1. Relational Database Management System
Access Intro
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System

2. Getting Started

3. Start Access

4. New Blank Database

5. Default Start: Table Tools: Fields

6. Click to Add: Text, Number, Date, etc.

7. That was starting from nothing…

8. Lets’ open a small DB…

9. Open Photographers DB

10. Home Tab: Photographers Database

11. Home Tab: Photographers Database
Navigation Pane
Home Tab: Photographers Database

12. Let’s Check out the Ribbons

13. Go Backstage
Home Tab Ribbon

14. Backstage View

15. Go Back to Ribbon Tabs
Backstage View

16. Back to Home Tab Clipboard Sort and Filter Records Find
Text Formatting
Back to Home Tab

17. Create Tab: “Grand Central” for objects

18. Before next Ribbon let’s talk about Objects

19. What are Objects?

20. Next: more on each object
Objects are
Templates
Tables
Wizards
Forms
Reports
Macros
Next: more on each object
Create Tab

21. There are 5 Access Objects
Close
Relationship Tab
Tables
1.Tables
Queries
2.Queries
Reports
4. Reports
Forms
3. Forms
Relationships (not an object)
(Macros)
5. Macros
There are 5 Access Objects

22. End of Objects for now… Next Ribbon is…

23. External Data Tab Ribbon
Data In and Out
External Data Tab Ribbon

24. mostly used for getting to Relationships
for our purposes,
mostly used for getting to Relationships
Database Tools Ribbon

25. Tell Me Button… not really a tab or Ribbon
Tell me what you want to do (2016 only)
Tell Me Button… not really a tab or Ribbon

26. Tell me what you want to do
dropdown
Tell me

27. Hide/Pin toggle Ribbon

28. Hidden Ribbon