Who Should Attend?
Participants who wish to learn the basics of developing Access databases, focusing on designing and creating effective tables and forms.

Prerequisites
- Windows 98 Fundamentals
- Access 2000 Fundamentals

Performance Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to accomplish the following:
- Plan, design, and create database tables
- Assign primary keys and define data entry rules to ensure data quality
- Import and link data within database tables and define types of table relationships to increase data flexibility
- Use Cascade Update and Cascade Delete options and create lookup controls to manage data
- Create and modify user-friendly forms using a variety of techniques
- Add new objects to forms and control the appearance and behavior of forms
- Enhance the look and feel of your forms and combine multiple data sources to broaden content depth
- Insert controls and command buttons to widen the range of usable data and increase ease of use

Course Outline
| Module 1: Designing and Creating Tables |
| | Building Your Skills |
| Designing Tables |
| | Table Elements |
| | | Normalization |
| Creating Tables |
| | Creating Tables Using a Wizard |
| | Creating Tables in Design View |
| | Assigning a Primary Key |
| | Defining Data Entry Rules |
| | | Setting Display Rules |
| | | Establishing Data Entry Rules |
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| Module 2: Creating and Using Relationships |
| | Building Your Skills |
| | Importing and Linking Data |
| | | Importing Data |
| | | Linking to Another Database |
| | Defining Table Relationships |
| | | One-to-many relationship |
| | | One-to-one relationship |
| | | Many-to-many relationship |
| | | Many-to-one relationship |
| | | Subdatasheets |
| | Using Cascade Update and Cascade Delete Options |
| | Creating Lookup Controls |
| | | Using Tables to Establish Lookups |
| | | Using Queries to Establish Lookup Fields |
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| Module 3: Creating and Enhancing Forms |
| | Building Your Skills |
| | Creating a Form |
| | | Creating a Form Using AutoForm |
| | | Creating a Form Using a Wizard |
| | Modifying a Form |
| | | Selecting Form Elements |
| | | Moving and Modifying Controls |
| | | Creating Form Headers and Form Footers |
| | Building a Custom Form |
| | | Enhancing a Form |
| | | Creating a Hyperlink |
| | Exploring Form Properties |
| | | Changing Form Properties |
| | | Using AutoFormat |
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| Module 4: Creating and Automating Forms |
| | Building Your Skills |
| | Enhancing Form Design |
| | | Creating Combo Boxes |
| | | Creating Check Boxes |
| | | Creating Option Groups |
| | Combining Multiple Data Sources in a Single Form |
| | | Merging Two Tables into a Form |
| | | Adding a Subform to a Form |
| | Inserting Tab Controls |
| | Designing Command Buttons |