Microsoft Access 2007 Intermediate

You have the basic skills needed to work with Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007 databases, including creating and working with Access tables, relationships, queries, forms, and reports. But so far, you have been focusing only on essential database user skills. In this course, you will consider how to maintain data consistency, how to customise database components, and how to share Access data with other applications.

You will maintain data consistency and integrity; improve queries, forms, and reports; and also integrate Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007 with other applications.

Microsoft Office Access 2007: Level 2 is designed for students who would like to learn intermediate-level operations of the Microsoft Office Access program. The Level 2 course is for individuals whose job responsibilities include maintaining data integrity; handling complex queries, forms, and reports; and sharing data between Access and other applications. This course is also a prerequisite to taking more advanced courses in Access 2007.

You will learn how to
* Define database objects
* Design a simple database
* Create tables and table relationships
* Manage data in a table
* Create filters and queries
* Query records using expressions
* Create and modify forms and reports
* Open and navigate in a Word document
* Open and navigate in an Excel spreadsheet
* Open a text file in Notepad

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Controlling Data Entry
Topic 1A: Restrict Data Entry Using Field Properties
Topic 1B: Establish a Pattern for Entering Field Values
Topic 1C: Create a List of Values for a Field

Lesson 2: Joining Tables
Topic 2A: Create Query Joins
Topic 2B: Join Unrelated Tables
Topic 2C: Relate Data Within a Table

Lesson 3: Creating Flexible Queries
Topic 3A: Set Select Query Properties
Topic 3B: Create Parameter Queries
Topic 3C: Create Action Queries

Lesson 4: Improving Forms
Topic 4A: Design a Form Layout
Topic 4B: Enhance the Appearance of a Form
Topic 4C: Restrict Data Entry in Forms
Topic 4D: Add a Command Button to a Form
Topic 4E: Create a Subform

Lesson 5: Customising Reports
Topic 5A: Organise Report Information
Topic 5B: Format the Report
Topic 5C: Set Report Control Properties
Topic 5D: Control Report Pagination
Topic 5E: Summarise Report Information
Topic 5F: Add a Subreport to an Existing Report
Topic 5G: Create a Mailing Label Report

Lesson 6: Sharing Data Across Applications

Topic 6A: Import Data into Access
Topic 6B: Export Data
Topic 6C: Analyse Access Data in Excel
Topic 6D: Export Data to a Text File
Topic 6E: Merge Access Data with a Word Document