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Course Overview
Master Microsoft Access 2021 with this great value beginner to advanced course bundle and elevate your database skills!
**This bundle includes practice exercises, downloadable files, and LIFETIME access**
Whether you are an absolute beginner looking to get started with database management or you aspire to become a database expert and advance your career, this Microsoft Access 2021 beginner to advanced course bundle will meet you at your skill level and provide the necessary guidance to take you to the next level.
Take control of your data and discover the power of Access 2021, the latest on-premises release from Microsoft and the newest addition to the Access family of applications.
Explore the basic functionalities of Access and get familiar with the terminology, the interface, and the commands. This will provide a fantastic starting point from which to build more advanced Access database knowledge. Then embark on an immersive learning journey and explore a wide range of advanced topics. We will guide you through mastering complex queries, optimizing database performance, writing SQL code, developing macros, leveraging advanced forms and reports, and integrating Access with other applications and data sources.
What's included?
Access 2021 Beginners
Explain what a relational database is
Download and install Access 2021
Know the differences between Access 2019 and Access 2021
Locate, open, and save Access database templates
Open, close, and save a blank database file
Navigate the Access interface, ribbons, and commands
Customize the quick access toolbar with frequently used commands
Understand the different menu systems in Access
Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and execute commands
Access the help files
Customize Access options
Create tables and fields
Modify field properties
Understand index fields and primary keys
Create lookup menus
Add data validation and data validation text to fields
Import data into a table from Excel and from a text file
Use datasheet view to manage data
Sort and filter records in a table
Create relationships between tables that share a common field
Create relationships between tables using a link table
Understand one-to-many relationships
Create and design user-friendly forms
Setup subforms
Build simple and complex queries to interrogate table data
Aggregate numeric data
Create expressions to perform simple calculations
Create and run a basic report
Create a custom report
Use form controls to add checkboxes, attachments, and option buttons to forms
Modify a form’s design and theme
Create a navigation form
Export an Access database to other file formats
Protect a database file by adding encryption and password protection
Prevent database issues using compact and repair
Print tables, forms, and reports.
Access 2021 Advanced
Create primary keys
Understand indexing rules and guidelines
Set up the sample ‘Northwind’ database
Work efficiently in datasheet view
Customize datasheet view
Apply advanced sorting and filtering techniques
Create sub-datasheets
Link to tables in other Access databases
Install and set up SQL Server Express
Split an Access database into front end and back end
Convert tables to local tables
Address multi-user issues when sharing database files
Work through the basics of macros
Modify the AutoExec macro
Understand macro events
Adjust macro security settings
Handle macro errors
Customize the quick access toolbar
Convert macros to VBA code
Write and run VBA code
Understand VBA error handling
Create modules, subs, functions, IntelliSense, and variables
Name variables and strings
Work with standard functions
Add events to a database
Create switchboards and navigation forms.
Format bound and control forms
Split forms
Create tabbed forms
Adjust combo-box properties
Build advanced queries
Write and modify SQL statements
Understand joins and join types
Work with action queries
Create subqueries
Protect the database and VBA code.
This course bundle includes:
13+ hours of video tutorials
110+ individual video lectures
Course and exercise files to follow along
Certificate of completion
Course Content
- 30 section(s)
- 125 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Beginners: Introduction
- Section 2 Beginners: Get Started with Access 2021
- Section 3 Beginners: Work with Tables
- Section 4 Beginners: Import Data
- Section 5 Beginners: Datasheet View
- Section 6 Beginners: Create Relationships
- Section 7 Beginners: Forms
- Section 8 Beginners: Subforms
- Section 9 Beginners: Queries
- Section 10 Beginners: Validations and Expressions
- Section 11 Beginners: Reports
- Section 12 Beginners: More Data Types
- Section 13 Beginners: More About Forms
- Section 14 Beginners: Share an Access Database
- Section 15 Beginners: Additional Access Features
- Section 16 Beginners: Course Close
- Section 17 Advanced: Introduction
- Section 18 Advanced: Primary Keys and Indexes
- Section 19 Advanced: Using Datasheet View
- Section 20 Advanced: Linking to Other Access Databases
- Section 21 Advanced: Using ODBC and SQL Server
- Section 22 Advanced: Splitting an Access Database
- Section 23 Advanced: Macros
- Section 24 Advanced: The Ribbon
- Section 25 Advanced: Visual Basic for Applications
- Section 26 Advanced: Access Events Model
- Section 27 Advanced: Forms
- Section 28 Advanced: Advanced Use of Queries
- Section 29 Advanced: Protecting the Database and Code
- Section 30 Advanced: Conclusion
What You’ll Learn
- Explain what a relational database is and download and install Access 2021
- Know the differences between Access 2019 and Access 2021 and locate, open, and save Access database templates
- Open, close, and save a blank database file and navigate the Access interface, ribbons, and commands
- Customize the quick access toolbar with frequently used commands and understand the different menu systems in Access
- Use keyboard shortcuts to navigate and execute commands and access the help files
- Customize Access options and create tables and fields
- Modify field properties and understand index fields and primary keys
- Create lookup menus and add data validation and data validation text to fields
- Import data into a table from Excel and from a text file and use datasheet view to manage data
- Sort and filter records in a table and create relationships between tables that share a common field
- Create and design user-friendly forms and setup subforms
- Understand indexing rules and guidelines
- Work effectively in and customize datasheet view
- Apply advanced sorting and filtering techniques
- Link to tables in other Access databases
- Address multi-user issues when sharing database files
- Maximize the effective use of macros
- Write, edit, debug, and run VBA code
- Build advanced queries
- Write and modify SQL statements.
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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OOve Søby
Meget overskueligt
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CCJ van Rooyen
Yes thank you
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MMonique Owens
Great information and easy to follow. Especially for beginners.
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JJonathan Kaneko-James
There seem to be some files missing from the student downloads of the beginner section, but the course itself is good.