  • Check spelling, print preview and print

  • Delete a database object

Database Creation

  • Create a new database

  • Use naming conventions

  • Explore field names, data types, and field descriptions

  • Create tables and change views

  • Open a table in Design view

  • Add, move, and delete fields

  • Change a data type for a field

  • Change field properties

  • Work with input masks

  • Assign and delete a primary key

Forms

  • Open a form and change form view

  • Navigate in a form and add records

  • Sort and filter

  • Create and save a form

  • Edit, print, and delete records

  • Display the property sheet

  • View a form record source

  • Add a caption

Queries

  • Run a saved query and change views

  • Create, run, and save a Select query

  • Select columns/rows in the Design Grid

  • Remove fields from the Design Grid

  • Hide a field in the query results

  • Sort records in a query

  • Rearrange the order of the fields

  • Use criteria, comparison operators, and wildcard characters

  • Create calculated fields

  • Create a “Totals” calculation

  • Create multi-table queries

  • Remove a table from a query

  • Display/hide table names in the Design Grid

Reports

  • Open a report and change the view

  • Display the property sheet in a report

  • Create and save reports

  • Add bound and unbound controls

  • Modify report sections

  • Remove controls from a layout

  • Select, move, resize, and delete field list controls

  • Preview and print reports

  • Change page setup

Importing and Exporting

  • Import or link Excel data to Access

  • Export Access data to Excel

 

What Participants Receive

Each participant receives a guide containing step-by-step instructions and a laminated reference card.

 

 

 

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