Microsoft® Office Access® 2010: Part 3
Course Specifications
Course Number: 
091003
Course Length: 
1 day
Course Description
Overview: 
You've covered many of the basic functions of Microsoft® Office Access® and now you're ready to learn advanced Access features such as, database management, advanced form design, packaging a database, encrypting a database, preparing a database for multi-user access and more. Knowledge of these features separate database professionals from the casual database users or occasional designers. Today's training added to that which you've gained from the previous two days round out your Access education and provide you with marketable job skills. 
You can also use the course to prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification exams for Microsoft Access 2010. 
Course Objectives:
Target Student: 
Students taking this course are database administrators or prospective database administrators who have experience working with Access 2010 and need to learn advanced skills. 
This course is also for students who seek the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification and who want to prepare for Exam 77-885, Microsoft Office 2010. 
Prerequisites: 
To ensure your success in your course you should have experience working with Microsoft Access 2010, including a working knowledge of database design and creation, form design and creation, report design and creation, a working knowledge of database querying and the various table relationships. You can obtain this level of skill and knowledge by taking the following Logical Operations courses: 
•	Microsoft® Office Access® 2010: Part 1 
•	Microsoft® Office Access® 2010: Part 2
Course-specific Technical 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 configurations: 
•	1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
•	1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
•	16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
•	CD-ROM drive
•	Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
•	1024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
•	Network cards and cabling for local network access
•	Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
•	Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
•	Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen
•	Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2010
•	Microsoft® Office Suite Service Pack 1
•	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional with Service Pack 1
Course Content
Lesson 1: Advanced Form Design 
Topic A: Adding Controls to Forms 
Topic B: Creating Subforms 
Topic C: Organizing Information with Tab Pages 
Topic D: Displaying a Summary of Data in a Form 
Topic E: Applying Conditional Formatting 
Lesson 2: Data Validation 
Topic A: Field and Record Validation 
Topic B: Form Validation 
Lesson 3: Using Macros to Improve User Interface Design 
Topic A: Creating a Macro 
Topic B: Restricting Records Using a Condition 
Topic C: Validating Data Using a Macro 
Topic D: Automating Data Entry Using a Macro 
Topic E: Converting a Macro to VBA 
Lesson 4: Advanced Database Management 
Topic A: Linking Tables to External Data Sources 
Topic B: Managing a Database 
Topic C: Determining Object Dependency 
Topic D: Documenting a Database 
Topic E: Analyzing the Performance of a Database 
Lesson 5: Distributing and Securing a Database 
Topic A: Preparing a Database for Multiple User Access 
Topic B: Implementing Security 
Topic C: Setting Passwords 
Topic D: Converting an Access Database to an ACCDE File 
Topic E: Packaging a Database with a Digital Signature 
Lesson 6: Managing Switchboards 
Topic A: Creating a Database Switchboard 
Topic B: Modifying a Database Switchboard 
Topic C: Setting Startup Options 
Lesson 7: 
Appendix A: Microsoft Office Access 2010 Exam 77-885