This course is designed for students who wish to learn the basic operations of the Access 2003 database program to perform their day-to-day responsibilities, and to understand the advantages that using a relational database program can bring to their business processes. The Level 1 course is for the individual whose job responsibilities include working with tables to create and maintain records, locate records, and produce reports based on the information in the database. It also provides the fundamental knowledge and techniques needed to advance to more technical Access responsibilities, such as creating and maintaining new databases and using programming techniques that enhance Access applications.

To create and edit a simple Microsoft® Access database.

Course Objectives
By the end of this level you will be able to:

• Examine the Access database application
• Examine the Microsoft® Access database application
• Manage the data in a database
• Examine existing table relationships
• Query the database
• Design simple forms
• Create and modify Access reports

Content

Overview of Access - Understand Relational Databases - Examine the Access Environment - Open the Database Environment - Examine an Access Table

Managing Data - Examine an Access Form - Add and Delete Records - Sort Records - Display Recordsets - Update Records - Run a Report

Establishing Table Relationships - Identify Table Relationships - Identify Primary and Foreign Keys in the Relationships Window - Work with Subdatasheets

Querying the Database - Create a Select Query - Add Criteria to a Query - Add a Calculated Field to a Query - Perform a Calculation on a Record Grouping

Designing Forms - Examine Form Design Guidelines - Create a Form Using AutoForm - Create a Form Using the Form Wizard - Modify the Design of a Form

Producing Reports - Create an AutoReport - Create a Report by Using the Wizard - Examine a Report in Design View - Add a Calculated Field to a Report - Modify the Format Properties of a Control - AutoFormat a Report - Adjust the Width of a Report