Microsoft® Office Access® 2010: Level 2
Course Specifications
Course number: 084588
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Course Objective: You will improve and customize tables, queries, forms and reports, and share Access data with other applications.
Target Student: This course is designed for individuals who wish to learn intermediate-level operations of the Microsoft® Office Access® program. The target student may also include individuals whose job responsibilities include creating databases, tables, and relationships, as well as working with and revising intermediate-level queries, forms, and reports. It also introduces them to integrating Access data with other applications such as Microsoft Office Word or Excel.
Prerequisites: To ensure your success, we recommend that you first take one of Element K’s introductory courses, such as Microsoft® Office Access® 2010 : Level 1, or have equivalent knowledge and skills.
Hardware Requirements
For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configuration:
- 1 GHz Pentium-class processor or faster.
- Minimum 1 GB of RAM is recommended.
- 10 GB hard disk or larger. (You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for Office installation.)
- CD-ROM drive.
- Mouse or other pointing device.
- 1024 x 768 resolution monitor.
- Network cards and cabling for local network access.
- Internet access. (Contact your local network administrator.)
- Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver. (Printers are not required; however, each PC must have an installed printer driver to use Print Preview.)
- Projection system to display the instructor’s computer screen.
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
- Microsoft® Office Professional Plus 2010.
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- streamline data entry and maintain data integrity.
- join tables to retrieve data from unrelated tables.
- create flexible queries to display specified records, allow for user-determined query criteria, and modify data using queries.
- improve forms.
- customize reports to organize the displayed information and produce specific print layouts.
- share data between Access and other applications.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Controlling Data Entry
Topic 1A: Constrain Data Entry Using Field Properties
Topic 1B: Establish Data Entry Formats for Entering Field Values
Topic 1C: Create a List of Values for a Field
Lesson 2: Joining Tables
Topic 2A: Create Query Joins
Topic 2B: Join Tables with No Common Fields
Topic 2C: Relate Data Within a Table
Lesson 3: Creating Flexible Queries
Topic 3A: Set the Select Query Properties
Topic 3B: Retrieve Records Based on Input Criteria
Topic 3C: Create Action Queries
Lesson 4: Improving Forms
Topic 4A: Restrict Data Entry in Forms
Topic 4B: Organize Information with Tab Pages
Topic 4C: Add a Command Button to a Form
Topic 4D: Create a Subform
Topic 4E: Display a Summary of Data in a Form
Topic 4F: Change the Display of Data Conditionally
Lesson 5: Customizing Reports
Topic 5A: Organize Report Information
Topic 5B: Format Reports
Topic 5C: Control Report Pagination
Topic 5D: Summarize Report Information
Topic 5E: Add a Subreport to an Existing Report
Topic 5F: Create a Mailing Label Report
Lesson 6: Sharing Data Across Applications
Topic 6A: Import Data into Access
Topic 6B: Export Data to Text File Formats
Topic 6C: Export Access Data to Excel
Topic 6D: Create a Mail Merge
