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Microsoft Access 365-MS Access Mastery/Excel Import Secrets

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  • Updated 9/2024
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
16 Hour(s) 45 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Bruce Myron
Certificate
  • Available
  • *The delivery and distribution of the certificate are subject to the policies and arrangements of the course provider.
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Course Overview

Microsoft Access 365-MS Access Mastery/Excel Import Secrets

Learn Microsoft Access 365 in depth and how to avoid or resolve problems when migrating from Excel

Just about everyone knows and uses Microsoft Excel, but many of the things they use Excel for would be better done with Access.  In just about every office, there are people struggling with long, multi-step processes with Excel that could literally be done with a single mouse click in Access.  The problem is that while Excel is the most awesome data analysis tool on the planet, it is not an effective database!  BUT people are using it for that purpose anyway because it is all they know.

So why doesn't everyone just use Access?  Well, here is the bad news:
It is harder and takes longer to get productive with Access.

But then again there is some good news too:
It is harder and takes longer to get productive with Access.

What?  Is that a typo?  How can the  good and bad news be exactly the same?

Here is the deal - MOST people won't take the time to learn Access.  They will continue to struggle doing their laborious, complex Excel database processes because they do not have the discipline and determination to learn new ways of doing things.  BUT these people, and the companies they work for, are VERY HAPPY to pay someone who can show them a simple database that does these same tasks with a few mouse clicks.

No matter what office environment you are in, if you take the time to learn Access and implement it to automate some of your own tasks, you will soon be "discovered" by your co-workers and you will start getting requests for "help" with their work.  Bosses who are not accustomed to getting exactly the report they want ahead of time will start asking for more detailed reports and the person who can deliver on these requests becomes much more valuable as an employee.

For you, the person who decided to work extra or work on your own time to get productive with Access, you will benefit for that short time of intense work for the rest of your life.  Things that other people assume are very hard to do are not hard at all and every time you are confronted with something new, you learn a little more about Access. 

The more you work with it, the better and more skilled you become.  You will find that you have transitioned from semi-manual labor with Excel (copying and pasting, doing many steps), to THINKING about how to use the power of Access to automate the entire process.  You will have enriched your work environment and your life!

I've worked with Access just about every day since it was first released and I learn more about what it can do every week!  There is just about no limit to what you can do and you are limited only by your imagination.

So are you the one who wants to make a positive change in their life?  Are YOU the one who is willing to work hard for awhile to reap the benefits forever?  The person who will stand out, who will be as close to "layoff-proof" as possible and always in demand?

Take this course and let me layout the basics of Access and explain why everything I've said above is true - and could be true in YOUR LIFE too!

The videos in this course were created using Access 365.  To get the most out of this course, students should be using Office 365 (Access 365) or Office 2019 (Access 2019), but you can also use earlier versions, like Access 2010, Access 2013 or Access 2016.  With earlier versions, not all techniques will work and the screens will not look the same in some cases.

With the addition of three hours of new videos on migrating Excel data to Access, you can save yourself a lot of headaches by seeing all the common problems people encounter during this process.  These new videos are at the end of the Access course because you will be using many of the skills you have learned to determine where problems are in imported data and how to resolve them.


Course Content

  • 22 section(s)
  • 112 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 Introduction to the Access 365 Master Class
  • Section 2 Getting Started with Access 365
  • Section 3 TABLE Objects: The Basics
  • Section 4 TABLE Design
  • Section 5 The Database Tools Menu
  • Section 6 REPORT Objects - the Basics
  • Section 7 QUERY Objects - the Basics
  • Section 8 PROPERTIES: Making Thousands of Choices Manageable
  • Section 9 FORM Objects - the Basics
  • Section 10 The FILE Menu
  • Section 11 Advanced TABLES
  • Section 12 Advanced QUERIES
  • Section 13 Using FUNCTIONS
  • Section 14 Advanced REPORTS
  • Section 15 Advanced FORMS
  • Section 16 Automating Forms with MACROS
  • Section 17 Automating Forms with VBA
  • Section 18 Creating a Multi-Page Invoice
  • Section 19 Migrating from Excel to Access 1: Get the Data Into Access
  • Section 20 Migrating from Excel to Access 2: 3 Best Practices in Designing Table Structures
  • Section 21 Migrating from Excel to Access 3: Using Queries to fill the New Tables
  • Section 22 Access 365 Master Course Conclusion and a Few Cautions

What You’ll Learn

  • Understand how Access is constructed and how to use the major objects within it.
  • Be confident in moving around within Access and using the many tools available
  • Be able to build effective database solutions for their unique data needs.
  • Be able to save time by automating tasks with macros and/or simple VBA subroutines


Reviews

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    Cindy H
    4.5

    Like the instructor mentioned, I've been using Excel as my customer/order database. But I've got so much data in it, the program is starting to bog down and crash. I haven't used Access since 2001 when I built my own databases, so I know it's capable of doing what I want it to do. I just don't know where to begin in the current MS Access software version since the options have changed drastically over the last 20 years. I looked into purchasing customer/order software, but none of them contain the set up/options I need for my specific business. Building my own program is the only way to go. This instructor seems to be a perfect fit for teaching the software.

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    Thomas Neil Franckowiak
    5.0

    So far, Bruce is explaining very thoroughly why and how Access is a useful software program.

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    Glenn Boyd
    2.5

    Too Much at once

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    J L
    5.0

    Such a well constructed and very to the point course; it is great! I do wish I had known about you and your courses 20 years ago. Thank you so much!!

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