Access Beginner Tutorial

Who it's For: Access is designed for people who are comfortable with spreadsheet programs like Excel. These users need more power and analyzation, as well as a stronger forward-facing interface.

What it is: Access is a database creation and management program. It helps you design, build, and interface with a robust database to help your organization run smoothly. Many small to medium-sized businesses use Access for this exact purpose.

What You'll Learn: This course starts with database basics, terms, and information you’ll need to confidently build your database later on. Then, you’ll learn how to build tables, determine relationships, query data, and create simple-to-use interfaces that other people at your company can use to interact with your data.

Start:
Opening a Sample Database
The Database Objects
The Interface
Introducing Tables
Simple Data Entry
Introducing Queries
Practicing Data Entry in Queries
Introducing Forms
Data Entry Into Forms
Introducing Reports
Sorting to Create Groups
Finding Data in Tables
Filtering
Adding Total Rows
Starting a New Database
Creating Tables in Design View
Entering Your First Record
Using Quick Starts to Create Tables
Entering Data Into Your Second Table
Summary
Introduction
Looking at the First Draft of a Database
Creating Relationships with Lookup Lists
The Relationships Window
Relating by Dragging Field Names
Dragging to Create 1-to-1 Relationships
Changing Dragged Relationships to Lookup Relationships
Limit-To-List Properties
Enforced Referential Integrity
Seeing the Referential Integrity Being Enforced
Cascade Edits and Deletions
More Field Properties