Introduction

This advanced Microsoft Access training course will build on your existing skills to teach you how to make the most of Access’s advanced functions.

It is a hands-on course. It includes plenty of time for experimenting with what you are being taught, trying things out for yourself and asking questions.

By the time you finish, you’ll have a thorough understanding of all of Access’s advanced functionality.

✔ A complete advanced Access course.
✔ Plenty of one to one attention and time to ask questions.
✔ Friendly expert trainers, small groups and a comfortable place to learn.
✔ All the materials and extras that you’ll ever need.
✔ Ongoing support and help with issues you have after the course.

What Will I Learn?

This course covers the more complex features in Access. You’ll learn how to:

Export records to and import records from a wide variety of sources and applications
Create and work with aggregation queries
Create and use a series of action queries
Modify and adapt an existing form according to specific needs
Create forms using a combination of wizards and manual techniques
Create a navigation form for a database in Access 2013
Understand and use a variety of tools that ensure the wellness of your database files
Create and use macros in Access
Work with a number of macro techniques
Create and work with macros in forms
Create some simple programming code using VBA
Importing From a Text File
Linking to an External Source

Am I Ready For This Course?

Good working knowledge of Access is required before you attend this course.

You should have an understanding of concepts covered in our Access Introduction/Intermediate course. These include creating and modifying table structures, creating a relational database, working with records, creating queries, forms and reports.

The Training Day

Our courses run from 9.30am to roughly 4.15pm with refreshments throughout the day and a break for lunch.

We offer a relaxed, supportive learning environment, fully air-conditioned training facilities and some of the nicest instructors on the planet.

Also, you’ll receive:

✔ A full-colour A4 manual covering everything in the course for you to keep.
✔ A USB stick so that you can take the course exercises home with you and practise in your own time.
✔ A Certificate of Attendance.

Course Details

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This introductory session is a quick revision of all of the key concepts around importing and exporting data from Access databases to Excel and text files. We also cover using Access to interface with an external data source.

The key concepts trained in this session include:

Exporting Records to Microsoft Excel
Exporting Records to a Text File
Importing From Microsoft Excel
Importing From a Text File
Linking to an External Source

This section covers more advanced queries. It starts with covering aggregation queries. These queries do not present each item of information but the aggregation of this. For example, if you would like to know your total sales for the last month that would be an aggregation query as it would calculate all sales for last month and then aggregate them.

This session coves aggregation queries in detail. It covers working with simple and multiple aggregations, for simple and calculated fields. It then moves to look at using queries to modify your data and also look at working with expressions in queries.

The key topics trained include:

Creating an Aggregation Query
Working With Aggregation Queries
Multiple Aggregations
Modifying Aggregation Headings
Aggregating Calculated Fields
Applying Criteria to Aggregates
Understanding Nested Queries
Creating an Assembly Query
Creating the Nesting Query

Creating a Make Table Query
Using a Make Table Query
Understanding Expressions and Update Queries
Preparing an Update Query
Running an Update Query
Updating Using Expressions
Running an Expression-Based Update
Creating a Delete Query
Running a Delete Query
Creating an Append Query
Running an Append Query
Turning Action Messages Off

This session looks at advanced form use in MS Access. It begins by looking at more advanced form design in Access, before looking at controls and tab orders in forms.

Forms are an essential way to make databases accessible to non-users by controlling and managing their access to the underlying tables.

The key skills that are trained include:

Understanding Form Design and Layout
Switching Between Form Views
Selecting Form Objects
Working With a Control Stack
Changing Control Widths
Moving Controls on a Form
Aligning Controls
Understanding Properties
Changing Label Captions
Adding an Unbound Control
Adding a Control Source
Formatting a Control
Checking the Current Tab Order
Changing the Tab Order
Inserting the Date Into the Form Header

Creating a Multiple Item Form
Adjusting the Layout of a Form
Typing Into a Form Layout
Disabling Fields
DIY SubForms
Removing SubForm Redundancy
Splitting and Merging Layout Cells
Adding an Easy Lookup Field
Adding Buttons to a Form
Adjusting Form Properties

Compacting and Repairing a Database
Understanding Database Splitting
Using the Database Splitter
Managing Linked Tables
Checking Object Dependencies
Analysing Database Performance
Documenting a Database

As with all Microsoft Office products, MS Access allows you to record macros to automate repetitive tasks. This session covers the basics of Access macros. So creating, saving, editing and running a macro.

For experienced macro users in Excel or Word, this will be relatively familiar. For people who are not experienced macro users, this can be an eye-opener when they learn how simple it can be to automate tasks in an Office program.

The key skills trained in this session are:

Understanding Macros and VBA
Creating a Macro
Running a Macro
Modifying an Existing Macro
Interacting With the User
Stepping Through a Macro
Documenting Macros

Having learned the basics of macros in the previous session this session covers some more advanced techniques. It looks at using macros to print work, working with message boxes to interact with a macro and other ways to get the most from macros.

The key concepts trained are:

Creating a Print Macro
Using Conditions to Enhance a Macro
Creating a Sequence of Conditions
Understanding the Versatility of MsgBox
Using the MsgBox Function
Reconfiguring a Message Box
Using the InputBox Function

The use of macros on user forms can be extremely powerful. It allows even non-technical users of Access databases to be able to access macros to automate repetitive tasks.

This session explains how this can be done, through event macros. It shows you what one is, how to create one and how to create a button to trigger a macro. It also walks delegates through how to create a search macro for MS Access.

The key topics trained are:

Understanding Macros on Forms
Creating Navigation Macros
Accessing Event Macros
Creating Unassigned Buttons
Programming an Event
Running an Event Macro
Modifying an Event Macro
Setting Echo Off
Adding a Close Button
Creating a Search Macro
Running the Search Macro
Understanding the Search Macro
Naming Macros
Referencing Macro Sheet Macros

Understanding VBA
Coding VBA for an Event
Running VBA Event Code
Understanding MsgBox and InputBox
Modifying an Existing Procedure
Understanding the Modified Code
Creating a Standard Module
Loan Simulator Code
Running the Code
Understanding the Loan Simulator Code
Creating a Button for the Simulator
Attaching the Simulator Code

Understanding Database Trust
Enabling Blocked Content
Understanding the Trust Centre
Creating a Trusted Location
Opening a Database From a Trusted Location
Encrypting a Database
Decrypting and Opening a Database
Removing a Database Password
Understanding Package and Sign
Creating a Self Signed Certificate
Creating a Signed Package
Extracting and Using a Signed Package

Microsoft Access Training: Advanced Course

Introduction

What Will I Learn?

Am I Ready For This Course?

The Training Day

Course Details

Importing and Exporting Records

Aggregation Queries

Action Queries

Modifying Forms

DIY Forms

Using a Navigation Form

Database Wellness

Creating and Using Macros

Macro Techniques

Macros on Forms

An Introduction to VBA

Database Security

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