Microsoft Access 2002 Level 2 Course

- this course is no longer scheduled to run. Please refer to schedule for current course titles.

As you begin this course, you should have the basic skills you need to design and create relational databases with Access. At this point, you're about knee-deep in Access. You're able to get started and work through many of the essential and straightforward tasks related to your work. You might be hopeful that no one will ever ask for anything too complicated! This course takes you to the next step. By the end of it, you'll be "waist-deep" and more fully able to put the power of database computing to work for you. You will have a handle on many intermediate-level skills, particularly those related to creating more complex queries, customizing your forms and reports, and broadening the availability of your data.

You will learn intermediate Access 2002 skills, including how to enhance your database designs by using the principles of table relationships and referential integrity, integrate data with other applications, modify a table design to control data entry, find data with filters and queries, customize forms and reports, and create data access pages.

This course targets persons who use Access 2002 as a tool for getting their work done. Your responsibilities might include creating and/or revising the design of tables, queries, forms, reports, and data access pages. This course also serves as a prerequisite for persons interested in learning more advanced skills and features.

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

• share data with other applications and enforce referential integrity.
• modify the design of a table to streamline data entry and maintain data integrity
• use a filter to show you records in a datasheet or a form that match whatever conditions you specify, and you will generate different query results by creating different types of joins between tables.
• create select queries that display special records and you will design other types of queries, including parameter and action queries.
• create forms and change their designs to enhance the appearance and usability of a form and to make your form more professional.
• create reports and change their designs to better organize and summarize information and to improve the appearance by enhancing data layout and working with report pagination.
• create and work with data access pages.

Students enrolling in this course should have a basic level of understanding of the Access 2000 interface and should have experience designing tables, simple queries, forms, and reports. To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following PTR course or have equivalent knowledge:

• Windows 2000 Introduction
• Access 2002 Level 1

This course is rated as an Intermediate Course, suitable for accomplished computer users.

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

Managing a Database and Data

• Import Data
• Maintain Record Integrity
• Exporting Data
• Documenting Table Relationships

Controlling Data Entry

• Make Data Entry More Accurate
• Make Data Entry More Efficient
• Facilitate Data Entry

Finding and Joining Data

• Find Data with Filters
• Get the Correct Data with Query Joins
• Building Bridges Between the Data
• Relating Data within a Table

Creating Flexible Queries

• Summarizing Data with Queries
• Enter Criteria on the Fly
• Maintain Data with Queries

Improving Your Forms

• Enhance the Appearance of a Form
• Enhance the Usability of a Form
• Make Your Forms More Professional
• Display Form Data from Multiple Tables

Customizing Your Reports

• Organize Report Information
• Enhancing Data Layout
• Working with Report Pagination
• Summarizing Information
• Add a Subreport to an Existing Report
• Creating Mailing Labels

Making Your Data Available on the Web

• Create a Data Access Page
• Improving the Look of a Data Access Page
• Editing Data Using a Data Access Page
• Group Records in a Data Access Page