Microsoft Access 2019/2016 Part 3: Developing Access Applications

You've covered many of the basic functions of Microsoft® Office Access®, 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 multiple-user access, and more. Knowledge of these features separate database professionals from casual database users or occasional designers.

Microsoft® Office Access® Part 3, a level 3 course, focuses on managing the database and supporting complex database designs, including import and export of data; using action queries to manage data; creating complex forms and reports; macros and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA); and tools and strategies to manage, distribute, and secure a database.

This course covers Microsoft Office Specialist Program exam objectives to help you prepare for the Access Expert (Office 363 and Office 2019): Exam MO-500 certification.

By participating in this course you will:

Share data across applications.

Use action, unmatched, and duplicate queries to manage data.

Create complex reports and forms.

Use macros to improve user interface design.

Use VBA to extend database capabilities.

Perform database management tasks such as backup, compacting, repairing, performance analysis, checking object dependencies, and documenting.

Implement security strategies and distribute a database to multiple users.

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Importing and Exporting Table Data

Topic A: Import and Link Data
Topic B: Export Data
Topic C: Create a Mail Merge

Lesson 2: Using Queries to Manage Data

Topic A: Create Action Queries
Topic B: Create Unmatched and Duplicate Queries

Lesson 3: Creating Complex Reports and Forms

Topic A: Create Subreports
Topic B: Create a Navigation Form
Topic C: Show Details in Subforms and Popup Forms

Lesson 4: Creating Access Macros

Topic A: Create a Standalone Macro to Automate Repetitive Tasks
Topic B: Create a Macro to Program a User Interface Component
Topic C: Restrict Records by Using a Condition
Topic D: Create a Data Macro

Lesson 5: Using VBA to Extend Database Capabilities

Topic A: Getting Started with VBA
Topic B: Using VBA with Form Controls

Lesson 6: Managing a Database

Topic A: Back Up a Database
Topic B: Manage Performance Issues
Topic C: Document a Database

Lesson 7: Distributing and Securing a Database

Topic A: Split a Database for Multiple-User Access
Topic B: Implement Security
Topic C: Convert an Access Database to an ACCDE File
Topic D: Package a Database with a Digital Signature

Audience

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

To ensure your success in this course, you should have experience working with Access 2019, including a working knowledge of database design and creation, form design and creation, report design and creation, and a working knowledge of database querying and the various table relationships.