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Microsoft Access 2007: Basic

Description
This course covers the basic functions and features of Access 2007. Students will learn how to design and create databases; work with tables, fields, and records; sort and filter data; and create queries, forms, and reports.

Designated as Approved Courseware for the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist program, this course will help students prepare for the Access 2007 exam (70-605). For comprehensive certification training, students should complete Access 2007: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced.

Objectives
• Organize data efficiently by using a database management system; start Access and open Access databases; and use the Help feature.
• Plan and create a database; use Datasheet view and Design view; and create tables and work in tables.
• Modify a table’s design; use the attachment data type; find and replace data; sort, filter, and delete records.
• Set field properties, create input masks, and set validation rules.
• Create queries, and sort and filter the results; modify queries; and perform operations in queries.
• Create, modify, and work with forms; and use them to sort and filter records.
• Create reports by using the Report button, the Report Wizard, Design view, Layout view, and queries; modify and print reports.

The following is an outline of the syllabus directly from the learning guide:

• Database concepts
• Exploring the Access environment
• Getting help
• Databases and tables
• Planning and designing databases
• Exploring tables
• Creating tables
• Fields and records
• Changing the design of a table
• Finding and editing records
• Organizing records
• Data entry rules
• Setting field properties
• Working with input masks
• Setting validation rules
• Basic queries
• Creating and using queries
• Modifying query results and queries
• Performing operations in queries
• Using forms
• Creating forms
• Using Design view
• Sorting and filtering records
• Working with reports
• Reports
• Modifying and printing reports


Instructor: Valerie Dow
Contact: 343-2112, or e-mail val@thecomputertrainers.com