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Your training in and experience with Microsoft Access has provided you with a solid foundation for working with this database software. In the previous course in this series, you began to implement some of the more specialized and advanced capabilities that Access offers. You are now ready to extend your knowledge base beyond the user level and into introductory-level administrator skill sets.

You will extend your Access skills to create and implement switchboard forms, to develop data access pages that include advanced controls, to protect that information using security protocols, and to make your data more accessible and portable. Then you will take the next step up to the world of VBA programming.

Access 2002: Level 4 is for students who have a thorough understanding of the basic and advanced user features of the Access program, and are interested in developing introductory-level administrator skill sets. The course is also for the student that may be working in a multi-user environment and will need to adapt Access applications to the environment. It is also designed for students pursuing the Microsoft MOUS Expert Level Certification for Access 2002.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• create and modify a database switchboard, and set and modify your startup options.
• develop a data access page and include in it a PivotTable and PivotChart.
• distribute a database and add security features to it.
• integrate Access more fully into your business operations.
• automate a business process using VBA.

The course is designed for the student who has mastered the basic Access 2002 user skills covered in Levels 1 through 3 of this training series, such as designing and creating relational databases, running queries to find information, creating customized forms and reports, understanding the principles of table relationships and referential integrity, integrating data with other applications, modifying a table design to control data entry, finding data with filters and queries, customizing forms and reports, and creating data access pages. In addition, the student should understand the advanced Access 2002 skills, including how to structure existing data, summarize data, simplify tasks with macros, and add interaction and automation with macros.

This course is rated as an Advanced Course, suitable for experienced computer users.

Topics covered on the 2 day Microsoft Access 2002 Level 4 course

Creating a Switchboard and Setting the Startup Options

• Create a Database Switchboard
• Modify a Database Switchboard
• Set the Startup Options
• Modify the Startup Options

Developing a Data Access Page and Including a PivotTable and PivotChart

• Create a Data Access Page in Design View
• Incorporate a ComboBox Control in the Data Access Page
• View Data Access Pages with the Browser
• Add Records to a Database Using the Data Access Page
• Plan a PivotTable
• Develop a PivotTable with the Office PivotTable Tool
• Develop a PivotChart from a PivotTable

Distributing and Securing the Database

• Split a Database
• Implement Security
• Set Passwords
• Encrypt and Decrypt a Database
• Convert an Access Database to an MDE File

Integrating Access into Your Business

• Link Tables to External Data Sources
• Import XML Data into an Access Database
• Export Access Data to XML Format
• Replicate an Access Database

Automating a Business Process with VBA

• Create a Standard Module
• Create and Insert a Procedure
• Develop Procedure Code
• Call a Procedure from a Form
• Run the Procedure

   (excl.VAT)