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