Microsoft® Office Access® 2010: Level 2 (Second Edition)
Course Specifications
Course number: 084307
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: MOS: Microsoft Office Access 2010 Exam 77–885
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 students 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 (Second Edition), or have equivalent knowledge and skills. 
Certification
This course is one of a series of Element K courseware titles that addresses Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification skill sets. The MOS and certification program is for individuals who use Microsoft's business desktop software and who seek recognition for their expertise with specific Microsoft products. 
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 256 MB of RAM. 1 GB of RAM is recommended.
•	20 GB hard disk or larger. (You should have at least 1 GB of free hard disk space available for Office installation.) 
•	A DVD-ROM drive.
•	A 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. (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 Edition
•	Microsoft® 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 retrieve data and modify tables.
•	Improve the functionality of Access 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 That Have 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 Sub form 
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: Add a Calculated Field to a Report 
Topic 5E: Add a Sub report 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 

Appendix A: Navigation Forms

Appendix B: Microsoft Office Access 2010 Exam 77–885