Length: 1 Day

Prerequisites: To ensure your success, knowledge of basic and intermediate features of Access tables, relationships, and queries, forms, and reports is recommended. The following Element K courses or equivalent knowledge are recommended Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007: Level 1 & Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007: Level 2

Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
• restructure data into appropriate tables to ensure data dependency and minimize redundancy.
• write advanced queries to analyze and summarize data.
• create and revise Access 2007 macros.
• display data more effectively in a form.
• customize reports by using various features, making them more effective.
• maintain your database using tools provided by Access 2007.

Course Content
Lesson 1: Structuring Existing Data
Topic 1A: Analyze Tables
Topic 1B: Create a Junction Table
Topic 1C: Improve Table Structure

Lesson 2: Writing Advanced Queries
Topic 2A: Create Subqueries
Topic 2B: Create Unmatched and Duplicate Queries
Topic 2C: Group and Summarize Records Using Criteria
Topic 2D: Summarize Data Using a Crosstab Query
Topic 2E: Create a PivotTable and a PivotChart

Lesson 3: Simplifying Tasks with Macros
Topic 3A: Create a Macro
Topic 3B: Attach a Macro
Topic 3C: Restrict Records Using a Condition
Topic 3D: Validate Data Using a Macro
Topic 3E: Automate Data Entry Using a Macro

Lesson 4: Making Effective Use of Forms
Topic 4A: Display a Calendar on a Form
Topic 4B: Organize Information with Tab Pages
Topic 4C: Display a Summary of Data in a Form

Lesson 5: Making Reports More Effective
Topic 5A: Include a Chart in a Report
Topic 5B: Print Data in Columns
Topic 5C: Cancel Printing of a Blank Report
Topic 5D: Create a Report Snapshot

Lesson 6: Maintaining an Access Database
Topic 6A: Link Tables to External Data Sources
Topic 6B: Manage a Database
Topic 6C: Determine Object Dependency
Topic 6D: Document a Database
Topic 6E: Analyze the Performance of a Database