1. MS Access: Working with Fields & Records
Instructor: Vicki Weidler
Assistant: Joaquin Obieta

2. Overview
Learn how to modify a table’s design by editing fields & setting field properties
Learn how to add & delete records
Use the Find feature to find & replace records
Use the Spell Checker to correct mistakes in a table
Learn how to sort & filter records

3. Effective Field Names Meaningful Descriptive Self-Explanatory
Purposeful
Understandable
Readable
Consistent

4. Text Formatting Characters
@ at least one letter or space must be entered in the field
< the letters entered in the field will be converted to lowercase letters
> the letters entered in the field will be converted to uppercase letters
& letters cannot be entered in the field

5. Sorting & Filtering Sorting Filtering
Organize field data values in a particular sequence (i.e. ascending, descending)
Filtering
Temporarily isolate a subset of records to analyze

6. Sorting Multiple Fields
Fields must be adjacent to each other in Datasheet view
Sorts from left to right

7. Summary
Learn how to modify a table’s design by editing fields & setting field properties
Learn how to add & delete records
Use the Find feature to find & replace records
Use the Spell Checker to correct mistakes in a table
Learn how to sort & filter records

8. Independent Practice Activity

9. Conclusion
Resources
Questions & Answers
Evaluations
Thank You!!!