Learning Access for Office 365
1h 7mBeginner2016-05-04
Authors

Adam Wilbert
Data Visualization Expert
Course details
Spreadsheets can only go so far. Databases are the next best step for complex data sets. Access 2016, Microsoft's powerful database software included with Office 365, is the perfect introduction for those new to relational databases. This course provides an overview for first-time users. Adam Wilbert explains the best uses for Access, tours the interface, and guides viewers through various Access conventions and tasks, like understanding how objects interact, adding data to a table, and running a report. He also shows how to get going quickly with Access templates, create queries and reports to pull insights from data, and even use data from existing sources like Excel.
Learning objectives
Loading a premade template database
Exploring the interface
Defining data types
Creating tables
Defining table relationships
Editing forms
Creating queries and reports
Editing reports in Layout view
Learning objectives
Loading a premade template database
Exploring the interface
Defining data types
Creating tables
Defining table relationships
Editing forms
Creating queries and reports
Editing reports in Layout view
Skills covered
Microsoft AccessDesktop DatabasesMicrosoft OfficeOffice 365LearningBusiness Software and ToolsMicrosoft
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. Get to Know Access 2016
- 03 - Why use an Access database
- 04 - Load a template database
- 05 - Enter data in the Task Management database
- 06 - Explore the Access interface
- 07 - Understand database objects
- 08 - Add data to a table
- 09 - Run a report
2. Build Your Own Database
- 10 - Define data types
- 11 - Create a table
- 12 - Import data from an Excel workbook
- 13 - Define table relationships
- 14 - Build a data entry form using the wizard
- 15 - Edit the form in Design view
3. Retrieve Information from the Database
- 16 - Create a query using the wizard
- 17 - Edit queries in Design view
- 18 - Create a report using the wizard
- 19 - Edit the report in Layout View
- 20 - Add buttons to the form
- 21 - Adjust the database startup options
Conclusion
- 22 - Next steps