PrecisionBS - Training
Microsoft® Office Access 2003: Level 3
Course Specifications
Software: Microsoft® Office Access 2003
Course length: 3 - 4 hours, depending on class size
Course Description
As you begin this course, you should have the basic skills you need to work with a Microsoft® Office Access 2003 databases. This includes working with Access tables, relationships, queries, forms, and reports. But thus far you have been focusing on essential database user skills only. In this course you will consider how to design and create a new Access database, how to customize database components, and how to share Access data with other applications.
Course Objective: You will design and create a new Access database; improve queries, forms, and reports; and integrate Microsoft® Office Access 2003 with other applications.
Target Student: This course is designed for the student who wishes to learn intermediate and advanced operations of the Microsoft® Office Access 2003 database program. The Level 3 course is for the individual whose job responsibilities include working with heavily related tables; creating advanced queries, forms, and reports; writing macros to automate common tasks; and performing general database maintenance. It is a prerequisite to taking more advanced courses in Microsoft® Office Access 2003.
Prerequisites: To ensure the successful completion of Microsoft® Office Access 2003: Level 3, we recommend completion of the following Element K courses, or equivalent knowledge (familiarity with basic and intermediate features of Access tablees, relationships, queries, forms and reports) from another source:
- Microsoft Access 2003: Level 1
- Microsoft Access 2003: Level 2
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- restructure and existing set of data to improve the design of a database.
- use a variety of techniques to summarize and present data with queries.
- create and revise basic Access macros.
- create macros that improve data entry efficiency and integrity.
- imporce the effectiveness of data entry in forms.
- improve the effectiveness of data displayed in reports.
- maintain an Access database by using various utility tools.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Planning a Database
Topic 1A: Import Data
Topic 1B: Analyze Data
Topic 1C: Creat a Junction Table
Topic 1D: Improve Table Structure
Lesson 2: Writing Advanced Queries
Topic 2A: Create Unmatched and Duplicates Queries
Topic 2B: Group and Summarize Records Using the Criteria Field
Topic 2C: Summarize Data with a Crosstab Query
Topic 2D: Create a PivotTable and a PivotChart
Topic 2E: Display a Graphical Summary on a Form
Lesson 3: Controlling Data Entry
Topic 3A: Create a Macro
Topic 3B: Attach a Macro to a Command Button
Topic 3C: Restrict Records Using a Where Condition
Lesson 4: Adding Interaction and Automation with Macros
Topic 4A: Require data Entry with a Macro
Topic 4B: Display a Message Box with a Macro
Topic 4C: Automate Data Entry
Lesson 5: Making Forms More Effective
Topic 5A: Change the Display of Data Conditionally
Topic 5B: Display a Calendar on a Form
Topic 5C: Organize Information with Tab Pages
Lesson 6: Making Reports More Effective
Topic 6A: Cancel Printing of a Blank Report
Topic 6B: Include a Chart in a Report
Topic 6C: Arrange Data in Columns
Topic 6D: Create a Report Snapshot
Lesson 7: Maintaining an Access Database
Topic 7A: Link Tables to External Data Sources
Topic 7B: Back Up a Database
Topic 7C: Compact and Repair a Database
Topic 7D: Protect a Database with a Password
Topic 7E: Determine Object Dependency
Topic 7F: Document a Database
Topic 7G: Analyze the Performance Analyzer
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