Microsoft Access 2007 Advanced
What you get
- Professional Microsoft Certified trainer
- Comfortable premises, equipped with all the technology you need
- Comprehensive course materials
- 1 month post course support
- Pub lunch
- Refreshments, available throughout the day
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Description
Your training in and use of Microsoft Office Access 2007 has provided you with a solid foundation in the basic and intermediate skills of 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 specialised and advanced capabilities of Access by structuring existing data, writing advanced queries, working with macros, enhancing forms and reports, and maintaining a database.
Duration
1.0 day(s)
Target Students
This 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 designed as one in a series of courses for students pursuing the Microsoft Office Specialist Certification for Microsoft Office Access 2007, and it is a prerequisite to take more advanced courses in Microsoft Office Access 2007.
Prerequisites
To ensure your success, knowledge of basic and intermediate features of Access tables, relationships, and queries, forms, and reports is recommended. The following courses or equivalent knowledge are recommended:
Delivery Method
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Restructure data into appropriate tables to ensure data dependency and minimise redundancy.
- Write advanced queries to analyse and summarise data.
- Create and revise Microsoft Office Access 2007 macros.
- Display data more effectively in a form.
- Customise reports by using various Microsoft Office Access 2007 features, making them more effective.
- Maintain your database using tools provided by Microsoft Office Access 2007.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Structuring Existing Data
Topic 1A: Analyse Tables
Topic 1B: Create a Junction Table
Topic 1C: Improve Table Structure
Lesson 2: Writing Advanced Queries
Topic 2A: Create Subqueries
Topic 2B: Create Unmatched and Duplicate Queries
Topic 2C: Group and Summarize Records Using Criteria
Topic 2D: Summarise Data Using a Crosstab Query
Topic 2E: Create a PivotTable and a PivotChart
Lesson 3: Simplifying Tasks with Macros
Topic 3A: Create a Macro
Topic 3B: Attach a Macro
Topic 3C: Restrict Records Using a Condition
Topic 3D: Validate Data Using a Macro
Topic 3E: Automate Data Entry Using a Macro
Lesson 4: Making Effective Use of Forms
Topic 4A: Display a Calendar on a Form
Topic 4B: Organise Information with Tab Pages
Topic 4C: Display a Summary of Data in a Form
Lesson 5: Making Reports More Effective
Topic 5A: Include a Chart in a Report
Topic 5B: Print Data in Columns
Topic 5C: Cancel Printing of a Blank Report
Topic 5D: Create a Report Snapshot
Lesson 6: Maintaining an Access Database
Topic 6A: Link Tables to External Data Sources
Topic 6B: Manage a Database
Topic 6C: Determine Object Dependency
Topic 6D: Document a Database
Topic 6E: Analyse the Performance of a Database