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Basics of Database Management
Microsoft Access - Level 1

Prerequisite: Basic familiarity with the Windows operating system.

Microsoft Access is an electronic database management program included in the professional version of Microsoft Office, and it is used for entering, storing, sorting, searching and manipulating data. Access allows you to create queries, as well as generate reports. This is a beginning class on Microsoft Access, and covers such topics as the basics of adding, searching, sorting, and printing data. You’ll also learn how to compact and backup an Access database.

The class objectives include:

  • Understanding the meaning of field, record, table, datasheet, and database
  • Starting and Exiting Access
  • Opening and closing a database
  • Opening and closing a table
  • Formatting a datasheet
  • Navigating in datasheet view
  • Finding and editing records
  • Adding, deleting, updating and sorting records
  • Previewing and printing tables
  • Using the Help feature
  • Compacting and repairing a database
  • Backing up a database
Access 2003 - Level 1

Code: ACS03-1
Date: 12/3/2009
Time: 9:00AM-12:00PM
Registration Fee: $75

Access 2007 - Level 1

Code: ACS07-1
Date: 12/14/2009
Time: 1:00PM-4:00PM
Registration Fee: $75

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