Advanced Microsoft Access 2013

Advanced Microsoft Access 2013 (ACC2013.2)

Course Length: 16.0 hours
Delivery Methods: Multiple delivery options
Course Overview

This Advanced Access 2013 training class is for students who intend to design databases at an advanced level and/or want to improve existing Access databases.

Our instructor-led online classes are conducted in the 2019 version of the software. Your instructor will point out the minor differences between versions where they exist. For our custom instructor-led online and onsite classes, we use the version of the software you use in your office.

Course Benefits
  • Learn about database relationships.
  • Learn to work with table relationships.
  • Learn to work with queries at an advanced level.
  • Learn to work with forms at an advanced level..
  • Learn to work with reports at an advanced level.
  • Learn to work with macros.
  • Learn to complete the desktop application with the navigation form.
Available Delivery Methods
Self-Paced
Learn at your own pace with 24/7 access to an On-Demand course.
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Course Outline
  1. Relationships
    1. Review
    2. Referential Integrity
    3. Relationships
      1. Data Types and Relationships
      2. Formalize the Relationship between Tables
    4. A Few Words about Naming Conventions
    5. Exercise: Creating Relationships
  2. Queries
    1. Query Design View
    2. Review of Select Queries
    3. Review of Select Queries with Criteria
    4. Logical Operators
    5. Parameter Queries
    6. Action Queries
      1. Make Table Queries
      2. Append Queries
      3. Update Queries
      4. Delete Queries
      5. Creating Crosstab Queries
      6. Delete a Query
      7. Rename a Query
    7. Exercise: Creating Select and Action Queries
    8. Exercise: Creating a Parameter Query
  3. Table Functions
    1. Importing Data
    2. Linking Tables from External Sources
    3. Import Tables from other Databases
    4. Tables from Templates and Application Parts
    5. Exercise: Importing Data from Excel
    6. Exercise: Exporting Data to Excel
  4. Forms
    1. Design View
      1. Form Sections
      2. Adding a Header and Footer
      3. Adding a Logo to the Header
      4. Adding a Title to the Header
      5. Adding Fields to a Form
      6. Arranging Fields on a Form
      7. Spacing Objects on a Form
    2. Formatting
    3. Tab Order
      1. Setting Properties on a Form
      2. Controls
    4. Create Forms with Application Parts
    5. Creating a Subform
    6. Exercise: Creating Forms
    7. Alter a Form
      1. Delete Forms
      2. Remove Form Controls
      3. Format a Form
  5. Reports
    1. Design View
    2. Report Sections
      1. Report Header
      2. Page Header
      3. Group Header
      4. Detail
      5. Group Footer
      6. Page Footer
      7. Report Footer
      8. Adding a Report Header/Footer
      9. Adding a Logo to the Report Header
      10. Adding a Title to the Report Header
      11. Adding Fields to a Report
      12. Add Calculated Fields
    3. Arranging Fields on a Report
    4. Resizing the Detail Section
      1. Eliminating Repeating Headings
      2. Set Margins
    5. Grouping and Sorting
    6. Setting Properties on a Report
      1. Report Property Sheet
      2. Section Property Sheet
      3. Object Property Sheet
      4. Adding Record Counts
    7. Special Report Fields
      1. Dates
      2. Page Numbering
    8. Controls
      1. Printing a Report
    9. Subreports
    10. Application Parts
    11. Deleting a Report
    12. Formatting a Report
      1. Adding a Background and Images and Applying a Theme
    13. Exercise: Creating Reports
  6. Macros
    1. Macro Basics
      1. Open a Table, Form, and Report
      2. Run a Query
      3. Print a Report
    2. Running a Macro
    3. Exercise: Creating Simple Macros
  7. Completing the Desktop Application
    1. The Navigation Form
    2. Running Macros from a Navigation Form
    3. Setting the Navigation Form as the Default Form
    4. Exercise: Creating a Navigation Form
    5. Splitting the Database
      1. Encrypt with a Password
    6. Distributing the Front-End Database
    7. Database Maintenance
      1. Compact and Repair
      2. Backup/Recover a Database
      3. Maintain Backward Compatibility
Class Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this Microsoft Access class:

  • Introductory-level knowledge and skills working with Microsoft Access.
Prerequisite Courses

Courses that can help you meet these prerequisites:

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  • Live training
  • Online or On-location
  • Customizable
  • Expert Instructors
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