1. Microsoft Access for beginners

2. What is a Database? Collection of information related to a particular subject or purpose Computer databases try to organize your information

3. Database Examples Filing cabinet full of bills Address books Cassette of CD collection Recipe files

4. Why use a database? Organize and store information Manipulate and search data Analyze data Present data in forms and reports More visual, better with text than a program such as Excel

5. Access: Creating a Data Base Blank DataBase

6. Access: Saving a file Folder File name and extension

7. Access: Database Window Objects Tabs - Tables, - Queries, - Forms, - Reports, - etc. Icons to create objects

8. Access Objects Tables: - a collection of data about a topic arranged in rows and columns. Queries: - a tool that lets you view, change, and analyze data in different ways Forms: - a place to enter data easily. Reports: - a method to present your data in a printed format, such as charts & invoices

9. Access: Creating a Table

13. Access: Table design

15. Access: Tables Entering data

16. Access: Creating Forms

24. Access: Form design Entering data

26. Access: Creating Queries

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