1. Microsoft Access
Database Software

2. What is a Database?
A database is a collection of records and files that are organized for a particular purpose.
The term database describes a collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data.

3. How is a database different from word processing and spreadsheet software?
In Access you store a single copy of the data in the tables you design. The tables store only basic data. You use a query, form, or report to define the details you might want in a report or table.

4. 7 Main Components of a database in Access 2007:
Tables
Forms
Reports
Queries
Pages
Macros
Modules

5. Tables Use tables to store database information.
An object you define and use to store data. Each table contains information about a single subject such as students, employers, schools.

6. Forms Use forms to enter or edit information in your tables.
Forms let you view one record at a time.
May be used to gather information in a form that is easier to read or input.

7. Reports
Use reports to deliver a professional presentation or written report to your class.
Lets you create a report format with information contained in your tables.

8. Queries
Queries filter data so that you retrieve selected records or fields from the database.
An object that provides a custom view of data from one or more tables. It examines and extracts the data in many ways.
Example: You might want only the names of the students extracted that are enrolled in the Admin Support or Medical Office programs.

9. Pages
Create HTML pages from a database quickly and efficiently.

10. Macros
Automate tasks that you perform on a regular basis in a database.

11. Modules
Automate a group of related procedures in Access 2007.

12. Record The rows in the table are called records.
A record contains information about a given person, product, or event.
A row in the Patient table, for example, contains information about a specific patient.

13. Field The columns in the tables are called fields.
A field contains a specific piece of information within a record.
In the Patient table, for example, the fourth field, City, contains the city where the patient is located.