Microsoft Access 2019 Advanced Skills

Students taking this course are database administrators or prospective database administrators who have experience working with Access 2019 and need to learn advanced skills.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success in this course, it is recommended you have completed Microsoft® Office Access® 2019: Part 1 and Microsoft® Office Access® 2019:Part 2 or possess equivalent knowledge.

It is also suggested that you have end-user skills with any current version of Windows, including being able to start programs, switch between programs, locate saved files, close programs, and use a browser to access websites. You can obtain this level of skills and knowledge by taking either of the following Logical Operations courses, or any similar courses in general Microsoft Windows skills:

• Using Microsoft® Windows® 10
• Microsoft® Windows® 10: Transition from Windows® 7

In this course, you will manage an Access 2019 database and add complex database features to improve its usability, efficiency, performance, and security.

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.

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