Monday, September 06, 2010
Access 2003 Intro Minimize
Class Time 6 hours
Prerequisite: PC experience, Introduction to Windows, or experience within the Windows environment. Experience in using a mouse and reasonable degree of keyboard proficiency.

Topics covered in this class include:
Getting Started
  • What is Access? Starting Access
  • The Access Application Window
Access application window
  • Working with Access menus, basic Access terminology
  • Examining Access objects
  • Resetting the database folder, displaying help information
  • Exiting from Access
Setting up a new database
  • Designing and creating a new database, creating a new table
  • Entering records in datasheet view
  • Printing the datasheet of a table
  • Navigating through records in datasheet view
  • Closing a table/closing a database
Creating a form/modifying and manipulating data
  • Reopening a database/reopening a table
  • Creating a form
  • Navigating through records in form view/closing a form
  • Reopening a form
  • Switching between form view and datasheet view
  • Entering records in form view
  • Editing records in datasheet view and in form view
  • Using the find feature
  • Deleting records in datasheet view and in form view
  • Modifying the datasheet view of a table
  • Sorting the records in a table
Displaying selected data
  • Filtering the records in a table
  • Creating a simple query
  • Creating a query in design view
  • Modifying a query
  • Including a numeric condition in a query
  • Including a calculated field in a query
Creating a report
  • Creating a simple tabular report
  • Creating a grouped tabular report, modifying a report
Additional Access features
  • Using the spelling checker
  • Copying, renaming and deleting database objects
  • Importing spreadsheet data into an Access table
    

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