Microsoft Office Access 2016: Part 3

Overview

You've covered many of the basic functions of Microsoft� Office Access� 2016, and now you're ready to learn advanced Access features such as database management, advanced form design, packaging a database, encrypting a database, preparing a database for multi-user access, and more. Knowledge of these features separate database professionals from the casual database users or occasional designers. Today's training, added to that which you've gained from the Microsoft� Office Access� 2016: Part 1 and Microsoft� Office Access� 2016: Part 2 courses, rounds out your Access education and provides you with marketable job skills.

Objectives

In this course, you will learn to create and manage a fundamental Access 2016 database. You will:

Customize a form layout to improve usability and efficiency of data entry.
Share data across applications.
Use macros to improve user interface design.
Use VBA to enhance tasks.
Organize data into appropriate tables to ensure data dependency and minimize redundancy.
Lock down and prepare a database for distribution to multiple users.
Create and modify a database switchboard and set the startup options.

Prerequisites

To ensure your success in your course you should have experience working with Microsoft Access 2016, including a working knowledge of database design and creation, form design and creation, report design and creation, a working knowledge of database querying and the various table relationships. You can obtain this level of skill and knowledge by taking the following courses:

Microsoft� Office Access� 2016: Part 1
Microsoft� Office Access� 2016: Part 2

Target Student:

Students taking this course are database administrators or prospective database administrators who have experience working with Access 2016 and need to learn advanced skills.

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
CD-ROM drive (if installing any software from a CD-ROM)
Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
1,024 � 768 resolution monitor recommended
Network cards and cabling for local network access
Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen

Software

Microsoft� Windows� 10
Microsoft� Office Professional 2016

Course duration

1 Day

Course outline

Lesson 1: Implementing Advanced Form Design

TopicA: Add Controls to Forms
TopicB: Enhance Navigation and Organization of Forms
TopicC: Apply Conditional Formatting

Lesson 2: Sharing Data Across Applications

TopicA: Import Data into Access
TopicB: Export Access Data
TopicC: Link Tables to External Data Sources
TopicD: Create a Mail Merge

Lesson 3: Using Macros to Improve User Interface Design

TopicA: Create a Macro
TopicB: Restrict Records Using a Condition
TopicC: Validate Data Using a Macro
TopicD: Automate Data Entry Using a Macro

Lesson 4: Using VBA

TopicA: Getting Started with VBA
TopicB: Enhance Access Using VBA

Lesson 5: Using Advanced Database Management

TopicA: Manage a Database
TopicB: Determine Object Dependency
TopicC: Document a Database

Lesson 6: Distributing and Securing a Database

TopicA: Splitting a Database for Multiple User Access
TopicB: Implement Security
TopicC: Convert an Access Database to an ACCDE File
TopicD: Package a Database with a Digital Signature

Lesson 7: Managing Switchboards

TopicA: Create a Database Switchboard
TopicB: Modify a Database Switchboard
TopicC: Set Startup Options