Your training in and experience with Microsoft Access has provided you with a solid foundation for working with this database software. In the previous course in this series, you began to implement some of the more specialized and advanced capabilities that Access offers. You are now ready to extend your knowledge base beyond the user level and into introductory-level administrator skill sets.
Course Objective: You will extend your Access skills to create and implement switchboard forms, to develop data access pages that include advanced controls, to protect that information using security protocols, and to make your data more accessible and portable. Then you will take the next step up to the world of VBA programming
Prerequisites: The course is designed for the student who has mastered the
basic Access 2002 user skills covered in Levels 1 through 3 of this training
series, such as designing and creating relational databases, running queries
to find information, creating customized forms and reports, understanding the
principles of table relationships and referential integrity, integrating data
with other applications, modifying a table design to control data entry, finding
data with filters and queries, customizing forms and reports, and creating data
access pages. In addition, the student should understand the advanced Access
2002 skills, including how to structure existing data, summarize data, simplify
tasks with macros, and add interaction and automation with macros.
Delivery Method: Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning
model with structured, hands-on activities.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Lesson 1: Creating a Switchboard and Setting the Startup Options
Topic 1A: Create a Database Switchboard
Topic 1B: Modify a Database Switchboard
Topic 1C: Set the Startup Options
Topic 1D: Modify the Startup Options
Lesson 2: Developing a Data Access Page and Including a PivotTable and PivotChart
Topic 2A: Create a Data Access Page in Design View
Topic 2B: Incorporate a ComboBox Control in the Data Access Page
Topic 2C: View Data Access Pages with the Browser
Topic 2D: Add Records to a Database Using the Data Access Page
Topic 2E: Plan a PivotTable
Topic 2F: Develop a PivotTable with the Office PivotTable Tool
Topic 2G: Develop a PivotChart from a PivotTable
Lesson 3: Distributing and Securing the Database
Topic 3A: Split a Database
Topic 3B: Implement Security
Topic 3C: Set Passwords
Topic 3D: Encrypt and Decrypt a Database
Topic 3E: Convert an Access Database to an MDE File
Lesson 4: Integrating Access into Your Business
Topic 4A: Link Tables to External Data Sources
Topic 4B: Import XML Data into an Access Database
Topic 4C: Export Access Data to XML Format
Topic 4D: Replicate an Access Database
Lesson 5: Automating a Business Process with VBA
Topic 5A: Create a Standard Module
Topic 5B: Create and Insert a Procedure
Topic 5C: Develop Procedure Code
Topic 5D: Call a Procedure from a Form
Topic 5E: Run the Procedure
Appendix A: Microsoft Office Specialist Program