Microsoft® Office Access 2003: Level 2

Course Specifications

Course Length:  2 Days, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Location: Entre Technology Services, LLC  1501 N. 14th St. West, Suite 1511

Registration: Call your Account Manager at 406.256.5700 or use our Registration Forms

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. 

Prerequisites

To ensure the successful completion of Microsoft Access 2003: Level 2, we recommend completion of the following courses, or equivalent knowledge (basic familiarity with Access tables, relationships, queries, forms, and reports) from another source:

Microsoft Access 2003: Level 1

A basic understanding of Microsoft® Excel and Microsoft® Word would also be helpful, but is not required. 

Delivery Method

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Benefits

Students will learn intermediate Access 2003 skills, including how to enhance your database designs by using the principles of table relationships and referential integrity, integrate data with other applications, modify a table design to control data entry, find data with filters and queries, customize forms and reports, and create data access pages. 

Target student

Microsoft® Access 2003: Level 2 is designed for the student who wishes to learn intermediate-level operations of the Microsoft® Access program. The Level 2 course is for the individual whose job responsibilities include creating new databases, tables, and relationships, as well as working with and revising intermediate-level queries, forms, and reports. It also introduces the student to integrating Access data with other applications such as Microsoft® Word or Excel. This course is also designed for students pursuing the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification for Access 2003, and it is a prerequisite to taking more advanced courses in Access 2003.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Follow the steps required to properly design a simple database.
Create a new database with related tables.
Control data entry by modifying the design of a table to streamline data entry and maintain data integrity.
Find and retrieve desired data by using filters and joins between tables and within a single table.
Create flexible queries to display specified records; allow for user-determined query criteria; and add, update, and delete data with queries.
Enhance the appearance, data entry, and data access capabilities of your forms.
Customize reports to better organize the displayed information and produce specific print layouts such as mailing labels.
Use Access data in other applications, including Microsoft Word and Excel.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Planning a Database

Design a Relational Database
Identify Database Purpose
Review Existing Data
Determine Fields
Group Fields into Tables
Normalize the Data
Designate Primary and Foreign Keys

Lesson 2: Building the Structure of a Database

Create a New Database
Create a Table Using a Wizard
Create Tables in Design View
Create Relationships between Tables

Lesson 3: Controlling Data Entry

Restrict Data Entry with Field Properties
Create an Input Mask
Create a Lookup Field

Lesson 4: Finding and Joining Data

Find Data with Filters
Create Query Joins
Join Unrelated Tables
Relate Data Within a Table

Lesson 5: Creating Flexible Queries

Set Select Query Properties
Create Parameter Queries
Create Action Queries

Lesson 6: Improving Your Forms

Enhance the Appearance of a Form
Restrict Data Entry in Forms
Add Command Buttons
Create a Subform

Lesson 7: Customizing Your Reports

Organize Report Information
Set Report Control Properties
Control Report Pagination
Summarize Information
Add a Subreport to an Existing Report
Create Mailing Labels

Lesson 8: Expanding the Reach of Your Data

Publish Access Data as a Word Document
Analyze Access Data in Excel
Export Data to a Text File
Merge Access Data with a Word Document