PrecisionBS - Training

Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007: Level 3

Course Specifications

Software: Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007
Course length: 3 - 4 hours, depending on class size

Course Description

Your training in and use of Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007 has provided you with a solid foundation in the basic and intermediate skills for working in Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007. You have worked with the various Access objects, such as tables, queries, forms, and reports. In this course, you will extend your knowledge into some of the more specialized and advanced capabilities of Access by structuring existing data, writing advanced queries, working with macros, enhancing forms and reports, and maintaining a database.

Course Objective: You will create complex Access databases by structuring existing data, writing advanced queries, working with macros, making effective use of forms and reports, and also by performing database maintenance.

Target Student: The Level 3 course is for the individual whose job responsibilities include working with related tables; creating advanced queries, forms, and reports; writing macros to automate common tasks; and performing general database maintenance. It is also a prerequisite to take more advanced courses in Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007.

Prerequisites: To ensure the successful completion of Microsoft® Office Access 2007™: Level 3, the following Element K courses or equivalent knowledge are recommended for familiarity with: basic and intermediate features of Access tables, relationships, queries, forms, and reports, as well as:

• Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007: Level 1

• Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007: 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 data into appropriate tables to ensure data dependency and minimize redundancy.
• write advanced queries to analyze and summarize data.
• create and revise Access macros.
• display data more effectively in a form.
• customize reports by using various Access features, thus making them more effective.
• maintain your database using tools provided by Access.

Course Content